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This week brought the most big-time match-ups so far in the season and that meant it brought quite a bit of shake-up to the College Crosse Top 20, particularly at the top, as we have a returning #1 already just 6 weeks into the season. As usual, Chris, Ryan, Adam, Skyler, Safe, and myself took part in the voting. Directly below you can find each of our individual ballots and below that is the official College Crosse Top 20 poll for Week 5. Let us know any thoughts you have or what your Top 20 would be in the comments or on Twitter.
College Crosse Week 5 Top 20 Ballots
| Rank | Jake | Adam | Chris | Safe | Ryan | Skyler | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Jake | Adam | Chris | Safe | Ryan | Skyler | Rank |
| 1 | Maryland | Maryland | Penn State | Maryland | Penn State | Penn State | 1 |
| 2 | Penn State | Penn State | Maryland | Penn State | Maryland | Cornell | 2 |
| 3 | Ohio State | Cornell | Cornell | Cornell | Cornell | Duke | 3 |
| 4 | Cornell | Duke | Ohio State | Ohio State | Duke | Maryland | 4 |
| 5 | Duke | Ohio State | Duke | Duke | Ohio State | Yale | 5 |
| 6 | Towson | Yale | Yale | Towson | Yale | Towson | 6 |
| 7 | Yale | Towson | Towson | Yale | Towson | Loyola | 7 |
| 8 | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | Notre Dame | 8 |
| 9 | Georgetown | Loyola | Loyola | Loyola | Georgetown | Ohio State | 9 |
| 10 | Loyola | Georgetown | Georgetown | Georgetown | Loyola | Denver | 10 |
| 11 | Syracuse | Syracuse | High Point | High Point | Denver | Syracuse | 11 |
| 12 | Denver | Denver | Syracuse | Denver | High Point | Virginia | 12 |
| 13 | High Point | High Point | Denver | Virginia | Syracuse | Georgetown | 13 |
| 14 | Virginia | Virginia | Virginia | Syracuse | Virginia | High Point | 14 |
| 15 | Rutgers | Villanova | Rutgers | Rutgers | Rutgers | Rutgers | 15 |
| 16 | Richmond | Rutgers | Villanova | Lehigh | Hobart | Richmond | 16 |
| 17 | Lehigh | Lehigh | Lehigh | Colgate | Lehigh | Johns Hopkins | 17 |
| 18 | Colgate | Johns Hopkins | Colgate | Delaware | Colgate | Princeton | 18 |
| 19 | Johns Hopkins | Colgate | Army West Point | Richmond | Delaware | Penn | 19 |
| 20 | Navy | Delaware | Johns Hopkins | Johns Hopkins | Johns Hopkins | Massachusetts | 20 |
College Crosse Week 5 Top 20
| Rank | College Crosse Top 20 |
|---|---|
| Rank | College Crosse Top 20 |
| 1 | Penn State |
| 2 | Maryland |
| 3 | Cornell |
| 4 | Duke |
| 5 | Ohio State |
| 6 | Yale |
| 7 | Towson |
| 8 | Notre Dame |
| 9 | Loyola |
| 10 | Georgetown |
| 11 | Denver |
| 12 | Syracuse |
| 13 | High Point |
| 14 | Virginia |
| 15 | Rutgers |
| 16 | Lehigh |
| 17 | Colgate |
| 18 | Richmond |
| 19 | Johns Hopkins |
| 20 | Delaware |
The Penn State Nittany Lions, who had a share of the #1 ranking earlier in the season, now hold it alone after two wins this weekend, including a blowout of then #2 ranked Cornell. They were not a unanimous #1, as Maryland also received 3 #1 votes, but the average ranking just favored the Nittany Lions. Maryland moves up to #2 with a claim for the top spot. Cornell only drops one spot despite their blowout loss to Penn State, as they rebounded on Sunday with a big time win over previously ranked #1 Towson. The Top 5 is rounded out with Duke and the lone undefeated left in college lacrosse, the Ohio State Buckeyes. Towson drops all the way from #1 to #7 after the aforementioned loss to Cornell. Notre Dame, Loyola, and Georgetown round out the Top 10.
The lone team to drop out of the Top 10 this week was Denver, who fell from #9 to #11 after their loss to Notre Dame. Four teams fell all the way out of the Top 20, including Villanova who suffered two losses this weekend and tumbled down from #11. Both Army and Navy suffered losses and fell out. As did Boston University, who dropped out after their first week in following a loss to Colgate. The new members of the Top 20 include Delaware at #20, Colgate once again at #17, Lehigh at #16, and Rutgers once again at #15.