The Calgary Roughnecks remain as the top team in this week's Lacrosse-Network.com Experts Poll, again outpolling the Buffalo Bandits.

What's new for the Riggers, now in their third straight week atop the poll, is what's not new -- they earned 82 of a possible 84 points on five first-place votes, the same results as last week.

Buffalo, too, is in a familiar position -- its 79 points and two first-place votes also match last week's results.

Meanwhile, the Boston Blazers continue in third place (69 points), solidly ahead of Eastern Division rival New York (64 points). The Titans and fifth-place Portland (54 points) each improved one spot at the expense of Colorado (45), which slid to sixth.

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 THIRTEEN                                   Pts  Prv
 1. Calgary Roughnecks (9-2)                     82    1
    Could clinch West title this weekend
 2. Buffalo Bandits (8-4)                        79    2
    Must halt 1-3 skid now
 3. Boston Blazers (7-5)                         69    3
    Two wins from the playoffs (at TOR, BUF)...
 4. New York Titans (7-5)                        64    5
    ...same story in Gotham (two vs. PHI)
 5. Portland LumberJax (6-5)                     54    6
    Should have done better than split vs. SJ
 6. Colorado Mammoth (6-6)                       45    4
    Capable of playing much better
 7. Rochester Knighthawks (5-6)                  39    9
    Suddenly in the playoff race
 8. Philadelphia Wings (5-7)                     35    8
    Welcome back, Geoff Snider
 9. Minnesota Swarm (5-7)                        33    7
    Streaky all season long
10. Toronto Rock (5-8)                           21   11
    Would the real Rock please stand up?
11. San Jose Stealth (5-8)                       18   10
    Three games left in vexing season
12. Edmonton Rush (4-8)                           7   12
    Wow! Only 1 game from final playoff spot