About a month remains in the regular season, and the cream has been rising to the top the last several weeks. NCAA D-I tournament play begins May 10 leading up to the championship game in Baltimore on May 26. For D-II and D-III, the playoffs start May 7 with both championships on May 25, also in Baltimore.
First, some useful links:
NCAA.com Men's Lacrosse
Inside Lacrosse
LAX Magazine
Lax Power
Lax Power computer rankings
MCLA (club lacrosse)
Recent Scores
Standings at a Glance
Upcoming Games & TV Listings
USILA.org
I've also got a LAX twitter list if you want to follow it, though I need to update it a bit (it still includes many lower-division schools I was keeping tabs on during last year's tournaments). In addition, I've put together a realignment spreadsheet covering all levels of NCAA (D-I, II & III) and MCLA (D-I & II) since 2010. There's a separate tab at the bottom for NCAA D-I along with other sports. As growth continues to explode, gaining more and more TV exposure (and dollars) not just on ESPN's networks but CBSSN, NBCSN, FS1, and conference networks (Big Ten), expect to see plenty of further movement in the coming years as big-time schools migrate from club play to full NCAA sponsorship.
Next, the latest USILA Top 25 for Division I:
[tablegrid=]RK TEAM W-L NOTABLE WINS LOSSES 1 Loyola MD 10-1 Towson 20-4, @ Lehigh 14-7, Duke 14-7, Army 7-6, @ Colgate 10-8 @ Virginia 14-13 2 Duke 10-2 Denver 14-10, Penn 9-6, N. Carolina 9-8, Syracuse 21-7, Harvard 15-7, N. Dame 15-7 @ Maryland 10-6, @ Loyola MD 14-7 3 Maryland 9-1 @ Syracuse 16-8, Duke 10-6, Virginia 9-6 @ N. Carolina 11-8 4 North Carolina 9-2 @ Princeton 13-11, Harvard 13-10, Maryland 11-8, @ Johns Hopkins 13-9, Virginia 11-10 Notre Dame 10-11, @ Duke 9-8 5 Denver 9-2 Notre Dame 10-7, Ohio St 9-5 @ Duke 14-10, @ Penn 12-10 6 Cornell 9-2 Virginia 12-9, Yale 11-9, @ Colgate 15-10, @ Penn 17-9 Harvard 14-9, @ Syracuse 14-9 7 Syracuse 7-3 Albany 17-16, @ Johns Hopkins 12-10, N. Dame 11-10, Cornell 14-9 Maryland 16-8, @ Virginia 17-12, @ Duke 21-7 8 Virginia 8-4 Loyola MD 14-13, @ Drexel 11-10, Syracuse 17-12, Johns Hopkins 11-10 @ Cornell 12-9, @ N.Dame 18-9, @ Maryland 9-6, @ N. Carolina 11-10 9 Johns Hopkins 6-3 Ohio St 10-9, Towson 15-8, @ Princeton 15-9, Albany 13-8 Syracuse 12-10, @ Virginia 11-10, N. Carolina 13-9 10 Notre Dame 5-4 @ N. Carolina 11-10, Virginia 18-9, @ Ohio St 13-7 Penn St 8-7, @ Denver 10-7, @ Syracuse 11-10, Duke 15-7 11t Fairfield 9-2 Yale 12-11, U.Mass 11-5 @ Hofstra 9-7, @ Providence 14-11 11t Penn 5-3 Denver 12-10, @ Yale 6-5 @ Duke 9-6, @ Princeton 15-12, Cornell 17-9 13 Yale 6-3 @ Bryant 9-8, Lehigh 10-2, Princeton 16-15 @ Fairfield 12-11, @ Cornell 11-9, Penn 6-5 14 U.Mass 7-3 Army 6-5, @ Ohio St 12-11, Harvard 8-4 Albany 25-10, @ Fairfield 11-5, Towson 6-5 15 Princeton 6-4 Hofstra 12-10, Penn 15-12, @ Lehigh 10-9 Johns Hopkins 15-9, N. Carolina 13-11, @ Yale 16-15, @ Brown 11-10 16 Hofstra 7-3 Fairfield 9-7, Ohio St 7-5, @ Drexel 11-9, Towson 9-7 Marquette 11-9, @ Princeton 12-10, @ St. John's 11-10, Princeton 10-9 17t Harvard 7-4 @ Cornell 14-9 @ U.Mass 8-4, @ Albany 14-8, @ N. Carolina 13-10, @ Duke 17-11 17t Bryant 9-3 Drexel 12-6 @ Colgate 7-4, Yale 9-8, @ St. Joseph's 9-7 19 Towson 8-3 @ U.Mass 6-5 @ Johns Hopkins 15-8, @ Loyola MD 20-4, @ Hofstra 9-7 20 Lehigh 9-3 Colgate 11-7 Loyola MD 14-7, @ Yale 10-2, @ Army 6-5 21 Army 7-3 Lehigh 6-5 U.Mass 6-5, Rutgers 9-8, @ Loyola MD 7-6 22 Drexel 7-4 Albany 14-13 Virginia 11-10, @ Villa 11-10, @ Bryant 12-6, Hofstra 11-9 23 Albany 5-5 Harvard 14-8, @ U.Mass 25-0 @ Syr 17-16, Drexel 14-13, Bryant 12-11, Canisius 14-10, @ Johns Hopkins 13-8 24 Colgate 7-4 Bryant 7-4, Hobart 7-5 @ Lafayette 8-7, Cornell 15-10, Loyola MD 10-8, @ Lehigh 11-7 25 Ohio St 4-6 @ Johns Hopkins 10-9, U.Mass 12-11, Penn St 11-8, @ Hofstra 7-5, @ Denver 9-5, N.Dame 13-7 [/tablegrid]
First, some useful links:
NCAA.com Men's Lacrosse
Inside Lacrosse
LAX Magazine
Lax Power
Lax Power computer rankings
MCLA (club lacrosse)
Recent Scores
Standings at a Glance
Upcoming Games & TV Listings
USILA.org
I've also got a LAX twitter list if you want to follow it, though I need to update it a bit (it still includes many lower-division schools I was keeping tabs on during last year's tournaments). In addition, I've put together a realignment spreadsheet covering all levels of NCAA (D-I, II & III) and MCLA (D-I & II) since 2010. There's a separate tab at the bottom for NCAA D-I along with other sports. As growth continues to explode, gaining more and more TV exposure (and dollars) not just on ESPN's networks but CBSSN, NBCSN, FS1, and conference networks (Big Ten), expect to see plenty of further movement in the coming years as big-time schools migrate from club play to full NCAA sponsorship.
Next, the latest USILA Top 25 for Division I:
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