All Four ACC Teams Ranked in Top 10
Maryland leads conference teams with a No. 2 ranking in both polls.
Duke's Josh Dionne

Duke's Josh Dionne

Jan. 28, 2013

GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Four Atlantic Coast Conference men’s lacrosse teams  rank in the top 10 of both the USILA Coaches’ Poll and the Nike/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll.

In the USILA Coaches’ Poll, Maryland ranks second behind only defending champion Loyola. The Terrapins, who collected 221 points and sit 11 behind the Greyhounds, picked up one first place vote. North Carolina is tied for fourth with Johns Hopkins with 186 points, followed by No. 6 Duke (186 points) and No. 7 Virginia (170 points).

Maryland is also ranked at No. 2 in the Nike/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll with 459 points behind Loyola’s 494 points. No. 4 Duke (416 points), No. 7 North Carolina (354 points), and No. 9 Virginia (319 points) are also ranked in the top 10. 

The 2013 season gets underway on Friday, Feb. 8 when North Carolina hosts Air Force at 7 p.m.

USILA Coaches' Poll Nike/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll
Rank Team Points Rank Team Points
1. Loyola University (10) 232 1. Loyola University (21) 494
2. University of Maryland (1) 221 2. University of Maryland (2) 459
3. University of Notre Dame 198 3. University of Notre Dame (2) 427
4. Johns Hopkins University (1) 186 4. Duke University 416
4. University of North Carolina 186 5. Johns Hopkins University (1) 402
6. Duke University 185 6. Cornell University 360
7. University of Virginia 170 7. University of North Carolina 354
8. Cornell University 168 8. University of Denver 325
9. University of Denver 150 9. University of Virginia 319
10. Colgate University 122 10. Lehigh University 272
11. Lehigh University 113 11. Colgate University 251
12. University of Massachusetts 104 12. Syracuse University 227
13. Syracuse University 103 13. University of Massachusetts 194
14. Princeton University 88 14. Princeton University 182
15. Penn State University 68 15. Penn State University 126
16. Fairfield University 40 16. Fairfield University 100
17. Yale University 36 17. Hofstra University 70
18. Bucknell University 32 18. Bucknell University 68
19. Ohio State University 23 19. Yale University 56
20. Hofstra University 18 20. Ohio State University 42