The Philadelphia Wings this week moved one vote away from being the unanimous first-place team in the Lacrosse-Network.com Experts Poll.

Philadelphia, after rallying past Colorado a week ago, did the same to Minnesota this past weekend, flipping a 7-6 fourth-quarter deficit into a 17-8 rout. As a result, the Wings drew seven first-place votes this week for a near-perfect score of 95 points.

Minnesota, meanwhile, managed to remain in second place (86 points) despite the big loss because third-place Colorado also lost, 12-9 at Calgary. The Mammoth drew 82 points this week, hanging on to one first-place vote.

The big movers of the week come out of western New York, where Buffalo turned a dominant performance in Chicago into a move from sixth to fourth (67 points) and Rochester fell three spots to eighth (44 points) after a dismal home loss to New York.

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 SEVEN                                      Pts  Prv
 1. Philadelphia Wings (5-0)                     95    1
    Eleven 4th-quarter goals vs. MIN...
 2. Minnesota Swarm (6-2)                        86    2
    ..."anyone get the number of that bus?"
 3. Colorado Mammoth (5-2)                       82    3
    Ought to be running away with West
 4. Buffalo Bandits (5-4)                        67    6
    Surviving the injuries, lack of discipline
 5. San Jose Stealth (4-3)                       62    4
    Coming on strong
 6. Toronto Rock (4-3)                           50   7t
    Time to separate from pack in East
 7. Calgary Roughnecks (3-5)                     46   7t
    Was Sunday's win vs. COL a fluke?
 8. Rochester Knighthawks (3-4)                  44    5
    Not looking like the defending champs
 9. New York Titans (4-4)                        41    9
    Playing well above expectations
10. Portland LumberJax (3-5)                     27   10
    EDM, at CAL upcoming - tide is turning?
11. Chicago Shamrox (1-5)                        14   11
    Showing little desire to win right now
12. Edmonton Rush (0-6)                          10   12
    Change to Hamley, signs of life