Maryland men’s lacrosse released its 2026 schedule on Monday. Similar to previous seasons, the Terps boast one of the nation’s toughest slates.

Maryland will face the same 12 opponents as last year. Four of its seven nonconference foes — Notre Dame, Syracuse, Virginia and Princeton — rank in the top five of Inside Lacrosse’s preseason rankings. The Terps beat each last season and finished undefeated in nonconference play.

Maryland also plays Richmond, Loyola and Delaware before opening Big Ten play at Penn State on March 21.

The Terps beat both the Nittany Lions and the Orange — two Final Four teams — twice last season en route to a fourth NCAA championship appearance in five years. They also narrowly beat then-No. 1 Notre Dame in March, which again sits atop Inside Lacrosse’s rankings.

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Maryland’s regular season losses surprisingly came to Michigan and Rutgers. The Terps have a chance on March 28 to avenge last season’s triple-overtime defeat to the Wolverines.

Their Big Ten home opener is the next weekend against Ohio State, which beat Maryland in the 2025 Big Ten championship. Another game at SECU Stadium looms the weekend after against Rutgers. The Terps close their regular season with a road rendition of “The Rivalry” against Johns Hopkins on April 18.

Maryland has earned double-digit wins every year under coach John Tillman since he took over in 2011.

But this season’s schedule looks like one of the two-time national champion’s most challenging yet — arguably the nation’s toughest nonconference slate in an improving Big Ten.