Despite losing at home last weekend, the Minnesota Swarm remains the top team in this week's Lacrosse-Network.com Experts Poll.

Minnesota got a run for the honor this week, though, outpolling the Buffalo Bandits by just four points. The Swarm drew 88 points, including four first-place votes, while the Bandits finished with 84 points (including two first-place votes).

Philadelphia, which lost yet again last weekend, slips to number three (77 points, one first-place vote) in the rankings this week, while New York (the team that beat the Wings) jumped two places to fourth, with 71 points (one first-place vote).

Colorado (68 points) rounds out the top five, with San Jose (61 points) falling to sixth.

The bottom of the rankings got a thorough shaking, too, as Calgary edged Toronto for eighth place, 36-34, after the Riggers were ranked tenth last week; Chicago dropped two spots to eleventh (20 points) after losing twice; and Edmonton stumbled into an unanimous last-place ranking.

Our panel of eight experts includes a wide range of top lacrosse minds, including Outsider's Guide writers, players, and coaches. Scoring is on an 12-11-10-etc. basis, so that the maximum score a team can earn is 96 points and the minimum is eight points.

The complete rankings from this week's Experts Poll, with comments (win-loss record through Sunday is in parentheses):

WEEK FIFTEEN                                    Pts  Prv
 1. Minnesota Swarm (9-5)                        88    1
    Finishes with 2 games vs. Chicago
 2. Buffalo Bandits (9-6)                        84    3
    Already in, now working to improve seeding
 3. Philadelphia Wings (9-6)                     77    2
    Somehow still has a chance at #1 seed
 4. New York Titans (9-6)                        71    6
    Not the team you want to see in playoffs
 5. Colorado Mammoth (9-6)                       68    5
    Visits San Jose this weekend...
 6. San Jose Stealth (8-7)                       61    4
    ...Western Division title to be decided
 7. Rochester Knighthawks (8-7)                  54    7
    Beat the Titans, make the playoffs
 8. Calgary Roughnecks (6-9)                     36   10
    First-round fodder for Tusks or Stealth?
 9. Toronto Rock (7-8)                           34    8
    Farewell, Jim Veltman
10. Portland LumberJax (6-9)                     23  11t
    First-round fodder for Tusks or Stealth?
11. Chicago Shamrox (5-9)                        20    9
    The dream comes to a sudden end
12. Edmonton Rush (4-11)                          8  11t
    Season can't end quickly enough