Sometimes taking a national championship contender to the wire and losing helps a team's perception.
That was the case for Penn State in this week's Maverik Media top-20. The Nittany Lions moved up one spot to No. 14 after the hard fought one-goal loss against Maryland on Sunday night.
The Terrapins are the nations new No. 1 team after previously top-ranked Albany fell to UMBC over the weekend.
The Big Ten has two other teams in the top-10, No. 4 Johns Hopkins and No. 8 Rutgers, the two happen to be the Nittany Lions next two opponents.