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Definitely head scratching that Johns Hopkins was seeded last year.

Princeton RPI of 4 SOS 16
Johns Hopkins RPI 10 SOS 5
JMU RPI 9 SOS 27
Stanford RPI 11 SOS 10

https://www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/col...projection

Here is the explanation of the seeding: https://www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/col...y-question

The funny thing is that Princeton was placed in Johns Hopkins pod and they beat Johns Hopkins 18-12. Poetic justice?

On conferences, for lacrosse only Johns Hopkins plays in the Big-10 and Denver plays in the Big East. There might be others.

Johns Hopkins was given the 8 seed with a #10 RPI last season.  Strength of schedule was a big factor for them.  They got the 8 seed over #4 RPI Princeton and #9 RPI JMU, seemingly based on strength of schedule because Hopkins played in the Big 10.  The ACC  is the other strong women's lacrosse conference.  I like the strength of schedule numbers as of now, but I admit it may not be enough to give Stanford the edge without some serious upsets against the teams ahead of them in RPI.

RPI Team SOS
4 Stony Brook 23
8 Navy 33
9 Florida 22
10 Colorado 17
11 Stanford 13

[SearchingForTheTruth]

Definitely head scratching that Johns Hopkins was seeded last year.

Princeton RPI of 4 SOS 16
Johns Hopkins RPI 10 SOS 5
JMU RPI 9 SOS 27
Stanford RPI 11 SOS 10

https://www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/col...projection

Here is the explanation of the seeding: https://www.usalacrosse.com/magazine/col...y-question

The funny thing is that Princeton was placed in Johns Hopkins pod and they beat Johns Hopkins 18-12. Poetic justice?

On conferences, for lacrosse only Johns Hopkins plays in the Big-10 and Denver plays in the Big East. There might be others.

Johns Hopkins was given the 8 seed with a #10 RPI last season.  Strength of schedule was a big factor for them.  They got the 8 seed over #4 RPI Princeton and #9 RPI JMU, seemingly based on strength of schedule because Hopkins played in the Big 10.  The ACC  is the other strong women's lacrosse conference.  I like the strength of schedule numbers as of now, but I admit it may not be enough to give Stanford the edge without some serious upsets against the teams ahead of them in RPI.

RPI Team SOS
4 Stony Brook 23
8 Navy 33
9 Florida 22
10 Colorado 17
11 Stanford 13