Syracuse lacrosse gains ground after wild weekend across the sport

First up, how the heck does the Media Poll not have 4-0 Hofstra listed? Princeton destroys Johns Hopkins and gets ranked, yet the Hofstra Pride are undefeated with a win over Princeton and aren’t in the ranking. To me that doesn’t compute.

Additionally, Army is ranked 13^th in the Media Poll, below Albany. The Great Danes don’t have a quality win, although they played Syracuse tough, while Army beat SU. I have Army over Albany. The USILA rankings have Albany above Army but at a much higher ranking which I can wrap my head around.

My final issue with the polls is Boston University’s position. BU is 6-0 with wins over Navy and Air Force. At the very least I have the Terriers above Yale, Towson, and Stony Brook.

Now on to the ACC. The Syracuse Orange moved up in every poll this week after a one goal win over the Virginia Cavaliers. SU is now in the top ten in each poll. How the Orange were ranked 16^th by the Nike/US Lacrosse poll is beyond me. As for Virginia, the Hoos fall out of the top ten in every ranking. Notre Dame played to a 5-4 win over Maryland this weekend, giving the Fighting Irish the top spot in every poll. The North Carolina Tar Heels enter the top five in each ranking following a 13-9 win over the Denver Pioneers. The Pios stay in the top five, however. The Duke Blue Devils had a 9-8 win over the Richmond Spiders and are still in the top 20 in two polls but the Nike/US Lacrosse rankings still have the Dukies not listed.

Maverik Men’s Division I Media Poll

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

Biggest Movers:

Yale -14

Rutgers +6

Exiting the Poll:

Brown Bears

Richmond Spiders

Entering the Poll:

Boston University Terriers

Princeton Tigers

Syracuse Opponents in the Poll:

Albany (12), Johns Hopkins (7), Duke (18), Notre Dame (1), UNC (4), Virginia (11), Army (13)

Also Receiving Votes: Hofstra Pride, Richmond Spiders, Marist Red Foxes, Harvard Crimson, Air Force Falcons, Navy Midshipmen, Brown Bears

Nike/US Lacrosse Division I Men’s Top 20

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

Biggest Movers:

Yale -11

Syracuse, Army, Rutgers +8

Exiting the Poll:

Richmond

Brown

Entering the Poll:

Hofstra

Princeton

Syracuse Opponents in the Poll:

Albany (14), Johns Hopkins (9), Notre Dame (1), UNC (4), Virginia (11), Army (7)

Also Considered: Duke, Richmond, Harvard, Brown, Marquette, Marist, Michigan, Navy

USILA/Nike Division I Coaches Poll

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

Biggest Movers:

Yale -8

Syracuse, Stony Brook, Army +4

Exiting the Poll:

Ohio State

Entering the Poll:

Princeton

Syracuse Opponents in the Poll:

Albany (9), Johns Hopkins (6), Notre Dame (1), UNC (5), Virginia (13), Army (11)

Also Receiving Votes: Ohio State, Hofstra, Harvard, Michigan, Bryant, Robert Morris