You know what makes it hard to evaluate teams in a "real-time" sense?

When nearly everyone you think is good loses within a few days.

From last week's ballot fired off from the comfortable confines of San Antonio, Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 13 lost. No. 10 did not play. So what do you do?

Pretty much maintain the status quo for a week, and let it sort itself out next Saturday.

Army (over Navy) and Loyola (over Georgetown) were predictably big movers after upsets at home. I nosed Johns Hopkins back into the top 10 after its evisceration of Maryland. And after seeing UMBC handle Albany, it's pretty clear the Retrievers are a legitimate top-10 team.

Chances are, Inside Lacrosse's overall poll will look a lot different than this (besides the top two, who have very much earned their spots). And that's OK. I can't claim to know what the real order should be right now, and I suspect no one else can, either.

1. Duke (12-1)
2. Syracuse (10-1)
3. Virginia (10-2)
4. Georgetown (7-3)
5. Cornell (9-2)
6. Navy (9-3)
7. Maryland (7-4)
8. UMBC (8-3)
9. Johns Hopkins (4-5)
10. Ohio State (8-3)
11. North Carolina (7-4)
12. Army (8-3)
13. Notre Dame (7-2)
14. Loyola (6-4)
15. Denver (9-4)
16. Princeton (6-4)
17. Bucknell (9-2)
18. Brown (8-2)
19. Drexel (10-3)
20. Hofstra (6-4)

--- Patrick Stevens