Another week goes by, and a new #1 team emerges. This time at least it’s a familiar face as the Albany Great Danes bully their way back to the top spot after a week long hiatus as #2 by coming back against the Maryland Terps in College Park (last week’s number 1 team) this past Saturday. This is the second time in three weeks that the Danes were the unanimous #1 team on all of our ballots. Albany looks really good right now and has a decent shot at running the table for the rest of the regular season.

Just to review our pollsters for anyone new to our blog, this year we have Jack Goods (The Buffalo News), James Simmons (Troy Nunes), and Caroline Darney (SB Nation & Streaking The Lawn) voting alongside Chris, Marisa, Ryan, Adam, Jake, & myself. Additionally, we asked new writers Dan & Skyler to join us in voting for the remainder of the regular season, which gives us a total of 11 voters in our Poll.

You can find our official College Crosse Top 20 Poll for this week directly below (Numbers within ()s indicate the number of 1st place votes a team received). I’ve included the previous two Top 20 Polls in the columns on the right so you can see the changes side by side. The second graph on this page contains our ballots for this week’s Poll. #Transparency Additionally, you can find comments from Jake and Dan about their top 20 votes below the ballots spreadsheet. Finally, the last graph on this page contains our Week 6 Elimination Pool picks. Let us know what you think in the comments section!

College Crosse Top 20 Poll For March 13, 2018.

College Crosse Week 6 Ballots.

Comments

Jake

1. Albany: Albany was second best for three quarters on Saturday. They were best for one. And they made it count
2. Maryland: Truthfully, I believe Maryland is the best team in the country. But they didn’t finish on Saturday. John Tillman will work on that.
3. Duke:Devils exposed Loyola’s defense on Saturday. That offense could be frightening come May.
4. Villanova:The loss to Brown wasn’t a good one, but they came back and impressively dispatched Penn. Big time game vs Maryland next week.
5. Notre Dame: Irish offense showed some really positive signs on Saturday that could bode well for their chances in ACC play.
6. Yale: I don’t know if they’re the #6 team, but they’ve kept winning since the loss to Nova Week 1. Still the prohibitive Ivy favorite.
7. Denver: Impressive effort on Monday against UNC, less so Saturday against Notre Dame. The offense doesn’t wow me.
8. Loyola: The defense turned out to not be as good as we’d thought. Offense still relies too much on Spencer.
9. Johns Hopkins: Blue Jays offense is finally clicking like expected. Too much talent on that unit to be kept quiet for long.
10. Virginia: Two less than stellar performances by UVA up in New York this week, but winning means you move up this week.
11. Vermont: Arguably the biggest game in UVM’s history goes down this weekend. Beat Albany, and they could be headed for a special year.
12. Georgetown: Hoyas can score with anybody. One more gimme game against Drexel and then things get interesting.
13. Syracuse: Remember that time #6 Syracuse lost 18-7 to #17 Johns Hopkins in the Carrier Dome?
14. Robert Morris: Bobby Mo sneakily has one of the most impressive resumes in the nation. Prohibitive NEC favorite
15. Lehigh: Mountain hawks have their best squad in half a decade. They grinded one out against Army, which is no easy favorite.
16. Army: The Black Knights at-large hopes probably went up in smoke this weekend. Need to rebound quickly with PL play in full force.
17. Rutgers: The offense finally arrived for the Scarlet Knights....and the defense fell apart. A huge week with games against Lehigh and Syracuse. Could make or break their season.
18. Ohio State: The Buckeyes can still play defense with anyone, but attrition on offense is taking its toll
19. Cornell: Jeff Teat is bringing excitement to the Big Red for the first time since Rob Pannell graduated.
20. Towson: The Nadelen Death Trap has resurfaced and Towson is rolling in time to dominate the CAA again.

Dan

1. Albany: Hard to see a loss anywhere on the Dane Train schedule from here on out.

2. Duke: Only two points from Guterding Saturday, but the Duke midfield is looking quite strong lately. Twelve points from Smith and Conley in the latest win

3. Maryland: Remember the beginning of Raiders of the Lost Ark when Indy grabs the gold statue, escapes the cave full of traps and death, thinks he has made it, and sees Belloq outside who steals the statue? Maryland is Indy and a win over Albany was the statue. I spent a lot of time thinking about this.

6. Yale: Started slow, just like last year, except this year it’s ugly wins instead of losses. Yale is looking better every week.

7. Villanova: Nice bounce back win, we’ll see how they handle Maryland on Saturday.

8. Virginia: Loss of Conrad is, in my opinion, the number one reason for recent struggles. He cannot be replaced.

10. Johns Hopkins: Is “18-7” the best lacrosse meme?

11. Vermont: Game of the year against Albany on Saturday. We’ll find out just how legit this UVM defense is in that one.

12. Georgetown: The Hoyas just keep quietly winning and climbing the polls. Can’t get caught looking ahead to Loyola though.

13. Syracuse: The Cuse owe Dom Madonna an apology. Oh hey Cole Williams just scored again.

14. Lehigh: Massive win over Army shows the potential this team has. The Patriot League is really just Thunderdome.

15. Army: Tough one to drop against Lehigh, and lost their QB on offense in Conor Glancy to boot. If he misses extended time, guys like Symmes/Jones/Glesener will need to step up big.

16. Rutgers: Gets a hot Lehigh squad on a short week, then Syracuse next Sunday. Tough stretch but Rutgers needs W’s to keep pace in the Big 10.

17. North Carolina: Played with fire all year and it finally caught up to them in Hempstead.

18. Robert Morris: Bobby Mo has a one goal loss to Georgetown and a close one with Rutgers, and wins over Penn State and Marquette. This team can play and is the class of the NEC right now.

19. Princeton: seven of their last eight games are on the road, including all Ivy games. Not easy but the Tigers are putting it together.

20. Towson: Offense is starting to find itself, a good sign. Mazza OT winner was as gritty as they come.

Elimination Pool.

There’s a big part of me that would love it if by the end of the regular season Chris was the only one eliminated from the Elimination Pool.