LAS VEGAS (AFLWA) – Having gone through a major shakeup this week, the Arena Football League Writers Association (AFLWA) Top 8 Poll should receive another jolt after this weekend.

Most notably, the No. 1 Tampa Bay Storm visit the No. 2 Orlando Predators. Tampa Bay (2-0) received 14 first-place votes and 119 points in this week's poll, and Orlando (2-0) picked up the other first-place vote and totaled 101 points. The Storm is coming off a 62-45 victory over the Austin Wranglers, and the Predators defeated the Arizona Rattlers 51-40.

Arizona's loss dropped it out of the poll from No. 3, making the Rattlers (1-1) one of four teams to fall from the rankings. The others were the Las Vegas Gladiators (1-1) from No. 5, Dallas Desperados (1-1) from No. 6 and the Georgia Force (1-1) from a tie for No. 8.

Las Vegas lost 66-31 at San Jose (1-1), which moved up to No. 3 from a tie for eighth. The SaberCats play at the New Orleans VooDoo (1-1), which moved into the poll at No. 8 following a 59-34 victory over the Nashville Kats.

The Chicago Rush (1-1) also entered the poll, taking the No. 4 spot after its 51-41 victory over the Philadelphia Soul. Philadelphia (1-1) dropped five places to No. 7. The Souls hosts Nashville (1-1), and Chicago is at the No. 5 Colorado Crush (1-1), which beat the Grand Rapids Rampage 72-56 to move up two spots.

After opening their season with a 55-45 victory over Dallas, the New York Dragons entered the poll at No. 6. The Dragons are at Las Vegas.

The AFLWA, founded at the start of the 2004 season, is a national organization made up of media members who cover the Arena Football League. Mark Anderson of the Las Vegas Review-Journal is the AFLWA's founder and executive director.