Maryland accumulated plenty of style points throughout the first 17 games of the season.

There weren’t many for the Terrapins last Monday — or any, really, especially in the last 20 minutes of the national title game — but it hardly matters.

Maryland’s 9-7 defeat of Cornell cements the Terps as an unbeaten champion — just the 11th in Division I men’s lacrosse history. And it also means they finish the year where they’ve been since March — as the top team in the Nike/USA Lacrosse Division I Men’s Top 20.

There was movement below the top line and some slotting that doesn’t match up with how far programs advanced in the postseason. Virginia remains a top-four team despite a quarterfinal loss; its great sin was getting bracketed with Maryland a round or two early.

Georgetown sits at No. 6 despite its first-round ouster. The Hoyas’ season-long consistency carries some weight despite their 10-9 loss to Delaware.

And Notre Dame, not even invited to the tournament, yields ground to a pair of final four teams but still checks in at No. 8. The Fighting Irish will carry a six-game winning streak into next season — and how many victories it could have tacked onto that run in May will remain the great unknown of the just-concluded postseason.

The full rundown to close out the season:

NIKE/USA LACROSSE
DIVISION I MEN’S TOP 20

Also considered (alphabetical order): Denver (9-6), Lehigh (8-7), Loyola (8-8), Navy (9-6), Vermont (12-7), Villanova (9-6)

PREVIOUS RANKINGS

• Preseason

• Week 1 (Feb. 14)

• Week 2 (Feb. 21)

• Week 3 (Feb. 28)

• Week 4 (March 7)

• Week 5 (March 14)

• Week 6 (March 21)

• Week 7 (March 28)

• Week 8 (April 4)

• Week 9 (April 11)

• Week 10 (April 18)

• Week 11 (April 25)

• Week 12 (May 2)

• Week 13 (May 9)