10/20/2026 9:05:00 AM | Field Hockey
Syracuse University field hockey returns home with the No. 14 ranking as the Orange get set to host Stanford and No. 16 California this weekend. The National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) announced its eighth poll of the regular season Tuesday morning.
Syracuse (7-5) dropped one spot this week, sliding back to No. 14 with 77 points. Maryland remained at the top with 219 points and 10 of the 11 first-place votes. Northwestern held at No. 2 with 210 points and the remaining first-place vote, with Connecticut holding at third with 187 points. Massachusetts stayed at fourth with 180 while Harvard held at fifth with 179 points.
Seven of the nine ACC programs were ranked in the top 20 this week: No. 7 Duke, No. 9 North Carolina, No. 10 Wake Forest, No. 14 Syracuse, No. 15 Virginia, No. 16 California, and No. 18 Louisville.
North Carolina, the Orange's opponent last weekend, moved up one spot to No. 9 with 136 points. California picked up 60 points this week, sliding back one spot from No. 15 in last week's poll.
The Orange return to J.S. Coyne Stadium for a two-game ACC homestand. Syracuse hosts Stanford on Friday at 5 p.m. on ACC Network Extra before welcoming No. 16 California on Sunday at noon for a nationally televised game on ACC Network. Leah Secondo and Suzanne Bush will have the call from Coyne on Sunday.
Syracuse (7-5) dropped one spot this week, sliding back to No. 14 with 77 points. Maryland remained at the top with 219 points and 10 of the 11 first-place votes. Northwestern held at No. 2 with 210 points and the remaining first-place vote, with Connecticut holding at third with 187 points. Massachusetts stayed at fourth with 180 while Harvard held at fifth with 179 points.
Seven of the nine ACC programs were ranked in the top 20 this week: No. 7 Duke, No. 9 North Carolina, No. 10 Wake Forest, No. 14 Syracuse, No. 15 Virginia, No. 16 California, and No. 18 Louisville.
North Carolina, the Orange's opponent last weekend, moved up one spot to No. 9 with 136 points. California picked up 60 points this week, sliding back one spot from No. 15 in last week's poll.
The Orange return to J.S. Coyne Stadium for a two-game ACC homestand. Syracuse hosts Stanford on Friday at 5 p.m. on ACC Network Extra before welcoming No. 16 California on Sunday at noon for a nationally televised game on ACC Network. Leah Secondo and Suzanne Bush will have the call from Coyne on Sunday.
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