Syracuse Lacrosse: Orange Remain Fairly Constant in Polls

Virginia fell out of two of the three fields, and in the Coaches' Poll, the Cavaliers did not even receive any votes. UVA was the only team in any poll to fall out of the top 20, being replaced by Army. For the most part the rest of the teams remained constant. The only poll in which Syracuse saw any movement was in the Coaches' Poll where SU fell one spot to #11 and flip flopped with UNC.

Villanova was the other team that took a hit. The Wildcats fell from #16 to #18 in the Coaches' Poll after a one goal loss to Denver. Rutgers continues its slow climb up the polls after beating Michigan. The Scarlet Knights have strung together four straight wins including a 16-9 victory over Hopkins. The Brown Bears slipped a little bit following a week with a loss to Bryant and a win at Penn.

USILA/NIKE Coaches' Poll

Ranked Teams by Conference: ACC (4/5), Big Ten (4/6), Big East (3/6), Patriot (3/9),  Ivy (2/7), America East (2/7), Colonial (1/6), SoCon (1/8), Metro Atlantic (0/7), Independent (0/2), Northeast (0/7)

Biggest Movers:

Rutgers +2

Villanova, Brown -2

Exiting the Poll:

Virginia

Syracuse Opponents in the Poll:

Albany (6), Army (20), Johns Hopkins (17), Duke (12), Notre Dame (2), UNC (11)

Rank	School	Last Week
1	Yale Bulldogs	1
2	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	2
3	Denver Pioneers	4
4	Maryland Terrapins	5
5	Brown Bears	3
6	Albany Great Danes	6
7	Towson Tigers	7
8	Stony Brook Seawolves	8
9	Navy Midshipmen	9
10	North Carolina Tar Heels	11
11	Syracuse Orange	10
12	Loyola Greyhounds	13
13	Duke Blue Devils	12
14	Penn State Nittany Lions	14
15	Air Force Falcons	15
16	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	18
17	Johns Hopkins Blue Jays	17
18	Villanova Wildcats	16
19	Marquette Golden Eagles	19
20	Army Black Knights	N/R

Also Receiving Votes: High Point Panthers, Saint Joseph's Hawks, Penn Quakers, Harvard Crimson, Bucknell Bison, Bryant Bulldogs

Cascade/Maverik Media Poll

Ranked Teams by Conference: ACC (4/5), Big Ten (4/6), Big East (3/6), Patriot (3/9), America East (2/7), Ivy (2/7), SoCon (1/8), Colonial (1/6), Metro Atlantic (0/7), Independent (0/2), Northeast (0/7)

Biggest Movers:

Duke -3

Loyola +2

Exiting the Poll:

Virginia

Syracuse Opponents in the Poll:

Albany (7), Army (20), Johns Hopkins (T14), Duke (16), Notre Dame (1), UNC (11)

Rank	School	Last Week
1	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	1
2	Yale Bulldogs	3
3	Denver Pioneers	4
4	Brown Bears	2
5	Maryland Terrapins	5
6	Towson Tigers	6
7	Albany Great Danes	7
8	Stony Brook Seawolves	8
9	Syracuse Orange	9
10	Navy Midshipmen	10
11	North Carolina Tar Heels	11
12	Air Force Falcons	12
13	Loyola Greyhounds	15
T14	Penn State Nittany Lions	15
T15	Johns Hopkins Blue Jays	16
16	Duke Blue Devils	13
17	Marquette Golden Eagles	17
18	Rutgers Scarlett Knights	19
19	Villanova Wildcats	18
20	Army Black Knights	N/R

Also Receiving Votes: Bryant Bulldogs, Virginia Cavaliers, Saint Joseph's Hawks, Bucknell Bison, Harvard Crimson, Richmond Spiders, Ohio State Buckeyes

Nike/Lacrosse Magazine Poll

Ranked Teams by Conference: ACC (5/5), Big Ten (4/6), Big East (3/6), Ivy (2/7), America East (2/7), Patriot (2/9), Colonial (1/6), SoCon (1/8), Metro Atlantic (0/7), Independent (0/2), Northeast (0/7)

Biggest Movers:

Virginia -4

Rutgers +2

Exiting the Poll:

N/A

Syracuse Opponents in the Poll:

Albany (7), Virginia (18), Johns Hopkins (14), Duke (9), Notre Dame (1), UNC (8)

Rank	School	Last Week
1	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	1
2	Yale Bull Dogs	2
3	Denver Pioneers	4
4	Maryland Terrapins	5
5	Brown Bears	3
6	Towson Tigers	6
7	Albany Great Danes	7
8	North Carolina Tar Heels	8
9	Duke Blue Devils	9
10	Syracuse Orange	10
11	Navy Midshipmen	11
12	Loyola Greyhounds	12
13	Penn State Nittany Lions	13
14	Johns Hopkins Blue Jays	15
15	Stony Brook Seawolves	16
16	Marquette Golden Eagles	17
17	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	19
18	Virginia Cavaliers	14
19	Villanova Wildcats	19
20	Air Force Falcons	20

Also Considered (listed alphabetically): Army Black Knights, Bucknell Bison, Fairfield Stags, Hartford Hawks, Lehigh Mountain Hawks, Penn Quakers, Richmond Spiders, UMass Minutemen

Syracuse will visit the Cornell Big Red on Tuesday at 7 PM. The game can be heard on TK99.