ILWomen's Alyssa Murray Cometti and Emily Considine discuss the best of the best in college lacrosse heading into the 2025 season, explaining the challenges of compiling the Top 50 ranking released in the fall, providing their takes on the strengths of the nation's most premier players, and going position by position for in-depth analysis. Topics include the easy choice of selecting Madison Taylor as the No. 1-ranked player, appreciation for some elite all-around midfielders, describing what makes the top three goalies and defenders in the Top 20 so great.