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—El Güero,
Power Rankings Overview: RSL at 8th, San Jose continues to tear apart MLS
Power Rankings Overview: RSL at 8th, San Jose continues to tear apart MLS
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Editor's note: Once again, a Power Rankings overview from Kreg Asay. The man's a machine. Not like a Terminator sort of machine, mind — just a machine. A good, friendly, power-rankings-compiling machine.
Power Rankings are a funny thing. We're in 8th (our highest ranking this week was 4) overall with an averaging ranking of 6.0; Colorado rose in the standings despite now being eliminated from the playoffs. Additionally, our season average has set us in third, which, with any luck, is where we end. I mean, we could end in a better spot, but I don't imagine it's very likely at all.
The sites used are:
*Soccer America (socceramerica.com)
*Major League Soccer (MLSSoccer.com)
*Goal (Goal.com)
*Soccer by Ives (soccerbyives.net)
*ESPN (espn.go.com/sports/soccer)
*SB Nation (sbnation.com)
*NBC Sports (prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com)
*Sports Illustrated (sportsillustrated.cnn.com)
*Bleacher Report (bleacherreport.com) - stopped after wk 11.
Weekly Average Power Ranking
W28 - W27 - W26 - Team - Ave -High-Low
1 - 1 - 1 - San Jose - 1.38 - 1 - 2
2 - 2 - 2 - Kansas City - 1.63 - 1 - 2
3 - 4 - 6 - LA Galaxy - 4.25 - 3 - 6
4 - 3 - 5 - Chicago - 4.38 - 3 - 6
5 - 6 - 3 - New York - 5.13 - 3 - 7
6 - 5 - 4 - Seattle - 5.50 - 4 - 7
7 - 7 - 8 - Salt Lake - 6.00 - 4 - 8
8 - 8 - 10 - DC United - 8.25 - 7 - 10
9 - 9 - 7 - Houston - 8.75 - 8 - 9
10 - 10 - 9 - Columbus - 10.38 - 10 - 11
11 - 11 - 11 - Dallas - 10.63 - 9 - 12
12 - 13 - 13 - Vancouver - 12.38 - 11 - 15
13 - 12 - 12 - Montreal - 12.75 - 12 - 13
14 - 14 - 14 - Philadelphia - 14.25 - 14 - 15
15 - 17 - 16 - Colorado - 15.63 - 14 - 17
15 - 15 - 15 - Portland - 15.63 - 13 - 17
17 - 15 - 17 - New England - 16.25 - 14 - 17
18 - 18 - 17 - Chivas - 18.38 - 18 - 19
19 - 19 - 19 - Toronto - 18.63 - 18 - 19
Eleven teams remained static in the rankings between week 27 and 28; no teams received unanimous ranking. There was 1 tie in week 28, CR / PT at 15th place with a 15.63 ave.
Variances (week 26)
4 positions = NY, RSL, FCD, VWc, PT
3 positions = LAG, CF, SS, DCU, CR, NER
2 positions =
1 position = SJ, SKC, HD, CC, MI, PU, CUSA, TFC
0 positions =
Site Consistency (in descending order best/worst for week 26)
This depends on how drastic changes are for a ranking between week. Simply put, if a team drops more than 3 places in a ranking there better be an extremely good reason for it.
NBC Sports (previous: 2nd)
1 position - 4 teams
No change - 15 teams
Soccer America (previous: 7th)
1 position - 4 teams
No change - 15 teams
ESPN (previous: 6th)
2 positions - 1 team
1 position - 4 teams
No change - 14 teams
Sports Illustrated (previous: 3rd)
2 positions - 3 teams
1 position - 4 teams
No change - 12 teams
Soccer by Ives (previous: 8th)
2 positions - 3 teams
1 position - 6 teams
No change - 10 teams
Major League Soccer (previous: 4th)
2 positions - 3 team
1 position - 6 teams
No change - 10 teams
Goal.com (previous: 5th)
3 positions - 1 team
2 positions - 1 team
1 position - 1 team
No change - 16 teams
SB Nation (previous: 1st)
3 positions - 1 team
2 positions - 1 team
1 position - 5 teams
No change - 12 teams
Firsts and Lasts
SJE have now been ranked #1 for 17 weeks, with RSL at 6, and SKC for 5 weeks.
TFC has been last for a total of 16 weeks (1 tied with PT, 1 with CUSA), Portland for 7 weeks (1 tied with TFC), Montreal, Dallas and Philly held last for 2 weeks each, Chivas for 2 weeks (1 tied with TFC).
Movers
Jets: CR (17th to 15th)
Bricks: NE (15th to 17th)
Glaciers: SJ, KC, RSL, DCU, HD, CC, FCD, PU, PT, CUSA, TFC (no change)
Season Average Power Ranking
W28 W27 W26 W25 Team
2.78 - 2.83 - 2.90 - 2.98 - San Jose
3.20 - 3.25 - 3.30 - 3.32 - Kansas City
3.68 - 3.59 - 3.47 - 3.30 - Salt Lake
5.17 - 5.16 - 5.16 - 5.22 - Seattle
5.36 - 5.37 - 5.35 - 5.42 - New York
6.51 - 6.43 - 6.33 - 6.28 - Houston
7.66 - 7.64 - 7.63 - 7.54 - DC United
8.11 - 8.25 - 8.43 - 8.57 - Chicago
8.67 - 8.83 - 9.02 - 9.18 - LA Galaxy
8.71 - 8.57 - 8.41 - 8.22 - Vancouver
11.85 - 11.90 - 12.32 - 12.17 - Columbus
12.56 - 12.45 - 11.97 - 12.06 - Colorado
12.95 - 13.03 - 13.12 - 13.22 - Dallas
14.15 - 14.20 - 14.27 - 14.36 - Montreal
14.64 - 14.58 - 14.53 - 14.47 - New England
15.04 - 14.92 - 14.78 - 14.66 - Chivas
15.30 - 15.34 - 15.38 - 15.43 - Philadelphia
15.88 - 15.88 - 15.89 - 15.91 - Portland
17.76 - 17.72 - 17.69 - 17.65 - Toronto
There was one position changes on the table, LA took over ninth position from Vancouver.
PT moved the least with no change from last week. CUSA dropped the most -.11 points; LA rose the most at .16 points. The smallest gap in the season average is .04 separating LA / VWc. The widest gulf lies between VWc and Columbus at 3.14; five other gaps of over 1 point also exist.
Firsts and Lasts
*RSL held the top spot on the season table for a total of 21 weeks (1 tied with SKC). SJ has held it for 5 weeks, and SKC held for 3 weeks (1 tied with RSL).
*Toronto has been in 19th place for 21 weeks, with Montreal at 7 weeks.
Forecast
Dallas is closing rapidly on the Rapids. Only .39 points separate the two. The Hoops should claim 13th before the last game of the season.
