Virginia Drops to No. 4 in Latest Inside Lacrosse Media Poll

Virginia is ranked No. 4 in this week's Inside Lacrosse Media Poll. The Cavaliers dropped two spots after falling to Duke for the second time this season in a 15-14 loss on Saturday in Durham.

UVA's No. 4 ranking is the lowest of the season for the preseason No. 1 team in the country. The Cavaliers held onto that No. 1 spot for the first five weeks of the season and were also No. 1 in week 7.

Notre Dame remains the No. 1 team in the country, followed by No. 2 Duke, No. 3 Maryland, No. 4 Virginia, and No. 5 Penn State. Each of UVA's three losses have come against teams currently ranked in the top 3 and those three defeats have come by a combined four goals.

Each of the five ACC teams are ranked in the top 20: No. 1 Notre Dame, No. 2 Duke, No. 4 Virginia, No. 12 Syracuse, and No. 14 North Carolina.

Inside Lacrosse Week 10 Media Poll

Notre Dame (8-1)
Duke (11-2)
Maryland (8-3)
Virginia (8-3)
Penn State (8-3)
Cornell (9-2)
Johns Hopkins (10-4)
Army (9-2)
Georgetown (7-3)
Denver (7-4)
Rutgers (8-4)
Syracuse (8-5)
Villanova (9-3)
North Carolina (7-5)
Penn (5-5)
Jacksonville (11-2)
Delaware (9-3)
Michigan (5-6)
Yale (6-4)
Utah (8-4)

No. 4 Virginia (8-3, 2-2 ACC) hosts No. 12 Syracuse on Saturday at 2pm at Klockner Stadium.

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