Quint Kessenich’s Top 20: April 22nd, 2024
My Top 20 presented by SPIRE Lacrosse, always a treacherous exercise. Quint Kessenich’s Top 20 presented by Spire 1) Notre Dame The Irish (9-1) handled North Carolina 14-6 without incident. The Heels were without Owen Duffy. Carolina is now on a five-game losing streak. ND got six points from Pat Kavanagh, five from his brother […]
Quint Kessenich’s Top 20: April 15th, 2024
My Top 20 presented by SPIRE Lacrosse, always a treacherous exercise. Quint Kessenich’s Top 20 presented by Spire 1) Notre Dame In front of 7480 fans at LIU the Golden Domers got a game-winning goal with six seconds on the clock from Ben Ramsay to take down Cornell 18-17. This game was pure enjoyment for […]
Quint Kessenich’s Top 20: March 4th, 2024
My Top 20 presented by SPIRE Lacrosse, always a treacherous exercise. Quint Kessenich’s Top 20 presented by Spire 1) Denver Pios holding pocket aces, wins over Johns Hopkins and Cornell. A 5-5 tie ballooned into a 15-6 win holding Lemoyne to one goal in the second half. Do I think Denver is the best team? […]
Tournament Time – NCAA DI Men’s Weekly Rankings Week 13 Ballots
Our weekly rankings are in! This week marks the final ballot submission before the NCAA Tournament starts, and we won’t see another one until we have a champion on Memorial Day. What also makes this week a little funky is voters have the curse/benefit of seeing the championship seeding. For me, conference results factored into […]
UMD or UNC? NCAA DI Men’s Weekly Rankings Week 12 Ballots
Our weekly rankings are in! This was it. This was the last week of voting with every team still out there. Conference tournaments start this week, and while the top 20 is all definitely still playing, by this time next week, it won’t be. So here’s where your real regular season rankings are; everything from […]
The ACC Is Supremely Confusing: NCAA DI Men’s Weekly Rankings Week 11 Ballots
Our weekly rankings are in! Well, we’re officially out of the true regular season as this is the last poll that takes places without at least one conference tournament happening. The Big Ten starts this weekend after its 10-game regular season. Then you have the ACC, which won’t play a tournament this year, but man […]
Syracuse Takes a Tumble: NCAA DI Men’s Weekly Rankings Week 10 Ballots
Our weekly rankings are in! This was quite a week to do some rankings. There were upsets and decisive wins pretty much everywhere from No. 3 through No. 20. And it seems like it’s the case every week, but pretty much any spot from No. 14-25 is up for grabs at the moment. Public ballots […]
Top 5 Square Dance: NCAA DI Men’s Weekly Rankings Week 9 Ballots
Our weekly rankings are in! While the top of the poll saw a ton of shuffling, things were actually pretty stable overall. Most of the teams that should have won did. But that doesn’t mean the games weren’t great, and it’s doesn’t mean the top 10 was easy to put together. So, let’s take a […]
Is There a New No. 1?: NCAA DI Men’s Weekly Rankings Week 8 Ballots
Our weekly rankings are in! This was an interesting week for the ol’ top 20. Lots of volatility from top to bottom. All you have to do is go all the way to last week when both Nick and I had UNC as our No. 1. Well, that’s changed! For me, I took this week […]
Terps to Two: NCAA DI Men’s Weekly Rankings Week 7 Ballots
Our weekly rankings are in! The top 10 is starting to shuffle quite a bit, and the spots in the teens are basically toss ups. Right now, with so much volatility and key upsets taking place, there is little room for agreement for everyone. This week epitomizes why the media poll has more than 20 […]
Top 3 Remains Intact: NCAA DI Men’s Weekly Rankings Week 6 Ballots
Our weekly rankings are in! This was actually a pretty stable week for the ol’ top 20. Most of the teams that should have won did, and while Penn State saw its exit from the list, the number of teams knocking on the door seems to be shrinking. There were also several key teams that […]
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 […]