Wednesday, September 2, 2009

Season 6 Power Rankings - Regular Season #1

Chuckles McGee - Cobbfather Post Gazette

Welcome the first regular season power rankings of Season 6! And we start with a familiar face at the top of the rankings, as Rochester, who spent much of last season at #1 in the Power Rankings, jumps one spot to take over the top spot in the Power Rankings. Rochester is off to an 11-4 start. Atlanta at 10-4 climbs 2 spot to a franchise best #2 in the rankings. Vancouver is #3, Boston, also claiming their highest spot in the rankings, comes in this week at #4, and Tampa Bay, the preseason #1, falls to #5.

Outside of the top 10, #16 Buffalo (10-5, up 6 spots) and #20 Syracuse (9-5, up 7 spots) are turning heads with their solid play to start the season.

Here's the five best starts, and five worst starts to Season 6:

Five Best: #1 Rochester (11-4), #3 Vancouver (11-4), #4 Boston (11-4), #2 Atlanta (10-4), #16 Buffalo (10-5)

Five Worst
: #30 Durham (4-11), #17 San Francisco (5-10), #18 Boise (5-10), #19 San Juan (5-10), #31 Cheyenne (5-10)

And now the Unveiling of the first Regular Season Power Rankings!!


Rank

Team

Record

Prev

1

Rochester

11-4

2

2

Atlanta

10-4

4

3

Vancouver
11-4

6

4

Boston

11-47

5

Tampa Bay

8-7

1

6

Sacramento

8-6

5

7

Florida

7-7

3

8

Memphis

8-68

9

Burlington

9-5

10

10

Jackson

8-7

11

11

New York (AL)

7-7

12

12

New York (NL)

6-8

9

13

Honolulu

8-7

16

14

Detroit

9-6

17

15

Dover

7-8

13

16

Buffalo

10-5

22

17

San Francisco

5-10

14

18

Boise

5-10

15

19

San Juan

5-10

18

20

Syracuse

9-5

27

21

Chicago

6-8

19

22

Austin

6-8

20

23

Cincinnati

6-8

21

24

Wichita

7-8

29

25

Ottawa

7-7

32

26

Charleston

6-8

23

27

Kansas City

6-8

26

28

Little Rock

6-9

30

29

Oakland

6-8

31

30

Durham

4-11

24

31

Cheyenne

5-10

25

32

Los Angeles

5-9

28


Check back after game 30 for the next installment of the power rankings!