Defending National Champions Syracuse hold onto the top spot in the latest Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I Coaches Poll.  The perfect 7-0 Orange defeated Wake Forest 4-2 on Sunday.  The next 3 spots are also claimed by unbeaten teams with North Carolina dropping to the #5 spot after being defeated by Boston College 2-1 on Friday.

The first NCAA RPI Rankings were released earlier today and Duke claims the top spot on those rankings, which rely on win-loss percentage and strength of schedule.  [Check out the NCAA RPI Rankings here]

Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I Coaches Poll
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
Rank School Record     Points      (1st Votes) Last Week Change
1 Syracuse (7-0) 834 (25) 1
2 Duke (8-0) 822 (12) 2
3 Connecticut (7-0) 782 (4) 5 +2
4 Penn State (8-0) 757 (3) 4
5 North Carolina (6-2) 692 3 -2
6 Maryland (5-2) 601 7 +1
7 Louisville (7-1) 569 6 -1
8 Michigan (6-1) 544 8
9T Boston College (4-3) 444 18 +9
9T Boston University (7-0) 444 9
11 Northwestern (6-2) 413 15 +4
12 Delaware (6-2) 352 12
13 Princeton (3-2) 348 10 -3
14 Wake Forest (4-3) 299 11 -3
15 Iowa (6-2) 270 16 +1
16 Virginia (4-4) 239 14 -2
17 Old Dominion (4-3) 237 13 -4
18 Stanford (2-4) 112 19 +1
19 Maine (6-2) 103 20 +1
20 Albany (4-3) 99 17 -3