Oceania Power Rankings
The Furious Five
#1 - Dirty Island Gurupies (5-0) - With WD's loss last week, this is a no brainer.
#2 - Sumatra Seahawks (5-0) - I'm not sure they will end up being here, but at 5-0 with a solid win over a top 4 team, you can't really make a case for them to be any lower.
#3 - Walking Dead (4-1) - Close loss to Sumatra drops us a few spots.
#4 - Razorback Nation (4-1) - They took care of business in week 5, but drop a spot as a result of Sumatra's jump in the rankings.
#5 - Brantford Smoke (4-1) - You could make an argument that Brantford should be #4, and I wouldn't argue against it much. However, short of going the easy route (4a and 4b), someone has to be #5. They can prove me wrong this week when they play the Razorbacks.
The Swingers
This group of teams have taken turns winning and losing against each other, so it is really impossible to use logic to rank them.
#6 - Asau Kings (3-2) - The Asau teams are trading places again. When Sumatra was looking questionable, it was easier to drop the Kings and dismiss the tagging excuse. However, this looks more correct now to me.
#7 - Banzai Pipeline Nites (4-1) - BPN's ranking is riding the coattails of the Kings, and thus they get a nice bump back up.
#8 - Gold Coast Michelin Men (2-3) - They lost to OTM, but with CoP making a strong showing in SEAPC, GCMM's body of work is a bit more impressive than OTM's.
#9 - Offtopica Miracle (2-3) - Losing to BPN is not making a strong case for your team's strength.
#10 - Paris Smexies (1-4) - They played Dirty Island tough. If you could buy teams like stocks, now is probably a good time to buy low on Paris. They have had a brutal opening stretch of games, which is getting easier.
#11 - Asau Assasins (3-2) - The loss to Offtopica Grace causes this team to tumble down the rankings. Now they get a shot to redeem themselves against the other Offtopica team.
#12 - Offtopica Grace (1-4) - Good win for the Grace. They need to keep it up over the next 4 if they want to have a shot at the playoffs.
#13 - Gridiron Avatars ~ Luminescent (2-3) - They got the win, but it was over a real bad team.
Stick a fork in them...
#14 - Fiji Ventures (2-3) - Not much life in this team. These guys are poster boys for why EL is not a perfect predictor of success.
#15 - Guam Chamoros Rising Sun Devils (0-5)
#16 - Mothball Mobsters (0-5)
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Oceania Week 6 Game Picks
Offtopica Miracle over Asau Assasins by 7
The Walkind Dead over BPN by 21
Dirty Island over GCMM by 28
Asau Kings over Gridiron by 21
Paris over Guam by 70+
Offtopica Grace over Mothball by 140+
Sumatra over Fiji by 63
GotW - Razorback Nation over Brantford by 6
The Furious Five
#1 - Dirty Island Gurupies (5-0) - With WD's loss last week, this is a no brainer.
#2 - Sumatra Seahawks (5-0) - I'm not sure they will end up being here, but at 5-0 with a solid win over a top 4 team, you can't really make a case for them to be any lower.
#3 - Walking Dead (4-1) - Close loss to Sumatra drops us a few spots.
#4 - Razorback Nation (4-1) - They took care of business in week 5, but drop a spot as a result of Sumatra's jump in the rankings.
#5 - Brantford Smoke (4-1) - You could make an argument that Brantford should be #4, and I wouldn't argue against it much. However, short of going the easy route (4a and 4b), someone has to be #5. They can prove me wrong this week when they play the Razorbacks.
The Swingers
This group of teams have taken turns winning and losing against each other, so it is really impossible to use logic to rank them.
#6 - Asau Kings (3-2) - The Asau teams are trading places again. When Sumatra was looking questionable, it was easier to drop the Kings and dismiss the tagging excuse. However, this looks more correct now to me.
#7 - Banzai Pipeline Nites (4-1) - BPN's ranking is riding the coattails of the Kings, and thus they get a nice bump back up.
#8 - Gold Coast Michelin Men (2-3) - They lost to OTM, but with CoP making a strong showing in SEAPC, GCMM's body of work is a bit more impressive than OTM's.
#9 - Offtopica Miracle (2-3) - Losing to BPN is not making a strong case for your team's strength.
#10 - Paris Smexies (1-4) - They played Dirty Island tough. If you could buy teams like stocks, now is probably a good time to buy low on Paris. They have had a brutal opening stretch of games, which is getting easier.
#11 - Asau Assasins (3-2) - The loss to Offtopica Grace causes this team to tumble down the rankings. Now they get a shot to redeem themselves against the other Offtopica team.
#12 - Offtopica Grace (1-4) - Good win for the Grace. They need to keep it up over the next 4 if they want to have a shot at the playoffs.
#13 - Gridiron Avatars ~ Luminescent (2-3) - They got the win, but it was over a real bad team.
Stick a fork in them...
#14 - Fiji Ventures (2-3) - Not much life in this team. These guys are poster boys for why EL is not a perfect predictor of success.
#15 - Guam Chamoros Rising Sun Devils (0-5)
#16 - Mothball Mobsters (0-5)
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Oceania Week 6 Game Picks
Offtopica Miracle over Asau Assasins by 7
The Walkind Dead over BPN by 21
Dirty Island over GCMM by 28
Asau Kings over Gridiron by 21
Paris over Guam by 70+
Offtopica Grace over Mothball by 140+
Sumatra over Fiji by 63
GotW - Razorback Nation over Brantford by 6
