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What is the difference would you say between this Inside Lacrosse list and the first and second team all regional selections by IWLCA that will result in their All-American selections next week? Would you expect them to be about the same with regard to players? I think IWLCA goes from 64 regional fi...

Yes Yale only loses one starter for next year and won't be going to the portal. Penn could be a different story.

People with a grudge look for ways to state their case. People who are happy are much less likely to do so.

Call me crazy but I think Fairfield v. Hopkins could be a game Friday. And I would take Stanford over Denver.

Yale crushed Penn and has a RPI of 6 vs Penn's 4. Should be seeded over Florida.

How much could the outcome of the tournament impact final NCAA seeding?

Well yes Denver had a down game Saturday and Yale had a down game Monday. We will see how it all plays out. While Denver has lost an important player to injury, they have plenty of depth given their steady supply of grad students and grad transfers while Yale is starting four freshmen and does not h...

Some love for the Ivies!

Can someone please explain how Loyola and Florida remain so highly ranked despite generally weak schedules and overall wins?
Maybe this Ivy league thing is real...

Decisive wins by the top Ivy teams should keep them in the conversation.

Glad to see the Ivy teams finally getting more respect.

Yale put a beating down on Dartmouth 15-5.

The Ivy League (except Penn) highly underrated at the beginning of the season as opposed to overrated teams such as Army, Clemson, USC, Penn State, UConn, UMass, Duke, and Albany.

Several of the Ivy league coaches seem to know what they are doing. Will see if the upwards trajectories continue.

I guess Penn beating Hopkins is more forgettable than Hopkins beating Stonybrook...

How can you have Princeton ahead of Yale when they beat them last weekend as well as the last three times they have played each other? That is just living in the past. And Navy should drop back more after the loss to Drexel. USC hasn't really done anything but they stay the course.

Wow what an ugly win. Who would have thought that Duke would struggle against Pitt? Kudos to Pitt for playing a solid game and staying in it. The Duke coach is certainly known for favoring taller stronger players but that is not working in their favor. Will be interesting if their 2026 recruiting su...

USC has a surprisingly weak schedule and looked good in the beginning when a win against Army seemed like something. Now, not so much. How do they stay in top 20? I am hoping Colorado takes down USC and Stanford in their division this year.

Clearly there is a deep divide between the first and the 25th teams but a pretty interesting breakdown in total for the top 25 this week:

ACC 8 teams
Big 10 5 teams
Ivies 5 teams
Patriot 2 teams
Pac 12 2 teams
Big East 1 team
Atlantic 1 team
CCA 1 team

How can Hopkins stay so highly ranked after losing to Penn and only beating Gtown by 1?