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Syracuse Lacrosse: Moving up the polls

Syracuse grabs a few spots in the polls after Saturday’s takedown of Binghamton.

By Jim Simmons
Yale v Syracuse Photo by Rich Barnes/Getty Images

The Syracuse Orange move up in each poll after putting up huge numbers against the Binghamton Bearcats last week. With the Virginia Cavaliers beating Loyola in a thriller, every ACC team is now in each poll. It wasn’t all good news this week, however, as the Notre Dame Fighting Irish took a hit for its poor defensive showing in a 10-7 win over Detroit.

It’s still early in the season and not every team has played a game yet, so take these rankings with a grain of salt.

If you are looking for some good games this week, Friday features a top five matchup between the Duke Blue Devils and Denver Pioneers. We get a few good tilts on Saturday with Johns Hopkins-Loyola, Villanova-Yale, Rutgers-Army, and of course Syracuse-Albany.

Maverik Men’s Division I Media Poll

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

Biggest Movers:

Virginia, Johns Hopkins +5

Towson, North Carolina -5

Exiting the Poll:

Boston University

Entering the Poll:

Villanova

Syracuse Opponents in the Poll:

Albany (4), Johns Hopkins (8), Duke (1), Notre Dame (9), UNC (14), Army (13), Rutgers (11), Virginia (10)

Maverik Media Poll

Rank Team Previous Rank
Rank Team Previous Rank
1 Duke 1
2 Maryland 2
3 Denver 4
4 Albany 3
5 Yale 5
6 Ohio State 7
7 Syracuse 11
8 Johns Hopkins 13
9 Notre Dame 6
10 Virginia 15
11 Rutgers 8
12 Loyola 10
13 Army 16
14 North Carolina 9
15 Villanova 22
16 Penn State 12
17 Brown 18
18 Princeton 19
19 Towson 14
20 Marquette NR

Also Receiving Votes: Vermont Catamounts, Hofstra Pride, Penn Quakers, Boston University Terriers, Cornell Big Red, Bucknell Bison, Harvard Crimson, Providence Friars, UMBC Retrievers, Georgetown Hoyas, Navy Midshipmen, Richmond Spiders, Delaware Blue Hens, Sacred Heart Pioneers

USILA/Nike Division I Coaches Poll

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

Biggest Movers:

Towson, North Carolina, Penn State -4

Army +4

Exiting the Poll:

Hofstra, Air Force

Entering the Poll:

Villanova, Virginia

Syracuse Opponents in the Poll:

Albany (3), Johns Hopkins (9), Notre Dame (7), Duke (1), Army (12), North Carolina (13), Rutgers (10), Virginia (11)

USILA Coaches Poll

Rank Team Previous Rank
Rank Team Previous Rank
1 Duke 2
2 Maryland 1
3 Albany 3
4 Denver 4
5 Yale 5
6 Ohio State 8
7 Notre Dame 6
8 Syracuse 10
9 Johns Hopkins 11
10 Rutgers 7
11 Virginia N/R
12 Army 16
13 North Carolina 9
14 Loyola 13
15 Villanova N/R
16 Penn State 12
17 Marquette 15
18 Towson 14
19 Penn 18
20 Brown

Nike/US Lacrosse Division I Men’s Top 20

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

Biggest Movers:

Loyola -3

Virginia +3

Exiting the Poll:

Towson

Entering the Poll:

Brown

Syracuse Opponents in the Poll:

Albany (3), Johns Hopkins (10), Notre Dame (6), Duke (1), UNC (11), Army (16), Rutgers (8), Virginia (13)

Nike/US Lacrosse

Rank Team Previous Ranking
Rank Team Previous Ranking
1 Duke 1
2 Maryland 2
3 Denver 3
4 Albany 4
5 Yale 5
6 Notre Dame 6
7 Ohio State 7
8 Rutgers 8
9 Syracuse 10
10 Johns Hopkins 12
11 North Carolina 9
12 Villanova 13
13 Virginia 16
14 Loyola 11
15 Hofstra 14
16 Army 15
17 Penn State 17
18 Penn 18
19 Princeton 19
20 Brown N/R

Also Considered: Towson, Marquette, Boston University, Providence, Bucknell, UMBC, Vermont

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