All but one college field hockey team changed rankings from the Penn Monto/NFHCA preseason poll to Week 1.
According to the national association, “The NFHCA Division I National Coaches Poll is voted on by NFHCA member coaches and has no bearing on selection to the 2023 NCAA Division I Field Hockey Championship.
Here are the criteria to make the ranking:
“After two weeks of regular season competition, eligible teams must maintain a record of .500 or above to be eligible for ranking each week. The Ivy League Conference is an exception to this criteria the week of Sept. 4 based on their different schedule. Beginning the week of Sept. 11, all programs ranked in the top 20 must have a record of .500 or above.”
Here is the week 1 ranking, which can be found on the NFHCA website.
20. UMass Amherst: 3-1, previously unranked
19. Delaware: 3-1, previously unranked
18. Ohio State,: 5-0, previously unranked
17. Wake Forest: 2-2, previously ranked No. 12
16. Boston College: 2-2, previously ranked No. 17
15. Princeton: 0-2, previously ranked No. 10
14. Harvard: 2-0, previously ranked No. 13
13. Duke: 2-1, previously ranked No. 20
12. Rutgers: 4-0, previously ranked No. 16
11. Penn State: 2-2, previously ranked No. 5
10. Saint Joseph’s: 3-1, previously ranked No. 11
9. Liberty: 4-0, previously ranked No. 14
8. Michigan: 2-2, previously ranked No. 4
7. Syracuse: 3-0, previously ranked No. 8
6. Virginia: 3-1, same rank
5. Louisville: 4-0, previously ranked No. 9
4. Maryland: 4-1, previously ranked No. 3
3. Northwestern: 2-1, previously ranked No. 2
2. North Carolina: 3-1, previously ranked No. 1
1. Iowa: 4-0, previously ranked No. 7
Photo: Liberty vs Villanova, 2022, Jana Benscoter
