Colorado will enjoy another week atop the Lacrosse-Network.com Experts Poll, but the Mammoth had better not look over its shoulder -- the Minnesota Swarm is coming.

Fresh off a 14-12 win Saturday night at San Jose, the Swarm picked off one of Colorado's first place votes and has narrowed the gap between first and second place to seven points, 93 to 86. Colorado hung on to six first-place votes, with Minnesota claiming the other two.

In all, very little changed after a quiet weekend with no surprising results. Philadelphia continues to hold down third place, at 79 points, with Buffalo eleven points back.

The only positional changes were for fifth place, with Calgary (66 points) breaking out of a tie with Rochester (57 points), despite neither team playing this past weekend; and Portland pushing Edmonton not only into the basement, but also into the season's first minimum score (eight points).

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 FOUR                                       Pts  Prv
 1. Colorado Mammoth (4-0)                       93    1
    Hard to find any week spots
 2. Minnesota Swarm (4-0)                        86    2
    Hosts NY and POR: could be 6-0 next week: 
 3. Philadelphia Wings (3-0)                     79    3
    Can't afford to lose momentum during bye
 4. Buffalo Bandits (2-2)                        68    4
    Next three games on road
 5. Calgary Roughnecks (2-2)                     66   5t
    Hosts Buffalo on Friday
 6. Rochester Knighthawks (1-3)                  57   5t
    Veteran team? Or just old?
 7. San Jose Stealth (2-3)                       55    7
    Played well enough for 2 wins; only got one
 8. Toronto Rock (3-2)                           40    8
    Moving in right direction with Bullen
 9. New York Titans (1-3)                        30    9
    Improving, but East is too tough
10. Chicago Shamrox (1-2)                        25   10
    After this week, nothing but East foes
11. Portland LumberJax (1-3)                     18   12
    Won the Battle of the Winless
12. Edmonton Rush (0-4)                           8   11
    Is the axe near for Paul Day?