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Projected · estimate · 751 rosters read · as of October 20, 2026

College Lacrosse Roster Openings 2026-27

Which college lacrosse programs are projected to lose the most players after this season, overall and at each position. Counted from the seniors and graduate students on 697 official rosters: an estimate to point your emails at programs that will need your position, not a promise of a spot.

Women's Lacrosse: programs projected to lose the most playersProjected · estimate

#ProgramOn rosterSr + Gr (departing)ReturningSignal
1Stony Brook NCAA D1 NY431627Medium
2Syracuse NCAA D1 NY401525Medium
3U.S. Naval Academy NCAA D1 MD441430Medium
4East Carolina NCAA D1 NC281414High
5St. Mary's College of Maryland NCAA D3 MD22148High
6Rockhurst NCAA D2 MO441331Medium
7Michigan NCAA D1 MI401327Medium
8Salisbury NCAA D3 MD401327Medium
9Connecticut NCAA D1 CT391325Medium
10Rhode Island NCAA D1 RI381325Medium
11Drexel NCAA D1 PA331320Medium
12Rochester Institute of Technology NCAA D3 NY291316High
13Johns Hopkins NCAA D3 MD401228Medium
14Long Island NCAA D1 NY401228Medium
15Anderson NCAA D2 SC381226Medium
16Christopher Newport NCAA D3 VA371225Medium
17Wesleyan NCAA D3 CT371225Medium
18Ashland NCAA D2 OH331221Medium
19Vermont NCAA D1 VT321220Medium
20High Point NCAA D1 NC301218High

430 women's lacrosse rosters read for 2026; 403 have complete enough class and position data to be ranked. 27 low-confidence programs are left out of the rankings but shown on their own program pages.

Women's Lacrosse openings by positionProjected · estimate: top 8 programs by departing players at each position

Midfield M

  1. Stony Brook NCAA D1 NY9 of 17 departing High
  2. Mercer NCAA D1 GA6 of 22 departing Medium
  3. Ohio State NCAA D1 OH6 of 14 departing High
  4. Syracuse NCAA D1 NY6 of 12 departing High
  5. Connecticut NCAA D1 CT5 of 17 departing Medium
  6. U.S. Naval Academy NCAA D1 MD5 of 17 departing Medium
  7. Delaware NCAA D1 DE5 of 13 departing Medium
  8. Saint Joseph's NCAA D1 PA5 of 13 departing Medium

Defense D

  1. Saint Anselm NCAA D2 NH6 of 12 departing High
  2. Syracuse NCAA D1 NY6 of 11 departing High
  3. Hofstra NCAA D1 NY6 of 10 departing High
  4. U.S. Naval Academy NCAA D1 MD6 of 10 departing High
  5. Lynchburg NCAA D3 VA6 of 9 departing High
  6. Manhattanville NCAA D3 NY6 of 9 departing High
  7. Northern Michigan NCAA D2 MI5 of 15 departing Medium
  8. Lehigh NCAA D1 PA5 of 13 departing Medium

Attack A

  1. Anderson NCAA D2 SC6 of 14 departing High
  2. Rhode Island NCAA D1 RI6 of 13 departing High
  3. Davis & Elkins NCAA D2 WV6 of 12 departing High
  4. Christopher Newport NCAA D3 VA6 of 11 departing High
  5. Rochester Institute of Technology NCAA D3 NY6 of 11 departing High
  6. Muhlenberg NCAA D3 PA5 of 15 departing Medium
  7. Ashland NCAA D2 OH5 of 13 departing Medium
  8. Duke NCAA D1 NC5 of 13 departing Medium

Goalie G

  1. Boston NCAA D1 MA3 of 4 departing High
  2. Vermont NCAA D1 VT3 of 4 departing High
  3. Massachusetts Institute of Technology NCAA D3 MA3 of 3 departing High
  4. Stony Brook NCAA D1 NY2 of 6 departing Medium
  5. Anderson NCAA D2 SC2 of 5 departing High
  6. Ashland NCAA D2 OH2 of 4 departing High
  7. Michigan NCAA D1 MI2 of 4 departing High
  8. Muhlenberg NCAA D3 PA2 of 4 departing High

Men's Lacrosse: programs projected to lose the most playersProjected · estimate

#ProgramOn rosterSr + Gr (departing)ReturningSignal
1Newberry NCAA D2 SC672344Medium
2Johns Hopkins NCAA D3 MD602238Medium
3Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick NCAA D1 NJ532132Medium
4Marquette NCAA D1 WI532033Medium
5Salisbury NCAA D3 MD601842Medium
6Tufts NCAA D3 MA591841Medium
7Babson NCAA D3 MA581840Medium
8Michigan NCAA D1 MI561838Medium
9Manhattanville NCAA D3 NY331815High
10Saint Joseph's NCAA D1 PA581741Medium
11Wingate NCAA D2 NC551738Medium
12Notre Dame NCAA D1 IN531736Medium
13Adelphi NCAA D2 NY511734Medium
14University at Albany NCAA D1 NY491732Medium
15Hofstra NCAA D1 NY481731Medium
16Montevallo NCAA D2 AL681652Medium
17Trinity NCAA D3 CT631647Medium
18Christopher Newport NCAA D3 VA601644Medium
19Westminster NCAA D2 UT601644Medium
20Southern New Hampshire NCAA D2 NH561640Medium

319 men's lacrosse rosters read for 2026; 293 have complete enough class and position data to be ranked. 26 low-confidence programs are left out of the rankings but shown on their own program pages.

Men's Lacrosse openings by positionProjected · estimate: top 8 programs by departing players at each position

Midfield M

  1. Princeton NCAA D1 NJ9 of 22 departing High
  2. Newberry NCAA D2 SC9 of 21 departing High
  3. Oberlin NCAA D3 OH8 of 24 departing Medium
  4. Monmouth NCAA D1 NJ8 of 23 departing Medium
  5. Wingate NCAA D2 NC8 of 22 departing Medium
  6. Marquette NCAA D1 WI8 of 20 departing High
  7. Adelphi NCAA D2 NY8 of 19 departing High
  8. Mercyhurst NCAA D1 PA8 of 19 departing High

Defense D

  1. Aquinas NAIA MI8 of 12 departing High
  2. Manhattanville NCAA D3 NY7 of 10 departing High
  3. Illinois Wesleyan NCAA D3 IL6 of 22 departing Medium
  4. Newberry NCAA D2 SC6 of 16 departing Medium
  5. Frostburg State NCAA D2 MD6 of 14 departing High
  6. Colgate NCAA D1 NY6 of 12 departing High
  7. Ohio State NCAA D1 OH6 of 12 departing High
  8. Hobart and William Smith Colleges NCAA D3 NY6 of 10 departing High

Attack A

  1. Baldwin Wallace NCAA D3 OH7 of 17 departing High
  2. Emmanuel NCAA D3 MA6 of 18 departing Medium
  3. Rockhurst NCAA D2 MO6 of 17 departing Medium
  4. Drew NCAA D3 NJ6 of 9 departing High
  5. Hampden-Sydney NCAA D3 VA5 of 16 departing Medium
  6. North Greenville NCAA D2 SC5 of 16 departing Medium
  7. Babson NCAA D3 MA5 of 14 departing Medium
  8. Centre NCAA D3 KY5 of 14 departing Medium

Long-stick midfield LSM

  1. Marquette NCAA D1 WI5 of 6 departing High
  2. Salisbury NCAA D3 MD4 of 6 departing High
  3. Christopher Newport NCAA D3 VA3 of 8 departing Medium
  4. Kalamazoo NCAA D3 MI3 of 8 departing Medium
  5. Denison NCAA D3 OH3 of 6 departing High
  6. Eastern NCAA D3 PA3 of 6 departing High
  7. Quinnipiac NCAA D1 CT3 of 6 departing High
  8. High Point NCAA D1 NC3 of 5 departing High

Face-off FO

  1. Tufts NCAA D3 MA3 of 6 departing High
  2. Johns Hopkins NCAA D3 MD2 of 6 departing Medium
  3. U.S. Naval Academy NCAA D1 MD2 of 6 departing Medium
  4. Cornell NCAA D1 NY2 of 5 departing High
  5. Hofstra NCAA D1 NY2 of 5 departing High
  6. Madonna NAIA MI2 of 5 departing High
  7. Stony Brook NCAA D1 NY2 of 5 departing High
  8. Arcadia NCAA D3 PA2 of 4 departing High

Goalie G

  1. Virginia NCAA D1 VA3 of 6 departing High
  2. Lebanon Valley NCAA D3 PA2 of 7 departing Medium
  3. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical NCAA D2 FL2 of 6 departing Medium
  4. Quinnipiac NCAA D1 CT2 of 6 departing Medium
  5. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick NCAA D1 NJ2 of 6 departing Medium
  6. Stevenson NCAA D3 MD2 of 6 departing Medium
  7. Bentley NCAA D2 MA2 of 5 departing High
  8. Centre NCAA D3 KY2 of 5 departing High

Lacrosse: programs projected to lose the most playersProjected · estimate

#ProgramOn rosterSr + Gr (departing)ReturningSignal
1Virginia Military Institute NCAA D1 VA371027Medium

2 lacrosse rosters read for 2026-27; 1 have complete enough class and position data to be ranked. 1 low-confidence program is left out of the rankings but shown on their own program pages.

Lacrosse openings by positionProjected · estimate: top 8 programs by departing players at each position

Attack A

  1. Virginia Military Institute NCAA D1 VA4 of 9 departing High

Midfield M

  1. Virginia Military Institute NCAA D1 VA4 of 14 departing Medium

Defense D

  1. Virginia Military Institute NCAA D1 VA1 of 7 departing Low

Goalie G

  1. Virginia Military Institute NCAA D1 VA1 of 2 departing Medium

How to use this

How the openings estimate works

Estimate: departing = players listed as seniors or graduate students at that position; signal compares them with everyone at the position whose class is listed (high: at least 2 and at least 40% departing; medium: at least 1 and at least 20%; low: fewer). Based only on the published roster.

  • Does not account for transfers, early departures, injuries, walk-ons or players already committed.
  • Seniors without a stated redshirt may still have a year of eligibility left; the roster page does not say.
  • Coaches recruit for need and fit; an opening is not an offer.

Counts come from the official roster page as published; individual players are never stored or shown here. Open the official roster for names.

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Aggregate counts from each program's official roster page; no player names or personal details are stored or shown. Rosters change through the year. Report a problem.