2018 NAIA Women's Lacrosse Coaches' Top 10 Poll — No. 1 (Feb. 27)
Feb 27, 2018
By Katie Green, Manager of Athletic Communications and Media
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – With a 2-0 record to open the season, SCAD Savannah (Ga.) remains the No. 1 team in the latest 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 20 all-time No. 1 rankings, which is the most all-time in NAIA women’s lacrosse.
- One
newcomers joined the Top 10 – No. 9 Keiser (Fla.) - Cumberlands (Ky.) made a big jump up in the latest poll from No. 7 to No. 3.
- 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’ Top 10 Poll (February 27, 2018)
| RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL (1ST PLACE VOTES) | RECORD | TOTAL POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | SCAD Savannah (Ga.) [8] | 2-0 | 98 |
| 2 | 2 | Lawrence Tech (Mich.) | 1-1 | 88 |
| 3 | 7 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 3-0 | 86 |
| 4 | 3 | Indiana Tech | 0-0 | 82 |
| 5 | 5 | Tennessee Wesleyan | 3-0 | 76 |
| 6 | 4 | Georgetown (Ky.) | 3-2 | 68 |
| 7 | 9 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 3-0 | 58 |
| 8 | 10 | Siena Heights (Mich.) | 1-0 | 55 |
| 9 | NR | Keiser (Fla.) | 3-0 | 51 |
| 10 | 8 | Ottawa (Kan.) | 0-1 | 44 |
Dropped from the Top 10: No. 6 Ave Maria (Fla.)
Receiving Votes: Ave Maria 42, Benedictine (Kan.) 28, Marian (Ind.) 26, Columbia (S.C) 19, Aquinas (Mich.) 15
