After seeing all of the other USA AA leagues power rankings and reading all of the friendly trash-talk and boasting on our own thread, I thought I'd list my Official-Unofficial Power Rankings for USA AA #4. This power ranking is in it's early stages with only 5 games into the season, but I hope to add more information as to depth rankings and Offensive/Defensive rankings at a later date. For this ranking I put a large emphasis on who you've played thus far, rather than team stats because of some of the stat padding blowouts we've seen. So here we go:

Rank Prv Rank Team Name Rec
1 (-) Cincinnati Shockers 5-0
Comments: Played 3 Playoff (Top 8 right now) teams, 2 of which I believe to finish in the Top 4 of the East by seasons end (Alabama and Chicago). Next Game: Pittsburgh Powerhouse

2 (-) Denton Spartans 5-0
Comments: Played 2 Playoff teams and have showen that winning the USA CCC was no fluke. On a 10 game winning streak that dates back to last season Next Game: Austin Cyber-Demons

3 (-) Brooklyn Maulers 5-0
Comments: Beat Seattle Thunder, who has the toughest Strength of Schedule (SOS) in the West and didn't overlook the Washington Warpath which is another team to watch for in the West. Next Game: Protorville Predators

4 (-) Alabama Crimson Tide 4-1
Comments: Beat 2 playoff teams and has the hardest SOS (16-9) for a 4-1 team. Next Game: Dallas Lampshades

5 (-) Oklahoma Sooners 4-1
Comments: Beat 2 playoff teams and was a TD away from being 5-0. Next Game: Jacksonville Barracudas

6 (-) Green Bay Maulers 5-0
Comments: Easiest SOS with 6-19 and it gets easier next week. Next Game: Boston Massacre

7 (-) Seattle Thunder 3-2
Comments: Beat 2 of the top 6 (Austin & Spokane) and both losses come against 2 of the top 6 (Oklahoma & Brooklyn). Look for them to move up the rankings over the next 3 weeks. Next Game: Colorado Blizzards

8 (-) New York Bulldogs 4-1
Comments: Only loss came by 1 point to Alabama and they've blown out the teams they should beat. Next Game: Athens Scoregasms

9 (-) Austin Cyber-Demons 3-2
Comments: Both losses came by 3 points or less against two Playoff teams. Lets see if they can squeeze one out against Denton. Next Game: Denton Spartans

10 (-) Cape Cod Jagged Shoals 1-4
Comments: I know, you're thinking how can a 1-4 team be ranked higher than four 4-1 teams?!? Because they've played the big boys and they've proven they can win in the playoffs (CCC Runner Up Champions). Cape Cod needs to prove it's worth after going 1-4 with the toughest SOS (19-6) in all of AA #4. The next 3 games need to be W's. Next Game: Baltimore Stars

Obvisously the rankings will change quite a bit over the next couple of games, but any input or help is appreciated.

p.s. Before all of the "HOMER" comments start to get posted, I do have players on Cincinnati. I did not place them #1 because of that and I feel that anyone in the top 6 could be ranked #1 right now. I put them there because they've had the toughest SOS for a 5-0 team.

Great Job on this, I'm always a fan of Power Rankings.

Great writeup.

homer, west > east

Lol just playin but the west will win the league

Originally posted by Sooneer
homer, west > east

Lol just playin but the west will win the league

HA HA HA. Nice Homer comment. I tried to play impartial on the whole East vs West thing with 5 teams from each in the top 10. A lot of the 4-1 teams have had cupcake schedules, so it'll be interesting to see how the teams shape up over the next 3 games.

Sidenote, I will try to keep up with these power rankings to some extent, but will probably only be able to got into great detail once or twice a week. I'm going to start exploring the depth and chemistry of teams to factor into the rankings.

I started on an end of year matchup comparison between leagues, got about 4 teams into it and after writing a half page on each I gave up, because I figured it was way to early to tell lol.

But its a good top 10 all in all.

Yeah, seemes like some teams are suffering after the off-season. I know Athens had a lot of his guys buy their own teams and move their players.

Bulletin board material.

i do also agree freebirds got snubbed a bit, but the SOS doesnt look to high

#2! i'm insulted....

just kidding, it's a great write up...we need more stuff like this for the league.

Originally posted by Clint Revels
i do also agree freebirds got snubbed a bit, but the SOS doesnt look to high

True, but all we can do is play who they put in front of us.

Originally posted by miltonX4


2 (-) Denton Spartans 5-0
Comments: Played 2 Playoff teams and have showen that winning the USA CCC was no fluke. On a 10 game winning streak that dates back to last season Next Game: Austin Cyber-Demons


Lies imo.

Originally posted by Frank Booth
Originally posted by Clint Revels

i do also agree freebirds got snubbed a bit, but the SOS doesnt look to high

True, but all we can do is play who they put in front of us.

just saying i agree with you

Originally posted by Cerneo
Originally posted by miltonX4



2 (-) Denton Spartans 5-0
Comments: Played 2 Playoff teams and have showen that winning the USA CCC was no fluke. On a 10 game winning streak that dates back to last season Next Game: Austin Cyber-Demons


Lies imo.

and not agreeing with you

I say ends at 10 or 11, can't make up my mind yet.... =-/

Leader of this division should have 3-4 losses.