Cornell Ascending USA Lacrosse Division I Men's Top 20

An undefeated team has climbed to the No. 3 spot in the USA Lacrosse Division I Men's Top 20, presented by CWENCH Hydration, as Princeton's loss to Cornell opened the door for another Ivy League team, Harvard, to move up.

Cornell's win over Princeton was perhaps the most notable upset of the weekend, though Princeton still finds itself ahead of the Big Red in the Top 20 due to the rest of its resume. To its credit, Cornell is just one spot behind at No. 8.

Penn State didn't move from its No. 10 standing despite beating Maryland, but the Nittany Lions continue to boast one of the most interesting resumes in the country. After all, they did beat both Princeton and Cornell already this spring.

There is some modest shuffling toward the bottom of the table, as Nos. 16-20 seem to fluctuate each week with an assortment of 8-10 teams that have reasonable cause to find a home there.

USA LACROSSE DIVISION I
MEN’S TOP 20

1. Notre Dame
2. Richmond
3. Harvard
4. North Carolina
5. Duke
6. Ohio State
7. Princeton
8. Cornell
9. Syracuse
10. Penn State
11. Johns Hopkins
12. Denver
13. Georgetown
14. Maryland
15. Saint Joseph’s
16. Penn
17. Towson
18. Boston U
19. Army
20. Navy

Also considered (alphabetical order): Loyola, Rutgers, Sacred Heart, Virginia, Yale

USA LACROSSE DIVISION II
MEN’S TOP 20

The bottom half of the Top 20 gets a major shakeup this week, as losses were handed out to every team ranked Nos. 12-18.

Rollins stayed hot, knocking off Maryville and following up the upset win with an in-state victory over Lynn. Rollins has now won four straight, including top-10 wins over Lewis and Maryville. Two of Rollins' losses this year have come in OT at the hands of ranked opponents.

Wingate handed Anderson its first loss in a midweek shootout, 19-18. The Bulldogs got a whopping 11 goals from Vinny Butrico.

1. Adelphi
2. Saint Anselm
3. Tampa
4. Wingate
5. Anderson
6. Newberry
7. Pace
8. Lewis
9. Seton Hill
10. Rollins
11. Lenoir-Rhyne
12. Maryville
13. Mercy
14. Molloy
15. Florida Tech
16. Frostburg
17. Rockhurst
18. Saint Leo
19. Catawba
20. Flagler

Also considered (alphabetical order): Bentley, Colorado Mesa, St. Michael’s, Southern New Hampshire, UIndy

USA LACROSSE DIVISION III
MEN’S TOP 20

This week’s Top 20- features major changes. Not all trap games happen in the middle of the week — they come on Saturdays, too.

NCAA runner-up Dickinson dropping an overtime result to unranked Washington College, 10-9. It may seem a bit dramatic to drop the Devils to the basement of the Top 20, but it was not a one-and-done result — other games impacted that fall.

Bowdoin’s 17-12 win over Wesleyan had a wild fourth quarter in which the Polar Bears were made to answer a Cardinal comeback with five goals in the final stanza. Even then, they’re still just the second-best team in the conference behind Tufts, which extended its winning streak to 35 games with a pair of decisive wins — first a 17-11 victory over Trinity on Saturday followed by an 18-7 Sunday slashing of Stevens.

1. Tufts
2. Bowdoin
3. Salisbury
4. Lynchburg
5. Christopher Newport
6. Babson
7. RIT
8. York
9. Gettysburg
10. Wesleyan
11. Stevens
12. Middlebury
13. Amherst
14. Bates
15. Skidmore
16. RPI
17. St. John Fisher
18. St. Lawrence
19. Dickinson
20. Washington and Lee

Also considered (alphabetical order): Cortland, Franklin & Marshall, Hamilton, Roanoke, Trinity