Syracuse Men's Lacrosse: Orange Earn No.1 Ranking

After Denver lost to North Carolina this past weekend, it was clear there would be a new no. 1 team. This week, Syracuse has taken that top spot in both polls. In the Cascade/Maverik Media Top 20, Syracuse totaled 15 first-place votes, followed by UNC with seven and Notre Dame with two. Six of the Orange's future opponents and three of its previous opponents made this week's poll. Princeton, Albany and Johns Hopkins are this week's biggest movers with the Blue Jays and the Greyhounds both falling five spots, respectively, and the Tigers moving up eight spots. Colgate and Penn enter the top 20 in the Media Poll, while Lehigh and Holy Cross fall out.

With St. John's on the horizon, it would be hard to imagine that Syracuse will relinquish that number one position. In terms of other top-10 matchups, the biggest game for next week is Notre Dame at Denver. It will be the season's first test for the Irish while the Pioneers will look to bounce back from that tough loss to North Carolina. Cornell at Virginia will be the second-most interesting game of the weekend, but don't snooze on Princeton at Maryland. The Tigers are 3-0 with a win over Johns Hopkins last week and are looking to strengthen the tournament resume before conference play.

Here are the full polls: