Dear Loyal BAFFL.ca readers,
You may have noticed that the power rankings have not been updated for a couple of weeks now. We understand the frustration this may cause, as our legions of fans around the globe are desperate for weekly BAFFL content to get through the misery of Tuesdays and Wednesdays where there is no football.
However, much to our chagrin being a staff writer at baffl.ca does not provide enough income to pay the bills (yet), and our staff have been busy with their day jobs the past couple of weeks.
Furthermore, I’d like to point out that we’ve still put out about 9x as much content as the squad over at unBAFFLed this year, so maybe direct your anger (and table tossing) elsewhere.
With that out of the way, we’re happy to be able to bring you updated power rankings at the 10 game mark!
#1 – Creek Crossing ZenSharks 7-3 (+1)
The Sharks are the best team in BAFFL… there I said it! There are quite simply no holes in this lineup, and with the emergence of Keaton Mitchell, this team has half decent options on the bench to swap into the lineup if someone goes down. GM Shark has been preaching patience and “the process” to fans for years, and it looks like their moment has finally arrived. Are they going to win it all this year? Who knows? As last year proved, anything can happen. However, the window for the ZenSharks is officially open, and fans should be able to look forward to many years of contention behind keepers Breece Hall and Jahmyr Gibbs.
#2 – AA Magikarps 8-2 (-1)
Despite the drop to the #2 seed, the karps are still a force to be reckoned with and a clear contender for the BAFFL championship. If you compare the Karps position groups to the Sharks, it goes like this:
QB: Adv. Sharks
RB: Adv. Karps
WR: Tie
TE: Gaping Chasm – Sharks
With the trade deadline looming this Saturday, expect the Karps to work the phones to improve their situation. It’s going to be tough sledding – the teams who do have superstar TEs are reluctant to let them go cheap.
(EDITORS NOTE: After the article was drafted the Karps acquired TE Trey McBride. I stand by the rankings, but the TE gap has clearly narrowed to from “Gaping Chasm” to “Much Better”)
#3 – Launay McFavres 7-3 (-)
The McFavres early season slump is firmly in the rearview mirror, and this team looks poised for another deep playoff run. The team has found the answer to QB Trevor Lawrence’s woes: rookie sensation CJ Stroud. With the Tank Dell stack, Mostert/Hill, and Saquon Barkley, this team is a threat to go off each week and is more than capable of beating any other team in the league. Unfortunately for GM Snider, the playoff schedule is rough for his superstars, and that may be the difference in the quest to repeat as champions.
#4 – Hibiscus Battle Hogz 6-4 (-)
How times have changed in BAFFL, the Hogz and Sharks are used to firing shots at each other from the 8th/9th spot in the standings while the rest of the league laughed. This year, they appear to have put their rivalry behind them and are both firmly in contention for a BAFFL championship. The Hurts/Brown stack is elite, and the Hogz have one of the better RB rooms in the league with Tony Pollard and David Montgomery, who proved Sunday that he still has a big role on the Lions despite the emergence of Jahmyr Gibbs. He might not have another 30 touch 3TD game in him, but he can still easily put up 20 points which is more than 99% of BAFFL managers can say about their runningbacks.
#5 – Thresher Tornadoz 6-4 (+2)
The Tornadoz have won 3 in a row and are looking more and more like a playoff team, and this is all without star keeper Justin Jefferson in the lineup. It’s tough to say how his new QB will affect Jefferson’s insane numbers, although he is the best WR in the league so we wouldn’t be too concerned. For once, things are looking up for this team, although GM Brent has to be concerned about the struggles of the Jaguars offense and Travis ETN as of late.
#6 – Delamere Dawg Pound 5-5 (-)
The Dawg Pound continue to middle along at 5-5 despite being one of two teams to crack the 1000 point mark through 10 games (for the analytics nerds, that’s over 100 points per game). A deeper dive into the stats shows it hasn’t exactly been terrible luck though, the pound have not lost a game in which they put up over 100 points. They simply haven’t had a “lucky win” yet in the season. GM Boyle is hoping his team is saving their luck for the playoffs, to bring home a championship for the long suffering fans of Delamere.
#7 – Aconitum Wolves 6-4 (+1)
From 0-3 to 6-4, the Wolves are on an impressive 6-1 run in their last 7, proving that yes, really anybody can turn it around. Every year we have one of these teams in BAFFL, and this year it looks like the Wolves will ascend from the basement to a likely playoff spot with just one more win. The winning run has had a bit of everything, some weeks (like week 6) where he barely outdueled another shit team, and others like last week where he put up one of the top scores en route to an ass kicking. WR CeeDee Lamb has been leading the charge with an insane 3 week stretch (35 – 22 – 34)
#8 – NT Pissy Birbs 5-5 (+1)
This team is Mid. No real exciting options at QB. Decent, but unexciting options at RB. Very “Meh” WRs. Devon Achane’s practice window has been opened, and he is probably exactly what this collection of docile public servants needs to get their asses in gear. If he comes back soon, then the playoff picture is basically set, if not, this could be the one team to slide out at the end of the year.
#9 – Moustache Mystics 4-6 (+3)
There’s a big gap between the number 8 team and the number 9 team, and honestly 9-12 is going to be a bit of musical chairs over the next few weeks to sort out who goes into the chomps bowl and who gets those sweet, stress free 9 and 10 spots and gets to watch the chaos unfold. At this point: advantage Mystics, who have the semblance of a half decent lineup. Javonte Williams has emerged as a mid tier starting RB, and at this point in the rankings, you could do a lot worse.
#10/11– Minoterie BIG GUYS 4-6 AND Voldemorts 4-6 (- and +4)
Two teams ranked together: has the baffl.ca writer gone mad? Is he drunk? Yes, but that’s not why these teams are grouped here. In Week 11 – we are blessed with an early “loser leaves town” matchup, with these two basement dwellers facing off. To the winner: delusions of possibly sneaking into the playoffs, with a consolation prize of getting out of the chomps bowl. To the loser: despair and weeks of asking their fellow GMs and google how bad is it really owning a fish?
#12 – Crevasse Cheeks 4-6 (-7)
The Cheeks have been as high as 4 in the rankings, and are the biggest faller of the week 10 power rankings by a mile. GM AJ has been saying all along that his team is trash, and whether it has been a self-fulfilling prophecy or whether he saw the writing on the wall earlier than most is not for me to say. One thing is for certain, he is right, and this team is going nowhere except right back to the chomps bowl. Despite plundering everything of value in his roster, his shrewd signings mean he still likely has enough to squeak by one of the other losers in the bottom of the league standings.
#13 – Pepsiland Pontooners 2-8 (-3)
What a fall from grace it has been for this once proud franchise this year. Normally a perennial contender, the Pontooners find themselves tied for dead last in the BAFFL standings with just 4 games to go, and two keepers on the wrong side of father time. The smart move would be to blow the team up and start from scratch, but fear of the goldfish will prevent this GM from doing the right thing, and likely set his franchise back several years in the rebuild.
#14 – Valley Lords 2-8 (-1)
After spouting off in the league chat following a rare win, the Valley Lords followed up their one impressive effort of the season with 53 points in the last place bowl vs the Voldemorts, and a 49 point performance last week against the McFavres. In a league where all teams are runningback challenged to some extent, this team takes the cake. In what has to be one of the worst starting lineups of all time, GM Nyler started Joshua Kelley and Jaleel McLaughlin at RB, and flexed a tight end. I’m not a betting man (lol!) but if I was, I would lay it all down on the Valley Lords bringing chomps home to McNabb-Braeside this summer.
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