KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The SCAD women's lacrosse team is ranked No. 1 in the most recent 2019 NAIA Women's Lacrosse Coaches' Top 10 Poll. This is the 29
th time in which the Bees have been ranked No. 1 – the most in NAIA history.
Top 10 Highlights
- The Bees boast 29 all-time No. 1 rankings, which is the most all-time in NAIA women's lacrosse.
- The top three teams remain the same from the last poll
- New to the poll this week is Lawrence Tech (Mich.) at 10.
- SCAD Savannah is the only team to spend the 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.
2019 NAIA Women's Lacrosse Coaches' Preseason Top 10 Poll
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) [8] |
6-1 |
114 |
| 2 |
2 |
Benedictine (Kan.) [1] |
9-0 |
107 |
| 3 |
3 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
10-1 |
98 |
| 4 |
5 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
9-1 |
90 |
| 5 |
4 |
Indiana Tech |
2-2 |
88 |
| 6 |
6 |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
8-1 |
82 |
| 7 |
8 |
Marian (Ind.) |
7-2 |
72 |
| 8 |
7 |
Georgetown (Ky.) |
4-3 |
62 |
| 9 |
9 |
Concordia (Mich.) |
6-1 |
60 |
| 10 |
NR |
Lawrence Tech (Mich.) |
2-6 |
50 |
Receiving Votes: Point (Ga.) 38, Ave Maria (Fla.) 30, Tennessee Wesleyan 22, Cleary (Mich.) 22, Ottawa (Kan.) 15, Life (Ga.) 6, Lourdes (Ohio) 6, St. Andrews (N.C.) 3
Source: National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
