'Cuse Returns Home For Top 20 Showdowns
10/6/2026 1:03:00 PM | Field Hockey
Orange Ranked 11th in Week Six Polls
Syracuse University field hockey returns home with the No. 11 ranking as the Orange get set to host a pair of ranked opponents this weekend. The National Field Hockey Coaches Association (NFHCA) announced its sixth poll of the regular season Tuesday morning.
Syracuse (6-3) dropped two spots this week, sliding back to No. 11 with 110 points. Northwestern remained at the top with 220 points and all 11 first-place votes. Maryland held at No. 2 with 209 points with Duke holding at third with 190 points. Connecticut jumped three spots to fourth with 182 while Massachusetts slid two spots to fifth with 167 points.
Seven of the nine ACC programs were ranked in the top 20 this week: No. 3 Duke, No. 8 Wake Forest, No. 9 North Carolina, No. 11 Syracuse, No. 14 California, No. 15 Virginia, and No. 16 Louisville.
In addition to the ACC programs, No. 7 Harvard was inside the top 20 this week. Harvard picked up 162 points, moving up one spot from eighth in last week's poll.
The Orange return to J.S. Coyne Stadium after a three-game ACC road swing. Syracuse opens the homestand against No. 16 Louisville on Friday at 1:30 p.m. before hosting No. 7 Harvard on Sunday at 1 p.m. Both games air on ACC Network Extra.
Syracuse (6-3) dropped two spots this week, sliding back to No. 11 with 110 points. Northwestern remained at the top with 220 points and all 11 first-place votes. Maryland held at No. 2 with 209 points with Duke holding at third with 190 points. Connecticut jumped three spots to fourth with 182 while Massachusetts slid two spots to fifth with 167 points.
Seven of the nine ACC programs were ranked in the top 20 this week: No. 3 Duke, No. 8 Wake Forest, No. 9 North Carolina, No. 11 Syracuse, No. 14 California, No. 15 Virginia, and No. 16 Louisville.
In addition to the ACC programs, No. 7 Harvard was inside the top 20 this week. Harvard picked up 162 points, moving up one spot from eighth in last week's poll.
The Orange return to J.S. Coyne Stadium after a three-game ACC road swing. Syracuse opens the homestand against No. 16 Louisville on Friday at 1:30 p.m. before hosting No. 7 Harvard on Sunday at 1 p.m. Both games air on ACC Network Extra.
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