I figured it was just about time to go ahead and publish these bad boys, since so much trash has been spoken in the last 10 days.
Not surprisingly, the Niners, Outlaws, and Guardians top our list.
Slightly more surprising is the Sooner Syndicate at #4 and even moreso, the newly promoted Chute Boxe All-Stars at #5. Much grumbling over these two teams having "not yet been tested" - but hey, they're 4-0, who's gonna argue with them?
You might be surprised that there are only 25 teams on this list. Well, it's simple. This year, if you go into negative numbers, we downsize your ass. If you win a game and get back into the green, you can get back on the list, probably to replace someone else who went red.
So, that's that, and these are the numbers - and just in case folks were wondering, this is all math, no human components, so don't make assumptions about who I have at the top just because of my team affiliation. If you take a peek next door at EE A#5, you'll see the team I OC for on the same exact list at #8, even though they're also undefeated...
1) Portland Niners (200.53)
2) Liverpool Outlaws (148.39)
3) Italy Guardians (143.67)
4) Sooner Syndicate (117.26)
5) Chute Box All-Stars (114.58)
6) Riga Ravens (99.49)
7) Salzburg Templars (91.55)
8) Saratov Blaze (88.98)
9) Tallinn Nightmare (85.78)
10) Apocalypse (84.4)
11) Dresden Doomsday (80.66)
12) Bad Bay Hackers (79.96)
13) Birmingham Bulldogs (77.38)
14) Berlin Crusaders (73.84)
15) Riga Nationals (71.82)
16) Sioux City Bandits (68.38)
17) Moscow Crocodiles (68.2)
18) The Russian Winter (66.9)
19) Minsk Nightmares (55.02)
20) Pecs of Steel (44.37)
21) P-Burg Players (31.97)
22) Quahog Clams (31.64)
23) Yugoslavian Roid Pushers (22.94)
24) Razorback Nation (22.45)
25) Skopje SF Kardinals (21.49)
And a new feature this year, we call it the....
Race to Relegation: Whose team is most likely to get dropped back to BBB next season?
This is a top 5 ranking, even though I know the # of teams being relegated varies based on Bort's mood and how bad the teams do, but since we have a dearth of 0-4 teams already, I thought this was an apropo insert.
1) Blitzkrieg (-208.03) Triple digit losses in all four games + Scouting bar that wouldn't win 8 games in a 13-cap = long season for this super-slow-build team that's suddenly gone CPU.
2) Bangher Bestfriend (-195.67) Looks like the best friend is the one doing the banging. They'd be #1 in this race if not for the fact that they got shut out by better quality opponents than the Blitzkrieg. Problem is, they have yet to score a point this season.
3) Gateshead Gargoyles (-155.54) Well, the Gargs have been gargled, and apparently the owner has had enough of this treatment, and they've gone CPU. Only a matter of time before they hit the top of this list.
4) Budapest Magics (-138.35) The Magic are definitely hoping for a fairy godmother to bail them out of this mess. Another super-slow-build team that needed one more level of relegation to have a prayer at scoring.
5) Chernobyl Mariners (-114.57) The Mariners are a tough-luck story - here's an owner that is genuinely trying to field a team, but recruiting hasn't gone well for two years in a row, and it's just becoming a perfect storm for this already storm-battered unit. To their credit, they've scored more than the top 4 teams on this list combined, and they're the only ones who've kept their margin of defeat under 100 in more than one game.
So that's your power rankings this week, folks. Let there be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Not surprisingly, the Niners, Outlaws, and Guardians top our list.
Slightly more surprising is the Sooner Syndicate at #4 and even moreso, the newly promoted Chute Boxe All-Stars at #5. Much grumbling over these two teams having "not yet been tested" - but hey, they're 4-0, who's gonna argue with them?
You might be surprised that there are only 25 teams on this list. Well, it's simple. This year, if you go into negative numbers, we downsize your ass. If you win a game and get back into the green, you can get back on the list, probably to replace someone else who went red.
So, that's that, and these are the numbers - and just in case folks were wondering, this is all math, no human components, so don't make assumptions about who I have at the top just because of my team affiliation. If you take a peek next door at EE A#5, you'll see the team I OC for on the same exact list at #8, even though they're also undefeated...
1) Portland Niners (200.53)
2) Liverpool Outlaws (148.39)
3) Italy Guardians (143.67)
4) Sooner Syndicate (117.26)
5) Chute Box All-Stars (114.58)
6) Riga Ravens (99.49)
7) Salzburg Templars (91.55)
8) Saratov Blaze (88.98)
9) Tallinn Nightmare (85.78)
10) Apocalypse (84.4)
11) Dresden Doomsday (80.66)
12) Bad Bay Hackers (79.96)
13) Birmingham Bulldogs (77.38)
14) Berlin Crusaders (73.84)
15) Riga Nationals (71.82)
16) Sioux City Bandits (68.38)
17) Moscow Crocodiles (68.2)
18) The Russian Winter (66.9)
19) Minsk Nightmares (55.02)
20) Pecs of Steel (44.37)
21) P-Burg Players (31.97)
22) Quahog Clams (31.64)
23) Yugoslavian Roid Pushers (22.94)
24) Razorback Nation (22.45)
25) Skopje SF Kardinals (21.49)
And a new feature this year, we call it the....
Race to Relegation: Whose team is most likely to get dropped back to BBB next season?
This is a top 5 ranking, even though I know the # of teams being relegated varies based on Bort's mood and how bad the teams do, but since we have a dearth of 0-4 teams already, I thought this was an apropo insert.
1) Blitzkrieg (-208.03) Triple digit losses in all four games + Scouting bar that wouldn't win 8 games in a 13-cap = long season for this super-slow-build team that's suddenly gone CPU.
2) Bangher Bestfriend (-195.67) Looks like the best friend is the one doing the banging. They'd be #1 in this race if not for the fact that they got shut out by better quality opponents than the Blitzkrieg. Problem is, they have yet to score a point this season.
3) Gateshead Gargoyles (-155.54) Well, the Gargs have been gargled, and apparently the owner has had enough of this treatment, and they've gone CPU. Only a matter of time before they hit the top of this list.
4) Budapest Magics (-138.35) The Magic are definitely hoping for a fairy godmother to bail them out of this mess. Another super-slow-build team that needed one more level of relegation to have a prayer at scoring.
5) Chernobyl Mariners (-114.57) The Mariners are a tough-luck story - here's an owner that is genuinely trying to field a team, but recruiting hasn't gone well for two years in a row, and it's just becoming a perfect storm for this already storm-battered unit. To their credit, they've scored more than the top 4 teams on this list combined, and they're the only ones who've kept their margin of defeat under 100 in more than one game.
So that's your power rankings this week, folks. Let there be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
