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Wow. The Nike/US Lacrosse Poll said goodbye to the Duke Blue Devils who fell out of the poll after losing to Denver 14-9 this past weekend. In the Media Poll, Duke fell to 18th while the USILA poll has the Dukies at 16th. The Syracuse Orange stayed numbers six and seven in the Media and US Lacrosse polls respectively, while gaining one position moving into the sixth spot, tied with Virginia, in the USILA Coaches poll. Notre Dame and Carolina remain in the top five of each poll while Virginia did not see any movement.
The Air Force Falcons took down Duke in the first game of the year but followed that up with losses to Denver and Marist, scoring six or fewer in each game. The losses caused Air Force to fall out of each poll and gave Marist a spot in the US Lacrosse poll. Meanwhile Penn took down Saint Joseph’s 10-5 this weekend, allowing them to join the fun, entering the Media and US Lacrosse polls for the first time this season.
Maverik Men’s Division I Media Poll
Ranked Teams by Conference: ACC (5/5), Big Ten (5/6), Big East (2/6), Ivy (3/7), Patriot (2/9), SoCon (1/8), America East (1/7), Colonial (1/6), Metro Atlantic (0/7), Northeast (0/7), Independent (0/2)
Biggest Movers:
Duke -3
Marquette +4
Exiting the Poll:
Air Force
Entering the Poll:
Penn
Syracuse Opponents in the Poll:
Albany (13), Johns Hopkins (4), Duke (18) Notre Dame (5), UNC (3), Virginia (7)
Maverik Media Poll - Week 2
| Rank | Maverik Media Poll | Previous Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Rank | Maverik Media Poll | Previous Rank |
| T1 | Maryland Terrapins (11 First Place Votes) | 2 |
| T1 | Denver Pioneers (15) | 1 |
| 3 | North Carolina Tar Heels (8) | 3 |
| 4 | Johns Hopkins Blue Jays | 5 |
| 5 | Notre Dame Fighting Irish | 4 |
| 6 | Syracuse Orange | 6 |
| 7 | Virginia Cavaliers | 7 |
| 8 | Yale Bulldogs | 8 |
| 9 | Brown Bears | 10 |
| 10 | Penn State Nittany Lions | 11 |
| 11 | Loyola Greyhounds | 9 |
| 12 | Towson Tigers | 13 |
| 13 | Albany Great Danes | 12 |
| 14 | Richmond Spiders | 16 |
| 15 | Rutgers Scarlet Knights | 18 |
| 16 | Marquette Golden Eagles | 20 |
| 17 | Navy Midshipmen | 17 |
| 18 | Duke Blue Devils | 15 |
| 19 | Ohio State Buckeyes | 19 |
| 20 | Pennsylvania Quakers | N/A |
Also Receiving Votes: Marist Red Foxes, Air Force Falcons, Boston University Terriers, Harvard Crimson, Michigan Wolverines, Army Black Knights, Vermont Catamounts, Providence Friars, Cornell Big Red
Nike/US Lacrosse Division I Men’s Top 20
Ranked Teams by Conference: ACC (4/5), Big Ten (5/6), Big East (2/6), Ivy (3/7), SoCon (1/8), America East (1/7), Patriot (2/9), Colonial (1/6), Metro Atlantic (1/7), Northeast (0/7), Independent (0/2)
Biggest Movers:
Albany, Loyola -2
Richmond, Penn State +3
Exiting the Poll:
Duke, Air Force
Entering the Poll:
Penn, Marist
Syracuse Opponents in the Poll:
Albany (13), Johns Hopkins (5), Notre Dame (4), UNC (3), Virginia (8)
Nike/US Lacrosse Poll - Week 2
| Rank | Team | Previous Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | Previous Rank |
| 1 | Denver | 1 |
| 2 | Maryland | 2 |
| 3 | North Carolina | 3 |
| 4 | Notre Dame | 4 |
| 5 | Johns Hopkins | 5 |
| 6 | Yale | 6 |
| 7 | Syracuse | 7 |
| 8 | Virginia | 8 |
| 9 | Brown | 10 |
| 10 | Penn State | 13 |
| 11 | Loyola | 9 |
| 12 | Towson | 12 |
| 13 | Albany | 11 |
| 14 | Rutgers | 14 |
| 15 | Marquette | 17 |
| 16 | Richmond | 19 |
| 17 | Ohio State | 18 |
| 18 | Navy | 20 |
| 19 | Penn | N/R |
| 20 | Marist | N/R |
Also Considered: Air Force, Army, Boston University, Bucknell, Duke, Harvard, Michigan, Princeton
USILA/Nike Division I Coaches Poll
Ranked Teams by Conference: ACC (5/5), Big Ten (5/6), Ivy (3/7), Big East (2/6), Patriot (2/9), SoCon (1/8), America East (1/7), Colonial (1/6), Metro Atlantic (1/7), Northeast (0/7), Independent (0/2)
Biggest Movers:
Navy, Duke, Loyola -2
Rutgers +4
Exiting the Poll:
Air Force
Entering the Poll:
Marquette
Syracuse Opponents in the Poll:
Albany (13), Johns Hopkins (5), Duke (16), Notre Dame (4), UNC (3), Virginia (T6)
USILA Coaches Poll - Week 2
| Rank | Team | Previous Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Rank | Team | Previous Rank |
| 1 | Denver | 1 |
| 2 | Maryland | 3 |
| 3 | North Carolina | 2 |
| 4 | Notre Dame | 4 |
| 5 | Johns Hopkins | 5 |
| T6 | Virginia | 6 |
| T6 | Syracuse | 7 |
| 8 | Yale | 8 |
| 9 | Penn State | 11 |
| 10 | Brown | 10 |
| 11 | Loyola | 9 |
| 12 | Albany | T12 |
| 13 | Towson | T12 |
| 14 | Rutgers | 18 |
| 15 | Richmond | 16 |
| 16 | Duke | 14 |
| 17 | Penn | 19 |
| 18 | Navy | 17 |
| 19 | Marquette | N/R |
| 20 | Ohio State | 20 |
Also Receiving Votes: Boston University, Marist, Air Force, Fairfield, Princeton, Army, Stony Brook, Harvard