Media / Coaches Polls (2/29/16): Media #3, Coaches #3

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Cascade/Maverik Media Poll: Hofstra Enters Top 10; Four New Teams in Top 20

The Cascade/Maverik Media Poll for Week 3 has been released by Inside Lacrosse.

There are changes abound, with Hofstra moving up into the Top 10, Johns Hopkins and Virginia taking big falls, and four new teams overall featured in the Top 20.

Hofstra moved to 2-0 and beat Princeton a week after toppling UNC, causing the Pride to move to No. 9 in this week's rankings. North Carolina, winners over Johns Hopkins, moved ahead one to No. 10.

Other teams to make significant moves:

• Towson is up to No. 11 after beating Georgetown (which moves out of the Top 20)
• Hopkins moves to No. 13 from No. 8 after losing to UNC
• Virginia falls to No. 14 from No. 10 after a week in which it lost to High Point and beat Penn
• Maryland falls to No. 8 from No. 4 after losing to Yale
• Harvard is up to No. 12; the Crimson have won three OT games
• Villanova, Marquette, Rutgers and Boston University have all entered the Top 20

Notre Dame and Denver remain Nos. 1 and 2 in the poll.

1

Notre Dame (3-0) 590 (20)
2

Denver (4-0) 580 (10)
3

Syracuse (3-0) 509 (0)
4

Duke (3-1) 500 (0)
5

Loyola (3-0) 487 (0)

 

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USILA/Nike DI Coaches' Poll: Hofstra Continues to Rise

The USILA/Nike Division I Coaches' Poll has released for Week 3.

In this week's poll, Syracuse and Duke flip-flop, with the Orange moving up to No. 3 in the country.

Hofstra continues its rise, climbing to No. 8, while North Carolina and Maryland are tied behind the Pride in ninth place.

Three teams are new to the poll: No. 14 Villanova, No. 16 Rutgers and No. 19 Marquette.

1

Denver (4-0) 488 (11)
2

Notre Dame (3-0) 446 (12)
3

Syracuse (3-0) 391 (0)
4

Duke (3-1) 389 (0)
5

Loyola (3-0) 372 (0)

 

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How often have two Ivy League teams been in the top ten and neither team is Princeton or Cornell?

 

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I will be shocked if cornell even gets ranked this year.. Big time boosters of the program and really pushing for a coaching change from what i hear.

 

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