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The NCAA tournament — especially its final three rounds — was riveting, exciting, and at times downright delirious.

It was also completed in its entirety, which was a welcome change from 2020.

What it didn’t do was completely overhaul the perception of many teams, which probably isn’t a surprise in an event that saw the top six seeds escape the first round and the top four seeds reach Memorial Day Weekend.

For the sake of everyone in the lacrosse world and beyond, hopefully Virginia is not only the first but also the last team to win back-to-back tournaments with a one-year hiatus in the middle.

The Cavaliers rightfully rise to No. 1 in the final rankings, and their four-spot rise is the largest movement of anyone in the last top 20 of the season.

Nike/US Lacrosse Rankings
Division I Men | Division I Women
Division II Men | Division II Women
Division III Men | Division III Women
 
Final 2021
W/L
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1 Virginia 14-4 5 Season complete
2 Maryland 15-1 1 Season complete
3 North Carolina 13-3 2 Season complete
4 Duke 14-3 3 Season complete
5 Notre Dame 8-4 4 Season complete
6 Rutgers 9-4 9 Season complete
7 Georgetown 13-3 6 Season complete
8 Loyola 10-6 11 Season complete
Denver 12-5 7 Season complete
10 Drexel 10-3 10 Season complete
11 Lehigh 10-2 8 Season complete
12 Army 7-4 12 Season complete
13 Villanova 7-5 14 Season complete
14 Delaware 10-3 15 Season complete
15 Syracuse 7-6 13 Season complete
16 Bryant 9-4 17 Season complete
17 Navy 6-3 16 Season complete
18 Vermont 9-5 18 Season complete
19 UMBC 8-3 19 Season complete
20 High Point 8-6 20 Season complete
Also considered (alphabetical order): Albany (8-5), Brown (1-0), Hofstra (8-6), Johns Hopkins (4-9), Penn (1-0), Richmond (7-6), Robert Morris (7-6), Saint Joseph’s (9-4), Stony Brook (8-6