Johns Hopkins

When at the University of Maryland more than 30 years ago, Johns Hopkins was to me an elite school in Baltimore and a major lacrosse rival to the Terps (9-time NCAA National Champions - 3 while I was at College Park).  They have since become a force in the Centennial Conference (Division III) in football as indicated by the preseason poll.  A couple of accomplishments for Blue Jay football:

• Earned 18 of 20 first-place votes (head coaches and athletic directors couldn't vote for their own team)
• This is the 9th consecutive time they have earned the top spot in the poll, and twelve time in fourteen years
• The Blue Jays have won the conference ten times (out of eleven) when they have topped the preseason poll
• They have won 12 conference championships since 2002
• Lastly, Johns Hopkins has been nationally ranked for 60 consecutive weeks (including being in the top ten all of last year)

Not too bad for a lacrosse school...