Cascade/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll

Rank School (record) Points 1 Stony Brook (5-0) 437 2 Boston College (9-0) 416 3 James Madison (7-0) 395 4 Maryland (5-1) 378 5 North Carolina (4-2) 335 6 Florida (4-2) 318 7 Virginia (5-1) 298 8 Syracuse (4-2) 284 9 Penn (6-0) 260 10 Navy (5-1) 257 11 Northwestern (5-2) 199 12 Loyola (3-2) 177 13 Towson (4-1) 169 14 Colorado (5-2) 149 15 USC (3-3) 123 16 Denver (4-2) 94 17 Virginia Tech (6-3) 84 18 Stanford (4-3) 62 19 Duke (5-2) 53 20 Princeton (3-2) 51

IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll

Rank Institution Points FPV Record Last Week 1 Stony Brook 624 24 5-0 1 2 Maryland 588 0 5-1 2 3 Boston College 568 1 9-0 4 4 North Carolina 528 0 4-2 5 5 James Madison 525 0 7-0 7 6 Florida 508 0 4-2 3 7 Syracuse 476 0 4-2 8 8 Virginia 468 0 5-1 6 9 Northwestern 416 0 5-2 9 10 Navy (USNA) 373 0 5-1 11 11 Penn 349 0 6-0 13 12 Southern California 347 0 3-3 12 13 Loyola (MD) 345 0 3-2 16 14 Towson 322 0 4-1 10 15 Colorado 256 0 5-2 19 16 Princeton 246 0 3-2 14 17 Penn State 185 0 4-3 17 18 Virginia Tech 181 0 6-3 24 19 Stanford 166 0 4-3 18 20 Duke 162 0 5-2 21 21 Notre Dame 149 0 5-3 15 22 Denver 126 0 4-2 20 23 Cornell 85 0 3-2 22 24 Johns Hopkins 77 0 6-2 23 25 Georgetown 28 0 4-2 25

NIKE/U.S. Lacrosse Magazine Poll

Rank School Record 1 Stony Brook 5-0 2 James Madison 7-0 3 Maryland 5-1 4 Boston College 9-0 5 Florida 4-2 6 North Carolina 4-2 7 Virginia 5-1 8 Syracuse 4-2 9 Penn 6-0 10 Navy 5-1 11 Northwestern 5-2 12 Southern California 3-3 13 Loyola 3-2 14 Towson 4-1 15 Colorado 5-2 16 Princeton 3-2 17 Johns Hopkins 6-2 18 Penn State 4-3 19 Virginia Tech 6-3 20 Notre Dame 5-3

— The Colorado lacrosse team moved up in all three polls this week after starting the Pac-12 Conference season with a pair of victories.The 5-2 Buffaloes, who have won their last four straight games after starting the season 1-2, moved up one spot to 14in the Cascade/Inside Lacrosse media poll, which is the highest of the three rankings this week. CU is also 15in the other two polls. The Buffs moved up from 19to 15in the IWLCA poll and jumped up from 20to 15in the NIKE/US Lacrosse Magazine poll.Colorado had an outstanding start to the conference slate, recording an 18-16 victory against then-No. 18 Stanford on March 9 and a 15-5 win against California on March 11.The Buffs overcame a seven-goal deficit in the contest against the Cardinal (12-5) to earn the thrilling comeback win. CU was sparked byeight points, five goals and three assists.also had five goals andhad four points with three goals and an assist.recorded a career-high 16 saves in the win, tying the fifth most in CU history.In the game against Cal, the Buffs again were led by Kiernan who tallied a career-best six goals while adding an assist for seven points. Stinson andeach had four goals andhad the other marker for the Buffs. Lisella recorded 11 saves in the win.The Pac-12 Conference has two other schools ranked in the polls this week. Southern California is ranked 12th in the IWLCA and USL polls for its highest rankings, while Stanford's best position is 18th in the media poll.This week the Buffs will head out on the road for a pair of league contests. They will start on Friday, March 16, with a game against Southern California in Los Angeles. CU will then travel to Tempe, Ariz. for its first ever meeting against the Arizona State Sun Devils on Sunday, March 18.Notre Dame, Penn State, Johns Hopkins, GeorgetownCornell, Denver, Duke, Georgetown, Massachusetts, Stanford, Yale.