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Power Rankings Overview: As season reaches its conclusion, RSL firmly in third
Power Rankings Overview: As season reaches its conclusion, RSL firmly in third
Friday, October 26, 2012
Editor's note: Once again, Kreg Asay is back with a Power Rankings overview. RSL is firmly in third place at the end of the season, while a draw against Seattle has confined us to fourth for the week ... behind Seattle. Funny how that happens, isn't it?
Power Ranking Averages for week 30.
The sites used are:
*Soccer America (socceramerica.com)
*Major League Soccer (MLSSoccer.com)
*Goal (Goal.com)
*Soccer by Ives (soccerbyives.net) - none last 2 wks.
*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
W30 - W29 - W28 - Team - Ave -High-Low
1 - 1 - 1 - San Jose - 1.14 - 1 - 2
2 - 2 - 2 - Kansas City - 1.86 - 1 - 2
3 - 4 - 6 - Seattle - 3.71 - 3 - 5
4 - 3 - 7 - Salt Lake - 4.00 - 3 - 5
5 - 7 - 8 - DC United - 5.14 - 3 - 7
6 - 5 - 4 - Chicago - 6.00 - 5 - 7
6 - 6 - 3 - LA Galaxy - 6.14 - 4 - 7
8 - 8 - 5 - New York - 8.14 - 8 - 9
9 - 9 - 9 - Houston - 8.86 - 8 - 9
10 - 10 - 10 - Columbus - 10.43 - 10 - 12
11 - 11 - 12 - Vancouver - 11.29 - 10 - 14
12 - 12 - 11 - Dallas - 12.14 - 11 - 14
13 - 13 - 13 - Montreal - 12.29 - 11 - 13
14 - 14 - 14 - Philadelphia - 13.86 - 13 - 15
15 - 15 - 15 - Portland - 15.57 - 14 - 17
16 - 15 - 15 - Colorado - 15.86 - 15 - 17
17 - 17 - 17 - New England - 16.29 - 15 - 17
18 - 19 - 19 - Toronto - 18.43 - 18 - 19
19 - 18 - 18 - Chivas - 18.57 - 18 - 19
Fourteen teams remained static in the rankings between week 29 and 30; no teams received a unanimous ranking.
Variances (week 26):
4 positions = DCU, VWc
3 positions = LAG, FCD, PT
2 positions = SS, RSL, CF, CC, MI, PU, CR, NE
1 position = SJ, SKC, NY, HD, TFC, CUSA
0 positions =
Site Consistency (in descending order best/worst for week 30):
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: 2st)
1 position - 6 teams
No change - 13 teams
Goal.com (previous: 5th)
1 position - 8 teams
No change - 11 teams
Soccer America (previous: 7nd)
2 positions - 1 team
1 position - 4 teams
No change - 14 teams
Sports Illustrated (previous: 3th)
2 positions - 3 teams
1 position - 4 teams
No change - 12 teams
ESPN (previous: 4rd)
3 positions - 1 team
1 position - 5 teams
No change - 13 teams
SB Nation (previous: 1th)
3 positions - 1 team
1 position - 7 teams
No change - 11 teams
Major League Soccer (previous: 6th)
4 positions - 1 team
3 positions - 1 team
1 position - 4 teams
No change - 13 teams
Soccer by Ives (previous: 8th)
No ratings published
Firsts and Lasts:
SJE have now been ranked #1 for 19 weeks, with RSL at 6, and SKC for 5 weeks.
TFC has been last for a total of 17 weeks (1 tied with PT, 1 with CUSA), Portland for 7 weeks (1 tied with TFC), Chivas for 3 weeks (1 tied with TFC), Montreal, Dallas and Philly held last for 2 weeks each,
Movers:
Jets: DCU (7th to 5rd)
Bricks: none
Glaciers: SJ, KC, LA, NY, HD, CC, VWc, FCD, MI, PT, PU, NE (no change)
Season Average Power Ranking
W30 W29 W28 W27 Team
2.67 - 2.72 - 2.78 - 2.83 - San Jose
3.11 - 3.15 - 3.20 - 3.25 - Kansas City
3.70 - 3.69 - 3.68 - 3.59 - Salt Lake
5.09 - 5.13 - 5.17 - 5.16 - Seattle
5.53 - 5.44 - 5.36 - 5.37 - New York
6.67 - 6.59 - 6.51 - 6.43 - Houston
7.55 - 7.64 - 7.66 - 7.64 - DC United
7.91 - 7.98 - 8.11 - 8.25 - Chicago
8.49 - 8.57 - 8.67 - 8.83 - LA Galaxy
8.88 - 8.80 - 8.71 - 8.57 - Vancouver
11.75 - 11.79 - 11.85 - 11.90 - Columbus
12.78 - 12.68 - 12.56 - 12.45 - Colorado
12.89 - 12.92 - 12.95 - 13.03 - Dallas
14.04 - 14.10 - 14.15 - 14.20 - Montreal
14.75 - 14.70 - 14.64 - 14.58 - New England
15.19 - 15.24 - 15.30 - 15.34 - Philadelphia
15.26 - 15.14 - 15.04 - 14.92 - Chivas
15.87 - 15.88 - 15.88 - 15.89 - Portland
17.82 - 17.80 - 17.76 - 17.72 - Toronto
There was one position changes on the table this week as Philadelphia took over 16th from Chivas.
PT and RSL moved the least +/- .01 point each. CUSA dropped the most -.12 points; DC rose the most at .09 points. The smallest gap in the season average is .07 separating PU / CUSA. The widest gulf once again lies between VWc and Columbus at 2.87 (down from 2.99); 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 7 weeks, and SKC held for 3 weeks (1 tied with RSL).
*Toronto has been in 19th place for 23 weeks, with Montreal at 7 weeks.
Forecast:
Dallas continues to close on the Rapids. Only .11 points separate the two (down from .24). One more good result for Dallas should put them in the 12th spot for the final week.
