Sunday, April 6, 2008

AFL Power Rankings, Week 6

Anybody follow Arena Football? Here's a power ranking for the (just finished) week 6. The algorithm was not defined for the AFL (which has a lot more scoring than the NFL), so take this with even more of a grain of salt than usual.
RankTeamStandingPower
Index
This week
1 (LW)Philadelphia
Soul
6-01.5653
(LW * 0.9471)
Beat Utah by 8
2 (LW-2)New Orleans
VooDoo
5-11.4742
(LW * 1.0670)
Beat San Jose by 29
3 (LW+1)Chicago
Rush
4-21.4523
(LW * 0.9443)
Lost to Orlando by 1
4 (LW+1)Dallas
Desperados
6-01.4446
(LW * 1.0272)
Beat Cleveland by 7
5 (LW-4)Orlando
Predators
4-21.3592
(LW * 1.0855)
Beat Chicago by 1
6 (LW-2)Georgia
Force
3-31.2643
(LW * 1.0022)
Beat Kansas City by 7
7 (LW+2)San Jose
SaberCats
3-31.2618
(LW * 0.9428)
Lost to New Orleans by 29
8 (LW+2)Tampa Bay
Storm
2-31.2424
(LW * 0.9723)
Lost to Columbus by 2
9 (LW-2)Colorado
Crush
2-31.2383
(LW * 1.0690)
Beat Los Angeles by 13
10 (LW-2)Cleveland
Gladiators
3-21.2273
(LW * 1.0895)
Lost to Dallas by 7
11 (LW-3)Columbus
Destroyers
2-41.2069
(LW * 1.1031)
Beat Tampa Bay by 2
12 (LW+2)Los Angeles
Avengers
2-41.1558
(LW * 0.9620)
Lost to Colorado by 13
13 (LW-2)New York
Dragons
2-41.1380
(LW * 1.0985)
Beat Grand Rapids by 29
14 (LW+7)Grand Rapids
Rampage
2-31.1366
(LW * 0.8938)
Lost to New York by 29
15 (LW+2)Arizona
Rattlers
2-31.1169
(LW * 1.0121)
Bye
16 (LW)Utah
Blaze
0-61.0731
(LW * 1.1177)
Lost to Philadelphia by 8
17 (LW)Kansas City
Brigade
0-50.9533
(LW * 1.0103)
Lost to Georgia by 7
ESPN has a page for Arena football here.