KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The SCAD men's lacrosse team moves up one spot to take No. 9 in the most recent 2020 NAIA Men's Lacrosse Coaches' Top 10 Poll.
The Bees earned 34 points to move into No. 9. The Bees are currently 2-0 to open the season. Reinhardt remains No. 1 with 66 points.
Top 10 Highlights
- Reinhardt (Ga.) holds the most No. 1 rankings in men's lacrosse with 13.
- Reinhardt is the defending national invitational champion
- There is one new team to the poll: No. 10 Siena Heights (Mich.)
- Five teams remained at the same rank as the preseason poll
- Keiser (Fla.) moved up into the Top 5 after wins over then-RV Tennessee Wesleyan and then No. 5 Benedictine (Kan.)
- Reinhardt (Ga.) holds the longest active consecutive streak in the poll with 34. Keiser (Fla.) follows with 23.
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.
2020 NAIA Men's Lacrosse Coaches' Top 10 Poll
| RANK |
LAST TIME |
SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] |
RECORD |
POINTS |
| 1 |
1 |
Reinhardt (Ga.) |
0-0 |
66 |
| 2 |
2 |
Indiana Tech |
0-0 |
62 |
| 3 |
3 |
Lawrence Tech (Mich.) |
1-1 |
58 |
| 4 |
4 |
Cumberlands (Ky.) |
1-1 |
54 |
| 5 |
7 |
Keiser (Fla.) |
2-2 |
49 |
| 6 |
6 |
Madonna (Mich.) |
2-2 |
47 |
| 7 |
5 |
Benedictine (Kan.) |
1-1 |
39 |
| 7 |
8 |
Aquinas (Mich.) |
1-1 |
39 |
| 9 |
10 |
SCAD Savannah (Ga.) |
2-0 |
34 |
| 10 |
NR |
Siena Heights (Mich.) |
0-0 |
28 |
| 10 |
9 |
Missouri Valley |
0-0 |
28 |
Receiving Votes: Columbia (Mo.) 21, Lourdes (Ohio) 17, Missouri Baptist 16, St. Ambrose (Iowa) 9
