Towson Continues Surge, Takes 16th in D-I Men's Top 20

April 21, 2025

USA Lacrosse Magazine Staff

John Strohsacker

A 1-5 start to the season is now completely in the rearview mirror for Towson, which won its seventh straight game on Saturday against Fairfield and locked down the top spot in the CAA tournament — both of which helped the Tigers enter the latest USA Lacrosse Division I Men's Top 20 at No. 16.

Highly touted in the preseason, the Tigers took a hit with their slow start. But their recent surge has included wins over every CAA teams that crossed their path, plus Loyola in a non-conference tilt.

Towson closes its regular-season schedule Saturday at Hofstra.

Elsewhere in the Top 20, Duke is climbing as Syracuse is falling — a direct result of a Blue Devils win over the Orange this weekend. Notre Dame is the ACC team making the the most notable move this week, as the Fighting Irish are inching closer to the top five at No. 7.

Two other teams have moved from the tier of considered teams into the formal Top 20 — No. 17 Virginia and No. 19 Boston U.

Continue below to see the entire Top 20, which is compiled by USA Lacrosse Magazine staff and contributors.

USA LACROSSE DIVISION I
MEN'S TOP 20

Rank	Team	W-L	Prev
1	Cornell	11-1	1
2	Maryland	10-2	2
3	Princeton	10-2	3
4	Ohio State	12-2	4
5	Penn State	9-3	5
6	Army	11-1	6
7	Notre Dame	7-3	9
8	North Carolina	9-3	8
9	Duke	10-4	11
10	Richmond	10-3	12
11	Harvard	9-3	10
12	Syracuse	9-4	7
13	Michigan	7-6	13
14	Johns Hopkins	6-7	15
15	Georgetown	8-4	18
16	Towson	8-5	AC
17	Virginia	6-7	AC
18	Denver	7-6	16
19	Boston U	9-4	AC
20	Fairfield	11-2	14
Also considered (alphabetical order)
AC	Colgate	7-6	AC
AC	Rutgers	6-8	17
AC	Sacred Heart	10-2	AC
AC	Saint Joseph's	9-4	20
AC	UMass	9-4	19
AC	Villanova	7-5	AC

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