Friday, September 18, 2015

Season 28 Power Rankings #1

We're about a quarter of the way through Season 28, which means it is time for the first power rankings of the season!  Atlanta continues to hold the top spot with a 30-10 record and ranking in the top 3 in both pitching and offense.  Texas holds on to #2 with a solid start, followed by Florida, Las Vegas and Chicago.  The biggest surprise thus far has been Detroit, vaulting an incredible 22 spots from 30 to 8.  Let's look at the rest of the biggest climbers, and biggest falls.

Biggest Climbers: #8 Detroit (+22), #13 Tacoma (+15), #12 Dover (+7), #7 Charlotte (+5), #18 Santa Fe (+5)

Biggest Falls: #19 Salt Lake City (-14), #25 Boston (-11), #20 Philadelphia (-9), #9 Colorado Springs (-5), #26 Cincinnati (-5), #29 San Francisco (-5)

It's still early, so it will be interesting to see how things continue to shake out.  Here are the complete rankings!
Pitching Offense
Team W L PREV Rank Rank
1 Atlanta  30 10 1 2 3
2 Texas 27 13 2 13 1
3 Florida 27 13 6 1 20
4 Las Vegas 26 14 7 3 16
5 Chicago 24 16 3 21 2
6 New York 24 16 9 9 12
7 Charlotte  23 17 12 13 16
8 Detroit 23 17 30 10 8
9 Colorado Springs 22 18 4 18 3
10 St. Louis 22 18 8 12 29
11 Salem 22 18 10 11 9
12 Dover 22 18 19 8 24
13 Tacoma 22 18 28 5 25
14 Seattle  21 19 13 7 27
15 Nashville 21 19 15 15 13
16 Vancouver 21 19 16 16 18
17 Los Angeles 20 20 17 4 30
18 Santa Fe 20 20 23 19 7
19 Salt Lake City 19 21 5 22 10
20 Philadelphia 19 21 11 17 14
21 Hartford 19 21 18 25 6
22 Buffalo  19 21 20 6 28
23 Cheyenne 19 21 26 20 26
24 Durham  17 23 22 29 15
25 Boston  15 25 14 24 19
26 Cincinnati 13 27 21 32 5
27 Syracuse  18 22 25 28 22
28 Houston 16 24 29 26 21
29 San Francisco 10 30 24 27 32
30 Monterrey 10 30 27 31 11
31 Iowa City 15 25 32 23 31
32 Charleston 14 26 31 30 22