Week 9 Rankings

Still Flying High

1. Drow (no change)

Last week was the team's worst performance since week 1 but this time it was the defense's fault. In fact the D is the worst in the league right now. So if the offense falls from recently superb highes, this team becomes average.

4-week means: Offense 72, Defense 17, Total 95

Cruising

2. Lagers (up 1)

Only Drow have a higher mean total score over the last 4 weeks and have scored 76 or more total points in 5 of their last 6 games.

4-week means: Offense 60, Defense 23, Total 85

3. Malleus (up 1)

Still consistently good on both sides of the ball. The only team with a top-4 mean on both offense and defense over the last 4 games.

4-week means: Offense 56, Defense 24, Total 79

4. Old No. 7 (down 2)

Last week was their first really bad game in a while. A similar team to Drow -- with the second best offense over the last 4 games and the second worst defense (both second to Drow).

4-week means: Offense 63, Defense 18, Total 82

5. Bill (up 2)

Bill has been climbing these rankings the last couple of weeks after 3 consecutive weeks of strong and improving scores. Last week, Bill put it all together and scored 112.

4-week means: Offense 53, Defense 27, Total 80

6. Rednecks (no change)

Rednecks get back on track after laying an egg in week 8. The defense had become the driving force of the team recently, but the offense performed well last week.

4-week means: Offense 48, Defense 28, Total 76

7. CAPO (up 2)

Speaking of climbing the charts. I had pretty much given CAPO up for dead after week 5's 3rd consecutive sub-50 pt game. They've scored above the mean 3 of their last 4 games.

4-week means: Offense 40, Defense 24, Total 71

Up and Down

8. Mimes (up 4)

They doubled their score from week 8 in week 9. Mimes hit rock bottom last week but responded with a huge game a la CAPO? Maybe there is hope that Mimes get their swagger back.

4-week means: Offense 38, Defense 19, Total 66

9. Beavers (down 4)

The defense has been really good, especially the last 3 weeks of 29 or more pts each. And last week the offense joined the party as well and things were looking up. Then week 9 showed the poor offense that Beavers' have sported more often then not this year.

4-week means: Offense 33, Defense 30, Total 64

Grounded

10. Hamburglers (down 2)

Defense isn't the problem here but the offense hasn't scored 40 pts in the last 4 weeks.

4-game means: Offense 33, Defense 24, Total 56

11. Flannel (no change)

Interestingly the bottom 3 teams have mirrored each other's progress over the last 6 weeks. Back in week 4 all three teams played really well. Week 5 saw a drop in production but they still were respectable. The 4 weeks since have been pretty bad for all three.

4-game means: Offense 36, Defense 22, Total 56

12. Ramjets (down 2)

Kind of the anti-Malleus, Ramjets are the only team in the bottom 4 in both offense and defense over the last 4 games.

4-game means: Offense 36, Defense 19, Total 53