1. Maryland 2. Stony Brook 3. North Carolina 4. Boston College 5. Florida 6. Penn State 7. Navy 8. USC 9. Syracuse 10. Northwestern 11. Princeton 12. Penn 13. Virginia 14. Cornell 15. UMass 16. Notre Dame 17. James Madison 18. Albany 19. Colorado 20. Elon 21. Duke 22. Stanford 23. Loyola 24. Towson 25. John Hopkins
My initial thoughts ... BC too high. They were an ok team until Kenzie Kent joined midseason. She is not playing this year. BC is no better than 10 without her. SB is not the #2 team in the country, particularly w the 3-second rule back to a major foul. Will be hard to know with their cream puff schedule, but they r more like top 8. Navy caught lightening in a bottle last year. Great for them. Not a top ten team.
SB doesn't have a cupcake schedule this year, 8 teams ranked on this list, as opposed to 10 for Maryland. Sb is playing its toughest schedule in program history. Could probably be a little tougher, but definitely improved from last few seasons.
Ranking are just that, meant for conjecture and discussion. Means little else otherwise. Injuries, Freshman development etc, are unknown factors that cannot be factored into pre-season rankings.