Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Power Rankings Week Five

Four teams submitted power rankings this week: Pawtucket, Texas, Scranton & Kansas City.

I'm super busy this week (sorry for the delay on PR), so I'm not typing out the vote totals for PR this week. Let me know if this is something you miss, or if I can skip that step every week.

Rank (Last Week) Team (First Place Votes)
1. (2) Kansas City Shuffle (4)
2. (3) Pawtucket Polythene
3. (1) Texas Tittyballs
t-4. (--) Rochester Raging Rhinos
t-4. (5) Charleston Rebels
6. (8) Chicago Smooth Horses
7. (6) Fargo Nines
8. (9) San Francisco Sourdoughs
9. (10) Cheyenne Chilli Peppers
10. (7) New York Moon Shots
11. (27) Burlington Chills
12. (14) Salem Dodgers
13. (12) Charlotte knights
14. (15) Scranton Dunder-Mifflins
15. (16) Colorado Springs AltiDUDES
16. (11) Iowa City Kaysons
17. (16) Norfolk Nomads
18. (12) Atlanta City Slickers
19. (22) Louisville Freezer Monkeys
20. (18) New Orleans Breeze
21. (20) Memphis Hound Dawgs
22. (19) San Antonio Border Jumpers
23. (26) Cleveland Steamers
24. (--) Little Rock Big Rocks
25. (21) Scottsdale T's
26. (23) St. Louis Birdnals
27. (30) Fresno Fire Dragons
28. (--) Huntington Cousins
29. (--) Tampa Bay Tarpons
30. (25) Tuscon Turbocors
31. (--) Houston Aggies
32. (--) Detroit Tigers

The big winner this week was Burlington, who is in the middle of a 17-4 run that has propelled them from "maybe next year" to wildcard contenders in the week. The Chills rose 16 spots from 27 to 11, and will make the Top 10 next week if they continue this hot slide.

The big losers this week are the Texas Tittyballs. Sure, other teams had larger drops then them, but they fell out of first, and didn't stop at second. For the first time all season, they're not the highest ranked NL team in the Power Rankings, as Pawtucket has passed them. The Tittyballs still have the best record in the NL, but a 4-6 mark against Pawtucket, Chicago & Rochester last week proved to the world that while Texas can dominate the weaker teams, they might not yet be ready to compete with the powers that be.

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