MLAX Continues to Receive Votes in Latest NAIA Coaches Top-10 Poll
KANSAS CITY, MON — Ottawa continues to receive votes in the latest NAIA Coaches Top 10 poll released by the national bureau on Wednesday. Keizer (Fla.) remains the No. 1 team in the latest edition of the 2023 Men’s Lacrosse Coaches’ Top 10 Poll.
survey methodology
- The Evaluation Committee consists of eight evaluators – two evaluators per conference/group.
- Each conference/group creates a conference score that evaluators use to compile their national vote. Only teams represented in the Conference Rating are eligible for national voting.
- Each evaluator submits a top 15 ballot, which is used to generate the top 10 national standings and a list of other teams receiving votes.
- The top 10 are determined by a scoring system based on how each voter ranks the top teams. Each voter counts 15 teams. A team gets 15 points for each first place vote, 14 for second place, 13 for third place, and so on down the list.
- The highest and lowest placement for each team (a non-rating is considered a low rating) is removed and the team ranking is recalculated, giving each team an additional one for each ballot (including concession ballots) the teams appear on point is added.
- Teams receiving only one point on the ballot are not considered “votes received”.
| RANK | LAST TIME | SCHOOL [FIRST-PLACE VOTES] | RECORD | POINTS |
| 1 | 1 | Keizer (bottle) [8] | 9-0 | 98 |
| 2 | 2 | Indiana Tech | 6-2 | 92 |
| 3 | 5 | Reinhardt (Ga.) | 8-1 | 86 |
| 4 | 4 | Cumberlands (Ky.) | 7-1 | 80 |
| 5 | 3 | Webber International (Fl.) | 9-1 | 74 |
| 6 | 6 | Siena Heights (Mich.) | 2-2 | 68 |
| 7 | 7 | Aquinas (Mich.) | 3-3 | 59 |
| 8th | 9 | Mount Vernon Nazarene (Ohio) | 7-1 | 54 |
| 9 | NO | Lawrence Tech (Mich.) | 2-1 | 48 |
| 10 | 10 | Concordia (Mich.) | 5-1 | 41 |
Removed from the poll: Tennessee Wesleyan
received votes: William Penn (Iowa) 38, Ottawa (Can.) 31St. Ambrose (Iowa) 30, Tennessee Wesleyan 29, Columbia (Mo.) 6, Madonna (Mich.) 6, Benedictine (Can.) 5