SFL Power Rankings: Rivalry Week

This week sees a good handful of marquee matchups with the Battle of the Carolinas, an old championship rematch (MXC v SCS), the Central Showdown (DEN v MIN), a battle at the bottom (LAL v OKC) and a Western grudge match (ARZ v WSH). These and many of the other games will do a lot to decide playoff races and seeding tiebreakers and I for one cannot wait to see how it all shakes out. 

voting breakdown

There’s not much else to say these days. Top 6 is locked in from last week and a few teams shifted around from some lower tier upsets but nothing really stands out that we haven’t seen in the past. I think Carolina could see some votes if they win this week.

home field coincidence

#12 Albuquerque Atoms (4-5)

The Atoms took another perfect home record into this season and finally hit a wall when they faced a Houston team that won’t be slowed down by any sort of superstition and last week Vancouver dispelled the advantage again by topping Albuquerque after building a lead large enough that the Atoms couldn’t overcome. So that’s #1 & #2 breaking the home field magic and now we have #3 Pitt coming to town to do it again. Big games for both sides; Albuquerque just looking for a seat at the table and Pitt looking to put the pressure back on the Dragons to beat Vancouver to keep pace in the North. From perfect each season to possibly .500 this one? Is it still an advantage or was it just a coincidence?

week 13 premier matchup

#5 D.C. Dragons @ #2 Vancouver Legion(-9.5) | O/U 44.5 | Oct. 11th 6:45 PM EST

Can D.C. slow down the Legion’s offense? Can they get past the Legion’s defense? If this was a first half matchup they might’ve had the momentum to roll in and get some shots in themselves and keep it close but despite this being a top 5 matchup I see Vancouver trading touchdowns for DC field goals or turnovers and pull away early. I say DC puts up a fight late to make things respectable but the Legion take this one 34-23.