Potential New Top 20

[44WeWantMore]

UNC did not make it in 2019.

[joewillie78]

Here's mine:
1. Maryland
2. Georgetown
3. Virginia
4. Rutgers
5. Notre Dame
6. Yale
7. Duke
8. North Carolina
9. Cornell
10. John's Hopkins
11. Syracuse
12. Ohio State
13. Penn
14. Brown
15. Vermont
16. Jacksonville
17. Delaware
18. Hobart
19. Stony Brook
20. Army
21. Bucknell
22. Michigan
23. Denver
24. Navy
25. Princeton

GOBIGRED
Joewillie78

Tons of respect JW78 but how can OSU be 4 slots behind UNC?

HGK, I get it but I just feel that the HEELS are still one of the 10 best teams in the country, and the huge EGG they just laid is merely an anomaly and not the norm.
Frankly I thought you would be more concerned with my ranking of my beloved alma mater 9th.
GOBIGRED
Joewillie78

[rolldodge]

Maryland
Georgetown
Rutgers
Virginia
Ohio State
Delaware
Yale
Jacksonville
Duke
Hopkins
Notre Dame
Cornell
Hobart
Princeton
Penn
Army
UNC
Denver
Syracuse
Stony brook
Michigan
Richmond
Villanova
Boston U
Bucknell

[joewillie78]

My new top 25.
1. Maryland
2. Georgetown
3. Virginia
4. Rutgers
5. North Carolina
6. Cornell
7. Ohio State
8. Penn
9. Notre Dame
10. Duke
11. Jacksonville
12. JHU
13. Brown
14. Yale
15. Syracuse
16. Hobart
17. Army
18. Bucknell
19. Michigan
20. Boston University
21. Villanova
22. St. Joseph's
23. Stony Brook
24. Denver
25. Navy

GOBIGRED
Joewillie78

[Farfromgeneva]

I like Hobarts placement being biased but Brown kind of sticks out to me. Maybe Yale too.

[another fan]

Princeton is very underrated and better than several teams on that list.

[HGK]

Princeton is very underrated and better than several teams on that list.

Georgetown plays Princeton Saturday. I am sure Warne and Hoyas would agree with you.

[Comeonman]

MD
VA
GT
RUT
OSU
PENN
CORN
NC
ND
ARMY
PTON
JAX
DUKE
YALE
HOP
CUSE
DEL
BART
RICH
MICH

[Jldlax]

MD
VA
GT
RUT
OSU
PENN
CORN
NC
ND
ARMY
PTON
JAX
DUKE
YALE
HOP
CUSE
DEL
BART
RICH
MICH

I agree with having Rutgers, OSU and Penn coming right after the top 3.

[joewillie78]

I like Hobarts placement being biased but Brown kind of sticks out to me. Maybe Yale too.

Brown has played every opponent tough, and I had Vermont at 15 when they beat them. Brown is sneaky good and should scare any opponent. Yale was 6th last week so that was a pretty big drop, and if they continue like they played against Penn state, they will continue to drop. Your Statesmen will be a great test for my beloved Big red Tuesday night. Can't wait.
GOBIGRED
Joewillie78

[lorin]

MD
VA
GT
RUT
OSU
PENN
CORN
NC
ND
ARMY
PTON
JAX
DUKE
YALE
HOP
CUSE
DEL
BART
RICH
MICH

Michigan can not be rewarded for playing no one in top 50 first five games

[Comeonman]

Good point. They were in a toss up with Bucknell and Denver.

[Farfromgeneva]

Maybe Boston U in that mix as well.

[Farfromgeneva]

I like Hobarts placement being biased but Brown kind of sticks out to me. Maybe Yale too.

Brown has played every opponent tough, and I had Vermont at 15 when they beat them. Brown is sneaky good and should scare any opponent. Yale was 6th last week so that was a pretty big drop, and if they continue like they played against Penn state, they will continue to drop. Your Statesmen will be a great test for my beloved Big red Tuesday night. Can't wait.
GOBIGRED
Joewillie78

I’d have Princeton above Brown personally. Now that I look at it, seems tough to have UNC above OSU right now. Hop win is nice but that head to head.

[Wheels]

I flipped MD and GT this week. GT has the 3 best wins of the season, so they deserve #1.

[Can Opener]

Brown played UNC tougher than Hopkins despite running into Tucci’s best FO performance of the year. The last time Brown played JHU head-to-head the Bears prevailed 17-8. The mystique of Hopkins in the polls continues. For that matter, Brown is 6-1 against Princeton since 2014, but gets ranked lower every year. Brown deserves to be in the top 20 this week.

[MDlaxfan76]

I flipped MD and GT this week. GT has the 3 best wins of the season, so they deserve #1.

Really?

How better than UMD and UVA? Or even OSU?

I'd have GT above Rutgers, but only a smidgen.

Really doesn't matter in the slightest as this will get all the more interesting over the next month. We're still in February!

That said, it's fun to have GT in the conversation...the challenge for them, as usual, will be SoS.

But they have some excellent horses, so it's very possible we could see them break all the way through.

[Farfromgeneva]

Win over Quinny and a 1-3 UVM? High Points resume is as good as that with a 1 goal loss to UVA w Wins over Gate and at Navy. Boston U, Bucknell, Stonybrook have better wins and UNC is good but got emasculated by OSU a week ago. OSU had a far harder time with Harvard than UNC let’s not forget.

[Farfromgeneva]

I flipped MD and GT this week. GT has the 3 best wins of the season, so they deserve #1.

Really?

How better than UMD and UVA? Or even OSU?

I'd have GT above Rutgers, but only a smidgen.

Really doesn't matter in the slightest as this will get all the more interesting over the next month. We're still in February!

That said, it's fun to have GT in the conversation...the challenge for them, as usual, will be SoS.

But they have some excellent horses, so it's very possible we could see them break all the way through.

Blasted Hop followed up w wins over Penn and Notre Dame is the best resume in this early part of the season. Folks started GT in top 6 so it’s not like a few years back when UVM or Rutgers skyrocketed up the pills on early wins people thought were strong only to fall off completely later on. Penn just beat Duke. No idea how good ND is most still expect them to be top 10.

MDs resume is good so far same as UVA but the data of the opponents skews towards GT right now. With Denver looking like a 25-40th quality team and Nova not sure, the rest of the Big East looks suspect you pretty much almost expect them to run the table at this point but will that be better than a 1-2 loss MD or UVA at year end? Probably not unless ND/Penn end up either or both in top 5.

[Typical Lax Dad]

Here's mine:
1. Maryland
2. Georgetown
3. Virginia
4. Rutgers
5. Notre Dame
6. Yale
7. Duke
8. North Carolina
9. Cornell
10. John's Hopkins
11. Syracuse
12. Ohio State
13. Penn
14. Brown
15. Vermont
16. Jacksonville
17. Delaware
18. Hobart
19. Stony Brook
20. Army
21. Bucknell
22. Michigan
23. Denver
24. Navy
25. Princeton

GOBIGRED
Joewillie78

Out of curiosity, what’s the case for Cornell? Who is back from 2020 and who is gone? I have been wondering about them. I like Lombardi and Piatelli and the chippy defender.