Power Rankings Week 13

Week 12 finally brought the promised finality to the playoff arrangement, just a little shuffling is left to do. With that in mind, as well as a household head-cold and Thanksgiving preparations the rankings bow to the g0dz running with winning percentage ordering in this abbreviated PR.


1. (1) Aethernauts - (10-2) - The Bolt steers the universe and the Nauts have been clinging tight for five weeks now.  A high-scoring win in week 12 puts them second by points by just a hair.  Gordon's arrival gives them dual WR1s. If there's a critique to the Nauts top seed, it's the problems at QB and reliance on Murray's remarkable workload.

2.  (2)  Phat Girlz - (9-3) -  Monique pulled off a second straight win to give themselves the inside track to a playoff bye. They're the top scoring squad in PSAS and they've been high-end dangerous every week they've had full compliment.  Losing AP to arbitration PG was denied a pre-playoff coronation ceremony.  But with the Luck/Hilton Indy Connection and Forte getting 20+ touches, the playoff committee better make sure there's a XXL Queen's robe handy. 

3. (4) TakingTigerMountain  (8-4) - TTM put up a slight lowball, but took a surprising upset when the Shockers filled out a line-up hours before the 1 PM games. The Crescent City Three-way Connection is the big mover here, but downgrades in the Tigers run game with West and Ingram trending back into timeshares puts the Tigers more on the mid-range floor with a high TD ceiling.

4. (3)  Dijonaise All Stars (8-4)   -  The Girlz dropped the Mustard Gas in week 12, in a possible playoff preview. Without Foster the DAS rungame is a bit bland with Blue and Miller. They're all A-Rodg and breakout TD hawk Evans otherwise. Roddy White's been quietly picking things up at flex, might give the DAS a little extra kick. 

5 (5) BuildingDwellingThinking  (8-4) - The Deep Thinkers crushed the Bloodz and secured one of the final two playoff spots.  Crowell's emergence could give them a true RB1 to compliment they're air attack. They're the lowest-scoring playoff squad, but they look to be trending in the right direction with two 130+ games in the last three weeks.

6. (6)  SanFranciscoFerries (7-5)-  Hot at the right time, the Ferries exploded for a season high 166 this week. Beckham's highlight reel hijinks are fueling the Boatmen's playoff run right now. There's still reasonable questions about their QB play and aerial depth that will limit their ceiling, but they have the best trio of running backs of the playoff bound. 

7. (8)  Homespun Neckbloodz (5-7) -  The Bloodz couldn't ever get much on the ball this year and it showed in a nearly doubled-up loss to BDT.  Nio-Gio finally returned but the Bengals seemed content to let Hill take a significant bulk of his carries. With Ellington and Bell dropping off and a QB placeholder in Carr, the Spinners will be mid-range Upsetters on a good day in the Consolation tourney - and a Consolation bye is probably a must for CT chances. 

8.  (9) Old Future (4-8)  -  The Futurists took a high-scoring loss to the league's Titan and so delayed playoff ambitions to next year.  With Peyton and Anderson still playing games that matter, OF should have one of the highest ceilings in the Consolation Tourney. 

9. (10)  Pelican Brief (4-8) - The Grishamites late season resurgence has come to late for their playoff hopes, but they caught a break with a razor thin victory over early season trade-partner Polk and stay in play for a Consolation Bye.  Brady, Lynch, Julio, Seattle D? On paper, there was always a lot to recommend this team and it seems like it might come in time to make some consolation scratch for next year.

10. (12) Shock_Pix  (4-8) - Season in a nutshell right there. The talented underachievers pulled off another significant upset by maximizing their roster.  Bye weeks have not been kind to the Primordial Ones over the years, so the end of them could see an uptick in their production.  They're low-ceiling Upsetters in the CT, but with statistical freaks like Demaryius and youth RBs like Hill and Jennings, there may be enough charge for another world shock.

11. (9)  Trichs  (3-9) - Brutalized by the white hot Ferries in week 12, the Trichs had a moderate low-ball themselves. For their CT ambitions the great news is that Bryant and McCoy looked in fine form and wire darling Latavius Murray should get some late season Raiders showcase duty.  The Trichs are within striking distance of Moral Victory and have the highest ceiling among the CT teams

12. (11)  Polk High Panthers (2-10) -  Bundy got clipped in a pride game among CT squads this week. The good news? Polk is still on top of the Moral Victory standings (by 7+ points). It's always been Megatron and AJ for Polk - they've underwhelmed through 12 weeks, but if they start finding the endzone - it's not crazy to think that Polk could sweep Moral Victory and Consolation Prizes.