UNC to No. 1, Hopkins Emerges: NCAA DI Men’s Weekly Rankings Week 5 Ballots
Our weekly rankings are in! There was quite a bit of shuffling in the poll despite about a quarter of the top 20 not playing this week. The craziest movement was how UNC leaped into the No. 1 spot. The Tar Heels received the same number of No. 1 votes as they did a week […]
Maryland Handles Rutgers in B1G Statement – DI Rundown Week 5
Duke rinsed its hands of High Point, Maryland handled Rutgers to make a B1G statement, North Carolina escaped Virginia, and some important results came out of the NEC and America East. Conference play started to really kick in this week, but a combination of COVID-19 and weather is still complicating schedules quite a bit. The […]
The Calm Before the Storm: NCAA DI Men’s Weekly Rankings Week 4 Ballots
We’re still early in the season, but for the most part, the weekly rankings were pretty stable. In the national poll, there are still four teams getting No. 1 votes: Duke (11), UNC (8), Maryland (2), and Syracuse (1). Even though Syracuse is getting a No. 1 vote, Rutgers and Georgetown are both ahead of […]
Colgate Beats Holy Cross in OT Blizzard – DI Rundown Week 4
It was mostly business as usual for the favored teams this week, but that doesn’t mean nothing of note happened. Colgate outlasted Holy Cross in a snowy overtime thriller, Virginia survived High Point by just one, Maryland reigned supreme in The Rivalry, Rutgers continued to win, Lehigh bested Loyola, and Georgetown blasted another foe, among […]
Double the Voters, Double the Fun: NCAA DI Men’s Weekly Rankings Week 3 Ballots
NEW FEATURE ALERT! Normally in this space you get the boring old Ryan Conwell media poll ballot. You still definitely will get that, in addition to my attempt at justifying my weekly rankings week in and week out. But wait! There’s more! New to the weekly rankings this season: LAS’s Nick Zoroya has joined the […]
Virginia Experiences Orange Wrath – DI Rundown Week 3
After this past week of games, things are starting to take a clearer shape. That said, this weekend may have created more questions than answers: there’s now a weird triangle among Virginia, Syracuse, and Army, Rutgers made another big statement, Notre Dame finally saw the field and more. Of all the games played, seven involved […]
There’s a New Number One: NCAA DI Men’s Weekly Rankings Week 2 Ballot
The weekly rankings are back! The No. 1 spot has changed hands for the first time this season and Army made a massive jump, but the biggest shuffle this week was removing all the Ivies. As I noted last week, I was one of the few voters who still has some non-Yale Ivies ranked somewhere. […]
Weekly Rankings: NCAA DI Men’s Week 1 Ballot
We’re back! In case you missed my weekly rankings from Week 0, take a look here to see my starting point. For those wondering why this is published after the national poll is out, here’s a quick explainer: I submit my ballot Sunday night after the games for the week have all finished and start […]
Weekly Rankings: NCAA DI Men’s Preseason Ballot
Welcome back to my NCAA DI men’s lacrosse weekly rankings! First, I’m happy to again be part of the Inside Lacrosse Media Poll crew. A few years ago, the voting group was broadened to include others who cover the NCAA DI level for different outlets. One of the great aspects of this approach is it […]
ACC Shuffle Begins in Week 0
For a conference that made up 80% of the initial USILA top 5, I’m still somehow pretty sure we weren’t giving enough credit to how terrifying the ACC was going to be this year. After a few more games in Week 0 (I guess the Denver-Utah week was Week -1?), the picture is beginning to […]