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College Crosse's Weekly Media Poll Ballot

I believe in transparency. Here's the ballot I'm submitting this week to the media poll.

By Hoya Suxa
Mark Konezny-USA TODAY Sports

In the interest of transparency, here's how I voted in the Inside Lacrosse media poll this week. Some brief explanations follow the ballot.

COLLEGE CROSSE'S MEDIA POLL BALLOT: APRIL 27, 2015
RANK TEAM PREVIOUS CHANGE RANK TEAM PREVIOUS CHANGE
1. Syracuse 3. +2 11. Yale 10. -1
2. Duke 6. +4 12. Georgetown 12.
3. Notre Dame 1. -2 13. Colgate 17. +4
4. North Carolina 2. -2 14. Army 18. +4
5. Denver 5.
15. Stony Brook 15.
6. Maryland 4. -2 16. Johns Hopkins NR +5
7. Albany 7.
17. Princeton 16. -1
8. Cornell 8.
18. Fairfield NR +3
9. Virginia 9..
19. Richmond NR +2
10. Brown 11. +1 20. Loyola 19. -1
  • New this week: Johns Hopkins, Fairfield, and Richmond. Dropped out this week: Ohio State, Towson, and Navy. Also seriously considered: Ohio State, Towson, Navy, Marist, and St. Joseph's (in no particular order). There is nothing on the back end of this ballot but blood. There are shades of "Well, maybe!" but not much else. Everything past 14 this week was a near impossibility to try and understand.
  • 2-6: I ran through numerous permutations of this part of the ballot and ended up where I did. I have no issue with how anybody orders this part of their ballot, mostly because those are all really good teams that are good in different ways.
  • Johns Hopkins: I know. Look: The Jays are over .500 and have had a snakebitten season. Johns Hopkins isn't top 10, but they have to be top 20, right?
  • Fairfield and Richmond: These were picks made partly due to their positions in their leagues. I don't like doing that, but I also think that the Stags and Spiders are pretty good. Are Ohio State and Towson in the same league as Fairfield and Richmond? Probably. Do Fairfield and Richmond get a little bit of a boost because they each had nice weeks and the Tigers and Buckeyes weren't clean? Probably. It's not like Fairfield or Richmond are encroaching on a part of the ballot that the teams are in the discussion to inhabit.

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