BOULDER — Following a pair of Pac-12 Conference wins last week, the Colorado Buffaloes are back in the women's national lacrosse rankings.
CU is 24th in the IL Women/IWLCA Division I Poll and 18th in the USA Lacrosse Magazine Poll.
The Buffs, 8-2, defeated then-No. 24 Stanford, 17-16, and Cal, 16-10, last week to wrap up the first half of Pac-12 play with a 3-2 mark. The win over Stanford snapped the Cardinal's 11-game conference win streak.
CU is one of three Pac-12 teams ranked in the polls. USC is 17th in both polls, while Stanford is 25th in the IL/IWLCA poll and 19th in the USA Lacrosse Magazine Poll.
North Carolina is the top team in both polls. The Tar Heels are 11-0 this season.
IWLCA Division I Coaches Poll
Rank | Institution (Record) | Points (FPV) | Last Week |
1 | North Carolina (11-0) | 525 (21) | 1 |
2 | Boston College (9-1) | 504 | 2 |
3 | Northwestern (8-2) | 474 | 4 |
4 | Syracuse (8-2) | 458 | 5 |
5 | Stony Brook (6-2) | 421 | 6 |
6 | Loyola (9-0) | 419 | 7 |
7 | Duke (11-1) | 369 | 8 |
8 | Maryland (8-1) | 365 | 3 |
9 | Denver (10-1) | 345 | 9 |
10 | Florida (6-4) | 337 | 11 |
11 | Princeton (6-1) | 328 | 10 |
12 | James Madison (6-4) | 293 | 15 |
13 | Michigan (9-2) | 283 | 12 |
14 | Rutgers (9-1) | 258 | 13 |
15 | Notre Dame (4-6) | 208 | 14 |
16 | Virginia (6-6) | 200 | 16 |
17 | USC (7-2) | 155 | 18 |
18 | UMass (8-2) | 130 | 21 |
19 | Richmond (8-2) | 125 | 19 |
20 | Johns Hopkins (5-5) | 119 | 20 |
21 | UConn (8-1) | 117 | 22 |
22 | Navy (8-2) | 103 | 17 |
23 | Jacksonville (5-3) | 72 | 23 |
24 | Colorado (8-2) | 67 | NR |
25 | Stanford (6-5) | 47 | 24 |
Receiving Votes: Virginia Tech, Yale, Vanderbilt, Louisville, Penn State, Drexel, Army, Penn, Georgetown, Pitt
USA Lacrosse Magazine Poll
Ranking | Institution | Record |
1 | North Carolina | 11-0 |
2 | Boston College | 9-1 |
3 | Northwestern | 8-2 |
4 | Loyola | 9-0 |
5 | Maryland | 8-1 |
6 | Stony Brook | 6-2 |
7 | Florida | 6-4 |
8 | Syracuse | 8-2 |
9 | Duke | 11-1 |
10 | Princeton | 6-1 |
11 | Denver | 10-1 |
12 | James Madison | 6-4 |
13 | Rutgers | 9-1 |
14 | Michigan | 9-2 |
15 | Virginia | 6-6 |
16 | Richmond | 8-2 |
17 | USC | 7-2 |
18 | Colorado | 8-2 |
19 | Stanford | 6-5 |
20 | UConn | 8-1 |
Also considered (alphabetical order): Army (8-2), Jacksonville (5-3), Johns Hopkins (5-5), Navy (8-2), Notre Dame (4-6), Temple (7-4), UMass (8-2) and Virginia Tech (8-5)