Despite having their sixteen-game winning streak snapped this weekend, the Rochester Knighthawks hold the top spot in the season's first Lacrosse-Network.com Experts Poll.

The loss on Saturday was Rochester's first in almost a full year and ended the Knighthawks' bid to break Buffalo's record of 22 straight wins (1992-1994).

Rochester, which split a home-and-home series with the Bandits, narrowly held off Colorado for first place, drawing 94 points on four first-place votes. Colorado, 2-0 on the young season, earned 92 points, including three first-place votes.

Buffalo (76 points) finished comfortably in third place, seven clear of fourth-place Minnesota. Calgary and San Jose, who played to a sudden-death Stealth victory, round out the first division, with 62 and 61 points, respectively.

After Philadelphia (53 points), it's a long way down to eighth-place Toronto -- twenty points lower.

Edmonton (30 points), New York (24), Portland (22) and Chicago (13) round out the rankings.

Our panel of eight 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 96 points and the minimum is eight points.

The complete rankings from this week's Experts Poll, with comments (win-loss record through Sunday is in parentheses):

WEEK ONE                                        Points
 1. Rochester Knighthawks (1-1)                     92
    So much for the winning streak
 2. Colorado Mammoth (2-0)                          90
    Riding high atop Western Division
 3. Buffalo Bandits (1-1)                           76
    Nice rebound after losing home opener
 4. Minnesota Swarm (2-0)                           69
    Look who's finally getting their due
 5. Calgary Roughnecks (0-2)                        62
    Two hard-fought losses
 6. San Jose Stealth (1-0)                          61
    Firepower is there to contend for title
 7. Philadelphia Wings (1-0)                        53
    No issues with the offense (yet)
 8. Toronto Rock (1-2)                              33
    Clark debacle darkens Rock even further...
 9. Edmonton Rush (0-1)                             30
    ...as Rush aims to crush Canadian foe
10. New York Titans (1-0)                           24
    Time to be Buffalo's sacrificial lamb
11. Portland LumberJax (0-1)                        22
    The '06 magic is long gone now
12. Chicago Shamrox (0-2)                           13
    Not looking sharp yet