For the 33rd consecutive week, the Iowa field-hockey team is ranked in the National Field Hockey Coaches Association poll.

Iowa begins the season at No. 20; it also received one first-place vote.

Five other teams from the Big Ten were included in the poll. Maryland claimed the No. 1 spot, Penn State came in at No. 16, and Northwestern premièred at No. 14. Michigan State and Michigan débuted at No. 16 and 17.

North Carolina, Connecticut, Duke, and Syracuse rounded out the top five.

— by Jordan Hansen