ETA States:
College’s and their lacrosse teams are constantly ranked by many different authorities. USNews, Forbes, and Princeton Review do the most notorious rankings of colleges and universities based on their academic prowess. Lacrosse teams are ranked before, during and after the season by the USILA Coaches’ Poll, Inside Lacrosse, and the Nike/STX Media Poll.
The NACDA has recently released the most recent rankings and a lot of schools with men’s and women’s lacrosse programs were in the top 50.
Here are a few of the D1 schools with lacrosse programs in the top 50 by the order of their ranking.
1. Stanford (only a D1 women’s program)
2. North Carolina
3. Ohio State
4. Penn State
7. Maryland
9. Duke
10. Virginia
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