FanLax Men’s D1 Rankings (03.12.18)

FORUM: Comments Also, besides below, here's a different look of this week's Rankings.   1. Albany 2. Maryland 3. Duke 4. Notre Dame 5. Denver 6. North Carolina 7. Johns Hopkins (tie) 7. Loyola (tie) 7. Syracuse (tie) 7. Virginia (tie) 11....

D1 Mens Rankings – 03.11.18

Asterisks * - Some NCAA D1 Men's teams are duplicitous and are designated with an asterisks.  For example, Brown beat high-ranked Villanova.  At the same time, Brown lost to...

What Happened Yesterday? 03.07.17

FORUM: Comments Yesterday was, in theory, an astonishing day.  But, in reality, it was not.  This is what happened yesterday. EXPECTED - Cornell 18 vs. Binghamton 2 - Binghamton is...

NCAA D1 MENS RANKING – 03.07.18

FORUM: Comment The Quest for an Inarguable Ranking Our goal is to create a ranking that is based on games won and lost, who beat whom, and nothing else.  No conjecture,...

NCAA D1 MENS RANKING – 03.05.18

FORUM: Comments UPDATED (03.05.18 6 PM EST): Denver (#45) just beat UNC (#4).  As this Ranking is a race to the top, not to the bottom, UNC holds their #4...

THIS WEEK’S GAMES – 03.05.18

This week is a good week.  From today, Monday, through Sunday, there are games every day.  There aren't great games every day.  But there are games every day. FORUM: Comment ...

NCAA D1 MENS RANKING – 03.03.18

FORUM: Comment Tied for #1 (8 teams) - Maryland, Villanova, Albany, Virginia, Marquette, Georgetown, North Carolina, and Vermont. #2-#70 (57 teams) - While we still do not have hard-and-fast numbers for the...

From Short & Wide to Long & Narrow

Like in a road race, at the starting line, the runners are packed together and, as a group, they are very short and wide. Even after the starter's pistol,...

Under Armour/ Inside Lacrosse/ Maverick/ NCAA Weekly Rankings Rule

FORUM: Comment My Fantasy Lacrosse team lost to TartanLax this week.  Guterding under-performed and UMBC's D sucked.  Bottomline, Team Matnum is a perennial power. And, after this loss, people started...

D1 Lax Rankings are a Popularity Contest

UPenn beats Duke and is ranked 10 spots below them. Can we just admit the Lax Rankings are a popularity contest?