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Rutgers field hockey had a statement win over the weekend, taking down then No. 3 Northwestern

With the win over the weekend, Rutgers is now 7-6 on the season and sits at No. 20 in the latest NFHCA poll. The Scarlet Knights moved up three spots this week with the win.

The ranking shows the depth of the Big Ten. Four of the top five teams in the poll are from the Big Ten:

• No. 2 Maryland
• No. 3 Northwestern
• No. 4 Penn State
• No. 5 Iowa

No. 10 Michigan and No. 21 Ohio State round out the rankings for this week.

The Scarlet Knights are No. 17 in the latest field hockey RPI update from Monday.

Last season, Rutgers hosted and won the Big Ten Tournament, marking the first time in program history that the Scarlet Knights won the conference tournament.

Rutgers plays at No. 2 Maryland this Sunday.

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Rutgers field hockey remains third in the nation after another impressive week that included a strong win against a ranked Big Ten opponent.

The Scarlet Knights (12-2, 4-1 Big Ten) climbed to the No. 3 spot in last week’s National Field Hockey Coaches Association Poll (NFHCA) after a solid win at Penn State.  This past week, they beat then-No. 8 Maryland at home. Maryland’s ranking remains unchanged this week.

On Sunday, Rutgers beat a solid Columbia team 2-0 at home.

The only losses of the season for Rutgers came at St. Joseph’s early in the season and then during the conference schedule at home to No. 1 Iowa.

The schedule this week will be very telling for Rutgers. They play at No. 2 Michigan on Friday and then at No. 21 Ohio State, both games that will have huge implications for Rutgers in terms of seeding for the upcoming Big Ten Tournament, which the Scarlet Knights host this year.

The top three teams in the latest NHFCA poll are all from the Big Ten, led by No. 1 Iowa and aforementioned Michigan.

A total of six Big Ten teams are in the polls top 10.

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Rutgers field hockey continues to set the standard for the school’s athletic program, climbing two spots in the latest National Field Hockey Coaches Association Division 1 Poll.

Rutgers is now third in the nation, moving up two spots after beating then No. 4 Penn State on the road last Friday. The loss sees the Nittany Lions move down one spot to fifth in the nation.

The win at Penn State makes Rutgers 10-2 on the year and 3-1 in the Big Ten. Their lone conference loss came two weeks ago at home to Iowa. Rutgers has beaten a total of eight programs that have been ranked this year.

The tough grind through the conference continues as they face No. 8 Maryland this Friday.

The inclusion of Rutgers now makes the top three programs in the national all from the Big Ten. No. 1 Iowa and No. 2 Michigan retained their spots atop the poll for another week.

The conference has six programs ranked in the most recent poll’s top 10 and seven total in the top 25.

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Rutgers field hockey is now No. 5 in the country, up one spot in the latest Penn Monto/NFHCA Division I National Coaches Poll. They have moved up one spot from the previous poll.

The Scarlet Knights are now 9-2 overall with a 3-1 record in the Big Ten. On Friday, they lost at home 2-1 to No. 1 Iowa. They rebounded on Sunday with a 1-0 win in double overtime over Indiana.

They play at No. 4 Penn State on Friday then host No. 7 Maryland on October 15.

In their Monday update, the NCAA said that Rutgers has the fifth-highest RPI in the country. Rutgers is one of six Big Ten teams in the poll’s top 10. Iowa remains atop the poll followed by second-ranked Michigan. There is the aforementioned Penn State, just one spot ahead of Rutgers, with Northwestern dropping down two spots to sixth and Maryland down one spot at eighth.