Unbeaten Bears Climb To #18 In Nation
The UMaine field hockey team is off to its best start in 25 years and the Black Bears keep moving up in the national poll.
The 5-0 record matches the 1993 team start to a season and the National Field Hockey Coaches Association poll puts UMaine in a tie for 18th in the country with Harvard.
The highest ever ranking for a Black Bear field hockey team came in 2011 when the team reached #10.
The best start to the season came in 1975 when the Bears started 8-0.
America East Conference play starts on September 28th.
Check out the complete top-25 poll below...
| Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I National Coaches Poll — Week 2 | |||
| Rank | Institution (Record) | Points (First place votes) | Previous Ranking |
| 1 | University of North Carolina (6-0) | 1105 (16) | 2 |
| 2 | University of Connecticut (6-0) | 1102 (24) | 1 |
| 3 | University of Maryland (7-0) | 1056 (3) | 3 |
| 4 | Duke University (4-2) | 968 | 4 |
| 5 | Princeton University (3-2) | 921 | 6 |
| 6 | Penn State University (3-2) | 810 | 5 |
| 7 | University of Virginia (3-2) | 726 | 8 |
| 8 | University of Louisville (4-2) | 662 | 11 |
| 9 | Boston College (3-2) | 617 | 13 |
| 10 | University of Michigan (3-3) | 608 | 7 |
| 11 | Northwestern University (4-3) | 595 | 9 |
| 12 | Syracuse University (3-2) | 560 | 10 |
| 13 | University of Delaware (3-3) | 508 | 12 |
| 14 | Saint Joseph's University (4-1) | 507 | 15 |
| 15 | Old Dominion University (6-0) | 497 | 21 |
| 16 | University of Iowa (5-1) | 491 | 14 |
| 17 | Rutgers University (5-0) | 462 | 23 |
| 18 | Harvard University (3-1) | 407 | 17 |
| 18 | University of Maine (5-0) | 407 | 19 |
| 20 | Liberty University (3-1) | 377 | 16 |
| 21 | Boston University (4-2) | 270 | 24 |
| 22 | Ohio State University (4-2) | 247 | 22 |
| 23 | Stanford University (3-3) | 195 | 20 |
| 24 | Wake Forest University (2-4) | 188 | 18 |
| 25 | University at Albany (2-2) | 135 | 25 |
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