Originally Posted by baldbear
Sorry for the late posting but taking a break from San Antonio and my 'Nova Wildcats National Championship. No worries the celebration will continue in moments!!

IWLCA Poll for Division I, April 2
Rank Team Record Points First Previous
1 Stony Brook 9-0 620 22 1
2 Maryland 10-1 591 1 2
3 Boston College 13-0 588 2 3
4 James Madison 9-1 540 4
5 North Carolina 8-3 518 5
6 Virginia 8-3 471 7
7 Florida 8-3 454 8
8 Northwestern 9-3 439 12
9 Loyola 8-2 436 9
10 Towson 8-2 411 10
11 Penn 8-2 402 6
12 Navy 9-2 320 13
13 Stanford 9-3 318 16
14 Syracuse 7-5 306 11
15 Duke 7-4 243 20
16 Southern California 7-5 227 15
17 Virginia Tech 10-4 215 17
18 Colorado 7-4 200 14
19 Penn State 8-4 199 18
20 Princeton 5-4 142 19
21 Notre Dame 6-6 120 22
22 Denver 7-3 104 25
23 Cornell 6-3 85 21
24 Johns Hopkins 7-5 63 23
25 High Point 7-2 42 25


It is going to be an interesting tournament. Most of the teams in the top 20 have a shot at getting to the final eight and even the final four. There are definitely going to be some upsets early which will open the door for some of these teams.

Outside the Top 20. Notre Dame has a win over Syracuse a one goal loss to North Carolina and a two goal loss to Boston College. The Irish can compete but not sure they will make it to the final eight. Denver has been very inconsistent don't think they will be a factor. Cornell did not compete with Penn or Syracuse. An upset vs Stony Brook would be huge for the Big Red but most likely only way in is through Ivy play. High Point has a win over Notre Dame but I just can't see them competing with the top teams. Hopkins is the best of this group (21-25) and has proven that they can compete. They beat a very good Loyola team and have four one goal losses to Penn, Georgetown, Northwestern and Penn State in OT.

Splitting hairs but the rankings are still a bit off IMHO.

Boston College should be 1.
Stony Brook 2.
Loyola 8.
Towson 9.
Northwestern 10.
13 - 18 mix em all up.
Princeton 19.
Penn State 20.

Looking forward to the rest of the season and the tournament.