NAIA Women's Lacrosse Coaches' Preseason Top 10 Poll
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Defending national champion SCAD Savannah (Ga.) owns the No. 1 ranking in the preseason installment of the 2018 NAIA Women’s Lacrosse Coaches’ Top 10 Poll, the national office announced Tuesday. The Bees claimed all eight first-place votes and 98 total points.
Top 10 Highlights
• SCAD Savannah enters the 2018 season vying for a second-straight national invitational title.
• The Bees own 19 all-time No. 1 rankings, which is the most all-time in NAIA women’s lacrosse.
• Two newcomers joined the Top 10 – No. 9 Reinhardt (Ga.) and No. 10 Siena Heights (Mich.). Both teams were ranked multiple times during the 2017 season.
• No team has ever spent an entire season ranked No. 1.
Poll Methodology
• The rating committee is comprised of eight raters – two raters per conference/group.
• Each conference/group produces a conference rating from which raters will use to compile their national ballot. Only teams represented on the conference rating are eligible for the national ballot.
• Each rater will submit a top 15 ballot, which will be used to produce the Top 10 national rating and a list of other teams receiving votes.
• For the complete rating calendar, click here.
2018 NAIA Women’s Lacrosse Coaches’ Preseason Top 10 Poll (January 30, 2018)
| RANK | LAST TIME^ | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | 2017 RECORD | TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) (8) | 14-1 | 98 |
| 2 | 2 | Lawrence Tech | 18-2 | 92 |
| 3 | 4 | Indiana Tech | 15-5 | 86 |
| 4 | 5 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 9-5 | 80 |
| 5 | 6 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 13-5 | 73 |
| 6 | 7 | Ave Maria (Fla.) | 7-7 | 64 |
| 7 | 9 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 11-6 | 63 |
| 8 | 10 | Ottawa (Kan.) | 10-3 | 52 |
| 9 | RV | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 8-7 | 48 |
| 10 | RV | Siena Heights (Mich.) | 11-7 | 46 |
Dropped from the Top 10: Davenport (Mich.) (no longer NAIA member); Columbia (S.C.) (No. 8)
Receiving Votes: Benedictine (Kan.) 40; Columbia (S.C.) 33; Aquinas (Mich.) 24; Missouri Baptist 24; Marian (Ind.) 7; Midland (Neb.) 3; Point (Ga.) 3.
^Ranking from 2017 Postseason Poll (May 17, 2017)
