Michigan Climbs to No. 3 as the Battle Behind Nashville Intensifies With only two games on the Week 12 schedule, the AF1 Fan Zone Power Rankings saw limited movement. But while only one team changed positions, the storylines behind the rankings continue to evolve. The Nashville Kats strengthened their grip on the top spot with…
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Objectively Subjective: Week 12 Power Rankings
by Alana Klein In addition to contributing to our weekly consensus, I like to provide a brief rationale of why I voted the way that I did. Playoff projection
AF1 Fan Zone Weekly Power Rankings – Week 11
Michigan Breaks Into the Top Four as Nashville Strengthens Its Hold on No. 1 For the first time since Week 3, the AF1’s top four has changed. The Michigan Arsenal’s 41-34 road victory over the Minnesota Monsters vaulted them into the No. 4 spot this week, ending a streak of eight weeks in which the…
Objectively Subjective: Week 11 Power Rankings
by Alana Klein In addition to contributing to our weekly consensus, I like to provide a brief rationale of why I voted the way that I did. Playoff projection
AF1 Fan Zone Weekly Power Rankings – Week 10
No team made a bigger statement than the Michigan Arsenal. The Arsenal entered the season facing one of the league’s toughest schedules and spent much of the year battling the AF1’s top teams. After repeatedly showing they could compete with the league’s elite, Michigan finally earned the signature victory that had been missing from its…
AF1 Fan Zone Weekly Power Rankings – Week 9
Kentucky Holds Off Minnesota as the Top Four Continue Their Seven-Week Run The top of the AF1 continues to show remarkable stability. For the last seven weeks, the same four teams have occupied the league’s top tier: Albany, Nashville, Kentucky, and Minnesota. While positions have shifted slightly during that span, no team has broken into…
The Numbers Game: Power Rankings – Week 9
by Alana Klein While we collect votes for Power Rankings on a weekly basis, I use this space and time to explain in a bit of detail exactly where I stand and why. I also think that it can be interesting to see why I placed a team in one spot while others (&/or the…
The Numbers Game: Power Rankings (Week 8)
by Alana Klein I’m still in the process of figuring out what I can contribute and when is the best time to share said information. That being said, I will probably share my power rankings earlier in the week starting next week. I will, however definitely, make it a separate post than my up-to-date standings/tiebreakers…
AF1 Fan Zone: Power Rankings – Week 7
Top Four Stay Locked In While Beaumont and Michigan Capitalize on a Chaotic Week Seven weeks into the season, one thing has become undeniable: the AF1’s top tier is remarkably stable. For another consecutive week, the top four teams in the rankings remain unchanged, with the Albany Firebirds, Kentucky Barrels, Nashville Kats, and Minnesota Monsters…
AF1 Fan Zone: Power Rankings – Week 6
Washington Explodes Up the Board, Albany Makes History, and the League’s Middle Tier Gets Shaken Again Week 6 may not have changed the top four, but it completely reshaped the conversation underneath them. The biggest story of the week belongs to the Washington Wolfpack, who surged four spots after their second straight victory. A dominant…