Week 1 of the 2023 season is officially in the books, and what a week it was! The top performer was almost unanimously Fordham, who put together an incredibly strong performance at #17 Maryland to move up to the #2 spot this week. UMass retains the #1 spot after also impressing at #5 Tennessee this week. Dayton is the biggest down of the week, as the Flyers drop to #10 following their first 0-3 start since the 2001-2002 season.
1. UMass
Previous rank: #1
Record: 1-1
Past week: W vs Central Connecticut State, L at #5 Tennessee
Upcoming games: 11/14 vs Maine, 11/18 at Harvard
2. Fordham
Previous rank: #5
Record: 2-1
Past week: W vs Yale, W vs Saint Peter’s, L at #17 Maryland
Upcoming games: 11/16 at #24 Princeton, 11/20 vs Wagner
3. Rhode Island
Previous rank: #2
Record: 1-1
Past week: L at Harvard, W vs Dartmouth
Upcoming games: 11/14 vs Providence
4. La Salle
Previous rank: #3
Record: 2-1
Past week: L at Howard, W at Sacred Heart, W at Niagara
Upcoming games: 11/15 vs Drexel, 11/18 vs Pepperdine*, 11/19 vs UC Riverside/Alaska Anchorage
*Great Alaskan Shootout in Anchorage, AK
5. VCU
Previous rank: #4
Record: 1-1
Past week: W vs Lafayette, L vs William & Mary
Upcoming games: 11/15 at Delaware, 11/20 at Charlotte
6. Saint Joseph’s
Previous rank: #6
Record: 2-0
Past week: W vs Bucknell, W vs Yale
Upcoming games: 11/15 vs Penn, 11/20 at Vanderbilt
7. Richmond
Previous rank: #8
Record: 2-1
Past week: W at Liberty, W vs Mount St. Mary’s, L at Clemson
Upcoming games: 11/17 at UMBC, 11/20 vs Hampton
7. Davidson
Previous rank: #7
Record: 1-1
Past week: W at High Point, L vs Duke
Upcoming games: 11/16 at #17 Maryland
9. Duquesne
Previous rank: #9
Record: 3-0
Past week: W vs Point Park, W vs Brown, W vs Manhattan
Upcoming games: 11/19 at Pitt
10. Dayton
Previous rank: #10
Record: 0-3
Past week: L at Providence, L vs Illinois State, L at Akron
Upcoming games: 11/17 vs NKU
11. George Washington
Previous rank: #11
Record: 1-1
Past week: L at Virginia, W vs UMES
Upcoming games: 11/14 at Howard, 11/17 at American, 11/20 vs Cal State Fullerton
12. George Mason
Previous rank: #12
Record: 0-3
Past week: L vs #17 Maryland, L at Robert Morris, L at Pitt
Upcoming games: 11/16 vs Charleston Southern, 11/19 vs Loyola (MD)
T-13. Loyola Chicago
Previous rank: #T-13
Record: 1-1
Past week: W at Western Michigan, L at Milwaukee
Upcoming games: 11/16 vs Virginia, 11/20 at Eastern Illinois
T-13. Saint Louis
Previous rank: #T-13
Record: 1-2
Past week: L at Indiana State, W vs SIUE, L vs UNI
Upcoming games: 11/15 at Missouri State, 11/18 vs Green Bay, 11/20 vs South Dakota
15. St. Bonaventure
Previous rank: #15
Record: 0-2
Past week: L vs Bowling Green, L vs ETSU
Upcoming games: 11/16 at Siena