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[QUOTE="Powellfan, post: 5135060, member: 4819"]
Seems pretty reasonable. I think I would have Hopkins and Maryland over UVA and Princeton at this point, but nothing egregious. His 10-6 is pretty hard to understand I have to say.

Denver lost a ton last year and relied big time on their fifth year seniors. They don't have a good recruiting class coming in, and I don't think they added any transfers of note (and lost a few promising young guys on top of that). I had them 19 when I did my rankings early in the offseason.

Duke lost a megaton and their additions on the transfer market are pretty underwhelming compared to what they usually get.  I had them at 15 to start the offseason. They have a good goalie and McAdory is pretty good, but no way they should sniff the top 10, let alone #7. They are getting by on the "name" on the front of their jerseys more than anything here.

I guess I am higher on Hopkins than most. It's a lot of ifs, but IF Collison realizes his star potential, if Melendez rediscovers his 2023 form, they should be pretty good on offense. I don't think Ayers and Chauvette will equal the guys they are replacing, but they should do okay. They don't have any glaring holes like a lot of other teams. Good defense with Smith and Kilrain, good goaltending. Not a lot of place you can exploit.

I imagine Stevens will have Notre Dame at number one, he likes ranking last year's champs first. After that it's a toss up. He seems to shade Syracuse so I wouldn't be surprised if he ranked them lower than we might expect. My guess as to what he will rank them:

1) Notre Dame 2) Cornell 3) Syracuse 4) Virginia 5) Princeton
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