Data courtesy LaxPower.com.
Ratings include all games through 9 May 2004. 368 game results were used.
Weight of tied games = .0005
| Rk | Team | Conf. | Z-Rating | BSWP | Record | Pct | Ratio | SOS | Rk | ||||
| 1 | Johns Hopkins | IN | 24080 | .9734 | 11-1 | .917 | 10.998 | 2189.5 | 1 | ||||
| 2 | Maryland | AC | 8998.1 | .9384 | 12-2 | .857 | 5.999 | 1499.8 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | Navy | PL | 8834.2 | .9375 | 12-2 | .857 | 5.999 | 1472.5 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | Syracuse | IN | 6520.6 | .9228 | 11-2 | .846 | 5.499 | 1185.7 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | Georgetown | EC | 3140.5 | .8787 | 10-3 | .769 | 3.333 | 942.20 | 5 | ||||
| 6 | Princeton | IL | 2119.4 | .8492 | 9-3 | .750 | 3.000 | 706.51 | 7 | ||||
| 7 | North Carolina | AC | 1668.0 | .8290 | 8-4 | .667 | 2.000 | 834.01 | 6 | ||||
| 8 | Cornell | IL | 999.19 | .7801 | 8-4 | .667 | 2.000 | 499.61 | 9 | ||||
| 9 | Ohio State | GW | 970.43 | .7771 | 12-3 | .800 | 4.000 | 242.62 | 18 | ||||
| 10 | Towson | CA | 881.57 | .7670 | 11-4 | .733 | 2.750 | 320.58 | 14 | ||||
| 11 | Army | PL | 670.28 | .7369 | 10-4 | .714 | 2.500 | 268.12 | 16 | ||||
| 12 | Hobart | PL | 654.68 | .7342 | 9-6 | .600 | 1.500 | 436.46 | 11 | ||||
| 13 | Villanova | CA | 602.34 | .7246 | 12-3 | .800 | 4.000 | 150.60 | 26 | ||||
| 14 | Pennsylvania | IL | 542.18 | .7123 | 7-6 | .538 | 1.167 | 464.73 | 10 | ||||
| 15 | Rutgers | EC | 542.03 | .7123 | 8-5 | .615 | 1.600 | 338.78 | 13 | ||||
| 16 | Virginia | AC | 434.44 | .6857 | 5-8 | .385 | 0.625 | 695.09 | 8 | ||||
| 17 | Notre Dame | GW | 434.20 | .6856 | 7-5 | .583 | 1.400 | 310.15 | 15 | ||||
| 18 | Brown | IL | 350.20 | .6590 | 9-5 | .643 | 1.800 | 194.56 | 22 | ||||
| 19 | Dartmouth | IL | 322.16 | .6485 | 8-5 | .615 | 1.600 | 201.35 | 21 | ||||
| 20 | Duke | AC | 240.64 | .6113 | 5-8 | .385 | 0.625 | 385.02 | 12 | ||||
| 21 | Delaware | CA | 214.46 | .5965 | 10-6 | .625 | 1.667 | 128.68 | 30 | ||||
| 22 | Albany | AE | 196.09 | .5850 | 10-5 | .667 | 2.000 | 98.047 | 31 | ||||
| 23 | Penn State | EC | 191.71 | .5821 | 6-7 | .462 | 0.857 | 223.66 | 19 | ||||
| 24 | Denver | GW | 173.11 | .5690 | 7-6 | .538 | 1.167 | 148.38 | 27 | ||||
| 25 | Harvard | IL | 166.09 | .5637 | 7-6 | .538 | 1.167 | 142.37 | 28 | ||||
| 26 | Massachusetts | EC | 160.50 | .5594 | 7-7 | .500 | 1.000 | 160.50 | 23 | ||||
| 27 | Loyola | IN | 131.74 | .5343 | 4-8 | .333 | 0.500 | 263.48 | 17 | ||||
| 28 | Yale | IL | 115.32 | .5176 | 6-8 | .429 | 0.750 | 153.75 | 24 | ||||
| 29 | Bucknell | PL | 113.86 | .5160 | 6-8 | .429 | 0.750 | 151.81 | 25 | ||||
| 30 | UMBC | AE | 99.940 | .4999 | 6-8 | .429 | 0.750 | 133.25 | 29 | ||||
| 31 | Colgate | PL | 95.671 | .4946 | 8-7 | .533 | 1.143 | 83.712 | 34 | ||||
| 32 | Binghamton | AE | 81.606 | .4754 | 10-6 | .625 | 1.667 | 48.964 | 35 | ||||
| 33 | Stony Brook | AE | 68.284 | .4545 | 9-6 | .600 | 1.500 | 45.523 | 37 | ||||
| 34 | Hofstra | CA | 62.012 | .4434 | 3-10 | .231 | 0.300 | 206.70 | 20 | ||||
| 35 | Fairfield | GW | 53.374 | .4265 | 5-9 | .357 | 0.556 | 96.071 | 33 | ||||
| 36 | Air Force | GW | 48.335 | .4156 | 4-8 | .333 | 0.500 | 96.668 | 32 | ||||
| 37 | Butler | GW | 17.917 | .3167 | 4-8 | .333 | 0.500 | 35.832 | 38 | ||||
| 38 | Drexel | CA | 17.295 | .3134 | 4-8 | .333 | 0.500 | 34.590 | 39 | ||||
| 39 | Sacred Heart | CA | 12.692 | .2859 | 3-11 | .214 | 0.273 | 46.535 | 36 | ||||
| 40 | Vermont | AE | 8.9730 | .2565 | 5-9 | .357 | 0.556 | 16.151 | 41 | ||||
| 41 | Marist | MA | 6.6480 | .2321 | 10-7 | .588 | 1.429 | 4.6536 | 46 | ||||
| 42 | Lehigh | PL | 6.1881 | .2265 | 4-10 | .286 | 0.400 | 15.470 | 42 | ||||
| 43 | Providence | MA | 5.8693 | .2224 | 9-7 | .563 | 1.286 | 4.5650 | 48 | ||||
| 44 | Manhattan | MA | 5.2895 | .2144 | 8-7 | .533 | 1.143 | 4.6283 | 47 | ||||
| 45 | Quinnipiac | AE | 4.4677 | .2017 | 2-11 | .154 | 0.182 | 24.570 | 40 | ||||
| 46 | Holy Cross | PL | 4.0849 | .1952 | 5-9 | .357 | 0.556 | 7.3526 | 44 | ||||
| 47 | Canisius | MA | 3.1851 | .1778 | 6-7 | .462 | 0.857 | 3.7159 | 50 | ||||
| 48 | Mount St. Mary's | MA | 2.7048 | .1669 | 5-8 | .385 | 0.625 | 4.3276 | 49 | ||||
| 49 | Lafayette | PL | 1.4576 | .1307 | 2-12 | .143 | 0.167 | 8.7450 | 43 | ||||
| 50 | St. Joseph's | MA | 1.1583 | .1193 | 4-10 | .286 | 0.400 | 2.8956 | 51 | ||||
| 51 | Siena | MA | .49844 | .0869 | 4-9 | .308 | 0.444 | 1.1215 | 52 | ||||
| 52 | Wagner | MA | .00010 | .0288 | 1-12 | .077 | 0.083 | .00117 | 53 | ||||
| 53 | Hartford | AE | .00009 | .0279 | 0-14 | .000 | 0.000 | 4.9689 | 45 | ||||
| 54 | VMI | MA | .00000002 | .0000 | 0-11 | .000 | 0.000 | .00107 | 54 |
| Conference | BSWP | Tms | Top Team | |
| 1 | Independent (IN) | .8223 | 3 | Johns Hopkins (1) |
| 2 | Atlantic Coast Conference (AC) | .7820 | 4 | Maryland (2) |
| 3 | Ivy League (IL) | .6982 | 7 | Princeton (6) |
| 4 | Eastern College Athletic Conference (EC) | .6941 | 4 | Georgetown (5) |
| 5 | Great Western Lacrosse League (GW) | .5350 | 6 | Ohio State (9) |
| 6 | Colonial Athletic Association (CA) | .5241 | 6 | Towson (10) |
| 7 | Patriot League (PL) | .4959 | 8 | Navy (3) |
| 8 | America East Conference (AE) | .3390 | 7 | Albany (22) |
| 9 | Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MA) | .0745 | 9 | Marist (41) |