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In the interest of transparency, here's how I voted in the Inside Lacrosse media poll this week. Some brief explanations follow the ballot.
| RANK | TEAM | PREVIOUS | CHANGE | RANK | TEAM | PREVIOUS | CHANGE | |
| 1. | Notre Dame | 1. | 11. | Georgetown | 16. | +5 | ||
| 2. | North Carolina | 4. | +2 | 12. | Ohio State | 18. | +6 | |
| 3. | Syracuse | 2. | -1 | 13. | Army | 12. | -1 | |
| 4. | Maryland | 3. | -1 | 14. | Stony Brook | 13. | -1 | |
| 5. | Denver | 5. | 15. | Brown | 14. | -1 | ||
| 6. | Cornell | 6. | 16. | Loyola | 17. | +1 | ||
| 7. | Duke | 7. | 17. | Navy | NR | +4 | ||
| 8. | Yale | 8. | 18. | Towson | 19. | +1 | ||
| 9. | Albany | 9. | 19. | Marquette | 11. | -8 | ||
| 10. | Virginia | 10. | 20. | Princeton | 15. | -5 |
- New this week: Navy. Dropped out this week: Fairfield. Also seriously considered: Johns Hopkins, Lehigh, St. Joseph's, Richmond, and Marist (in no particular order). Lehigh had a hell of a week knocking off Princeton and Stony Brook, the but its hard to hide the six-game losing streak the team suffered through earlier in the year.
- Marquette: Part of the Eagles' notable drop on my ballot is due to some course correction from last week -- I didn't consider Marquette's loss to Bellarmine on my last ballot -- and kind of reevaluating the entirety of the Eagles' resume this season. It's really hard to understand Marquette's universe.
- 11-20: I honestly have no damn clue. Is Ohio State truly 12? Is Army that strong? These are 10 teams that are all 16th in the nation.
- Virginia: The Cavaliers stayed in the top 10 for a simple reason: What team takes its place? I kicked around about six or seven ideas, and kept coming back to the 'Hoos in the 10th position. This season is weird.