February Season-Long Power Rankings
February Season-Long Power Rankings
Note: Every month, something like this will get posted about what the CURRENT Power Rankings are. These will be sure to change every week, but not as drastically as an in-season Power Rankings. The NFL rank is ACTUAL finish. The NBA rank is the current Power Ranking.
CURRENT STANDINGS
Sporty Strauss - 15 POINTS
Las Cabras - 12 POINTS
The BamO’s - 10 POINTS
Shepherd Goods Choppers - 9 POINTS
Ornery Otters - 8 POINTS
DTC Porkchop Express - 7 POINTS
Cooper Troopers - 6 POINTS
Wait ‘Til Next Year - 5 POINTS
$traight Cash Homie - 4 POINTS
Win’s Up Doc - 3 POINTS
MN Moose Knuckles - 2 POINTS
The Pullies - 0 POINTS
Current Season-Long Power Rankings
Tier 1
1- Sporty Strauss (NFL - 15 POINTS) – (NBA - 4th)
2- Las Cabras (NFL - 12 POINTS) – (NBA - 7th)
3- DTC Porkchop Express (NFL - 7 POINTS) – (NBA - 2nd)
Tier 2
4- Win’s Up Doc (NFL - 3 POINTS) – (NBA - 1st)
5- Wait ’Til Next Year (NFL - 5 POINTS) – (NBA - 5th) – (MLB - 1st in assets)
6- Ornery Otters (NFL - 8 POINTS) – (NBA - 8th)
7- Shepherd Goods Choppers (NFL - 9 POINTS) – (NBA - 10th)
8- The BamOs (NFL - 10 POINTS) – (NBA - 9th) – (MLB - last in assets)
9- The Pullies (NFL - 0 POINTS) – (NBA - 3rd)
10- Minnesota Moose Knuckles (NFL - 2 POINTS) – (NBA - 6th)
11- Cooper Troopers (NFL - 6 POINTS) – (NBA - 11th)
Tier 3
12- $traight Cash Homie (NFL - 4 POINTS) – (NBA - 12th)
Current Projected Standings (NFL & NBA):
Sporty Strauss (24 points)
DTC Porkchop Express (20 points)
Las Cabras (18 points)
Win’s Up Doc (18 points)
The BamO’s (14 points)
Wait ‘Til Next Year (13 points)
Ornery Otters (13 points)
Shepherd Goods Choppers (12 points)
MN Moose Knuckles (11 points)
The Pullies (10 points)
Cooper Troopers (8 points)
$traight Cash Homie (4 points)
(Tier 1) Sporty Strauss (1) is still the team to beat, but other teams are closing in. Everything really comes down to the likely matchup between DTC Porkchop Express (3) and Sporty Strauss in round one of the playoffs. If DTC can with that game, they put themselves in range to come from behind and catch Sporty Strauss down the last MLB leg. If Sporty Strauss wins that matchup, he comes pretty damn close to winning the league.
The only other team that could potentially make a run is Las Cabras (2) who have done an excellent job staying in the thick of the NBA playoff race. In fact, they are projected to win a HUGE matchup against the MN Moose Knuckles right now. If that happens, they’d be in the playoffs facing off against Wait ‘Til Next Year’s Anthony Davis-less squad. If Las Cabras make the playoffs, they’ll be within reach of Sporty Strauss come MLB time.
Right now, these top-3 teams look like the surest bets to cash out in the league’s first year.
(Tier 2) Win’s Up Doc (4) is slowly realizing that anything besides winning NBA doesn’t guarantee him much. His NFL team only scored 3 points, so he really needs to win before going all-in for baseball. Doc is still projected to win, but the gap between those top-3 Nolo’s teams looks tighter by the day.
Wait ‘Til Next Year (5) still has the benefit of $130 baseball auction budget coming his way. But it’s clear that, without Anthony Davis, his NBA team isn’t good enough to win. However, he essentially has the 3-seed locked up, which makes his route to the title game relatively easy. He’ll play the 6-seed in the first round and hope its Las Cabras. Then he’ll draw The Pullies (3) who should be closer to full strength, but aren’t as good as any of the top-3 Nolo’s teams. If he can sneak by those two matchups and finish 2nd in NBA, he’ll call that a win and has a chance to compete for the League Title in MLB.
The Ornery Otters (6) are the most confusing team in the league. Perfectly content to be average in both sports, Korey has shown no signs of willingness to make moves in either direction. He’ll draft in the middle of the league, have okay teams and maybe be better next year. The Otters’ ocean just seems rudderless right now.
The Shepherd Goods Choppers (7) and BamO’s (8), on the other hand, are forced into no-man’s land a little bit more. Considering they finished 4th and 3rd in NFL respectively, they can’t just give up on the season without giving the ‘constellation’ tournament a chance. The Choppers are ranked higher the The BamO’s, because Sam is dreadfully low on MLB assets. It could be a rough season for him in MLB.
Then there’s another pair: The Pullies (9) and the MN Moose Knuckles (10). These two teams played a legendary loser’s game in NFL, and each are currently slated to make the NBA playoffs. However, their ceilings are completely capped by poor NFL performances, even if MLB ends up better for them. The Pullies are higher because they likely have an NBA BYE, giving them a floor of 9 points in NBA. They have more MLB assets too.
The Cooper Troopers fall into a similar category as well. If they can get some decent performances from stars like 76er James Harden in the fantasy playoffs and sneak up to 4 or 5 points in the consolation tournament, Cooper has a slim chance to crawl up to 4th place with an excellent MLB season. That seems like a long shot though.
(Tier 3) $traight Cash Homie is all alone on the bottom right now. He’s the only team that has really sold his NBA assets, and he somehow has the 2nd most MLB Auction Budget, but this is a lost season after Zion Williamson’s foot injury. And that’s okay. There’s a benefit to being a clear seller. It’s just too bad he doesn’t have any NBA assets to sell, but MLB could be an entirely different story.