Despite clinching home-floor advantage throughout the upcoming playoffs, the Calgary Roughnecks slipped ever so slightly in the latest Lacrosse-Network.com Experts Poll.

Calgary lost a point this week, slipping to 81 points on five first-place votes. The second-place Buffalo Bandits also fell a point, to 78, losing one of its two first-place votes.

The lucky recipient? New York, which has moved into position to steal first place in the Eastern Division. The Titans rose from fourth place a week ago, improving to 70 points.

Boston (64 points) and Portland (57 points) continue to round out the top five.

In the bottom half of the rankings, San Jose (35 points) and Minnesota (27 points) each moved up one spot at the expense of Colorado (22 points). The Mammoth is now tenth.

Our panel of seven 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 84 points and the minimum is seven 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. Calgary Roughnecks (11-4)                    81    1
    Wanna win the Cup? Gotta come to Cowtown
 2. Buffalo Bandits (10-5)                       78    2
    Uncomfortably close to blowing East crown
 4. New York Titans (9-6)                        70    4
    At MIN with a chance at division title
 3. Boston Blazers (9-6)                         64    3
    Playoff-level test Saturday at Buffalo
 5. Portland LumberJax (9-6)                     57    5
    Locked in as West #2
 6. Philadelphia Wings (7-8)                     48   6t
    Play-in game Saturday at Rochester...
 7. Rochester Knighthawks (6-9)                  41   6t
    ...winner qualifies, loser goes home
 8. San Jose Stealth (7-8)                       35    9
    Meaningless finale (at Toronto)
 9. Minnesota Swarm (6-9)                        27   10
    Must win finale 
10. Colorado Mammoth (6-9)                       22    8
    Skidding its way out of playoff race
11. Toronto Rock (5-10)                          12   11
    See you next year
12. Edmonton Rush (5-10)                         11   12
    Still alive for a playoff berth?!?!