Originally Posted by Anonymous
Any thoughts on the Inside Lacrosse preseason top 25 rankings? I will start by saying Navy too high ( very good coach but the team is severely lacking in talent this year); Hopkins is way too low ( they are a better team this year and many of their losses last year were very close games ; Penn State too high . I would take MD and BC vs the field at this point .


IL Preseason Top 25

1 - BC
2 - MD
3 - UNC
4 - JMU
5 - SBU
6 - Northwestern
7 - Florida
8 - Princeton
9 - PSU
10 - Virginia Tech
11 - Loyola
12 - Syracuse
13 - Navy
14 - Virginia
15 - Penn
16 - Towson
17 - Stanford
18 - Georgetown
19 - Colorado
20 - Duke
21 - USC
22 - Notre Dame
23 - Denver
24 - Hopkins
25 - Dartmouth


Stony Brook, JMU & VA Tech will not finish the season in the Top 10.

Dartmouth, Notre Dame, USC and Duke are all Top 20.

Loyola, Penn and Virginia all Top 10.

Northwestern could be back in the Final Four.

Albany might surprise and finish in the Top 20.