The Washington Stealth has opened the 2010 season with two impressive victories. The Calgary Roughnecks -- well, it's been a bit more of a struggle.

No mind to the defending champs, who appear to be getting the benefit of the doubt in the first Lacrosse-Network.com Experts Poll of 2010.

Calgary outpolled Washington by a single point, 67-66, and a single first-place vote, 3-2, despite having split an early home-and-home series with Minnesota while the Stealth racked up blowout wins over Colorado and Edmonton.

Following closely are three Eastern Division unbeatens -- Rochester (63 points, one first-place vote), Orlando (61 points, one first-place vote) and Toronto (55 points).

From there, it's a plunge to sixth-place Minnesota (36 points), which finished just ahead of Philadelphia (34). Buffalo, a surprising 0-2 on the young season, drew 30 points to rank eighth.

Just about the only thing the Experts agreed on this week is that the Colorado Mammoth have been a complete disappintment through two games -- the entire panel ranked the Tusks as the league's worst team.

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 11-10-9-etc. basis, so that the maximum score a team can earn is 77 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 TWO                                        Points
 1. Calgary Roughnecks (1-1)                        67
    Champs haven't shown much yet
 2. Washington Stealth (2-0)                        66
    How long can the magic carpet ride last?
 3. Rochester Knighthawks (2-0)                     63
    Grant's return a boon for K'Hawks
 4. Orlando Titans (1-0)                            61
    Contending for honor of league's best D
 5. Toronto Rock (2-0)                              55
    Hosts Rochester on Saturday
 6. Minnesota Swarm (1-1)                           36
    Split two games against Calgary
 7. Philadelphia Wings (1-1)                        34
    Still searching for offense
 8. Buffalo Bandits (0-2)                           30
    Struggling without Tavares
 9. Edmonton Rush (1-1)                             26
    Keenan has lots of 'his' guys -- the StormJax
10. Boston Blazers (0-3)                            17
    Flaming out in Beantown
11. Colorado Mammoth (0-2)                           7
    Rough times in Wooly-land