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Power Rankings Overview: Galaxy jump top, RSL mosey up to 7th spot

Kreg Asay's Power Rankings Overview is back again this week — take a look at the movers, the shakers, and those unexpected sides who are bouncing around the top early on.

By Kreg Asay
USA TODAY Sports

Weekly Average Power Ranking

W5 W4
 W3 W2
 W1
 Team
 W5 Ave W4 Ave W3 Ave W2 Ave
 W1 Ave
 w5 High
 w5 Low
1
 2
 2
 1
 1
 LA Galaxy 1.78
 2.14
 2.44
 1.25
 1.13
 1
 3
2
 3
 4
 2
 4
 Houston 2.33
 3.71
 6.00
 2.75
 3.38
 1
 5
3
 1
 1
 2
 5
 Montreal 3.00
 1.00
 1.00
 2.75
 6.88
 1
 5
4
 4
 10
 17
 13
 Dallas
 3.78
 5.00
 9.89
 16.25
 11.5
 1
 7
5
 8
 15
 15
 19
 Chivas 5.67
 9.29
 14.22
 14.88
 18.63
 4
 8
6
 9
 6
 8
 2
 Spt. Kansas City 6.00
 9.86
 6.78
 8.00
 2.50
 3
 9
7
 12
 5
 6
 3
 Real Salt Lake 7.11
 11.43
 6.56
 6.88
 3.13
 4
 12
8
 7
 12
 11
 6
 Columbus 7.89
 6.71
 11.78
 11.13
 8.00
 4
 10
9
 4
 8
 7
 9
 S.J Earthquakes
 9.44
 5.00
 8.11
 7.88
 9.00
 6
 14
10
 6
 3
 4
 8
 Vancouver 10.11
 6.57
 2.56
 3.38
 8.88
 8
 12
11
 16
 13
 14
 7
 New York 11.22
 14.86
 13.33
 12.88
 8.25
 6
 14
12
 11
 7
 5
 12
 D.C. United 11.78
 10.14
 7.11
 6.38
 10.38
 10
 15
13
 9
 9
 13
 15
 Philadelphia 11.89
 9.86
 8.78
 12.38
 15.5
 8
 15
14
 17
 17
 12
 18
 Toronto 14.22
 15.14
 15.67
 12.25
 17.75
 10
 17
15
 15
 16
 16
 11
 Portland 15.00
 14.57
 14.56
 15.00
 10.13
 11
 17
16
 14
 14
 10
 17
 New England 15.89
 14.43
 13.78
 10.00
 16.25
 14
 18
17
 13
 11
 9
 10
 Seattle
 16.00
 13.57
 10.22
 9.00
 9.25
 14
 18
18
 18
 18
 18
 16
 Colorado 17.56
 17.57
 18.11
 18.38
 16.00
 16
 18
19
 19
 19
 18
 14
 Chicago
 19.00
 18.86
 18.67
 18.38
 13.00
 19
 19


Movers:
Jets: RSL +5, NYRB +5
Bricks: SJE -5, VWc -4, PU -4, SS -4
Glaciers: FCD, PT, CR, CF no change

High/Low Variance
The wider the variance the more confused raters would seem to be regarding a team's performance. This goes along with Site Consistency (below).
0 position: CF
2 positions: LA, CR
4 positions: HD, MI, Chv, VWc, NER, SS
5 positions: DCU
6 positions: FCD, SKC, CC, PT
7 positions: PU, TFC
8 positions: RSL, SJE, NYRB

Site Consistency
General observation of how well a site ranks teams. If a team takes a huge rise/drop on their ratings after only one win/loss they're not being very consistent in ranking, after all every team will have a bad game once in a while.

SITE
 		Largest
W5 diff
 		Eval.
 		Largest
W4 diff
 		Eval
Soc.Amer
 1@4 pos
 ok
 2@6 pos
 so-so
MLS
 1@5 pos
 ok
 1@8 pos
 poor
Goal
 2@4 pos
 ok
 1@5 pos
 ok
SBI
 (no wk4) NA (no wk4)
 NA
ESPN
 1@6 pos
 so-so
 1@6 pos so-so
NBCS
 (no wk4) NA (no wk 4)
 NA
S.I.
 1@6 pos
 so-so
 2@5 pos
 so-so
MLS Nat.
 1@12 pos
 bad
 1@11 pos
 bad
BR
 1@8 pos
 poor
 1@6 pos
 so-so


Firsts and Lasts:

Contenders
Position
 Team (wks run)
1st
 LA (3 wks), MI (2 wks)
2nd
 LA (2 wks), HD (2 wks), SKC (1 wk)
3rd
 HD, (1 wk), VWc (1 wk), MI (2 wks), RSL (1 wk)
Also Rans
17th
 TFC (2 wk), SS (1 wk), FCD (1 wk), NE (1 wk)
18th
 CR (4 wks*), CF (1 wk*), TFC (1 wk)
19th
 CF (3 wks), Chv (1 wk)

*CF & CR (tied for 18th wk 2)

Season Average Power Ranking

W5 W4
 W3 W2
 W1
 Pre
 Team
1.72
 1.74
 1.61
 1.19
 1.13
 1.57
 L.A. Galaxy
2.98
 2.91
 3.54
 4.82
 6.88
 12.00
 Montreal
3.59
 3.96
 4.04
 3.07
 3.38
 3.00
 Houston
6.41
 5.35
 4.94
 6.13
 8.88
 9.86
 Vancouver
6.56
 6.79
 5.76
 5.25
 2.50
 3.43
 Sp. Kansas City
6.89
 7.00
 5.52
 5.01
 3.13
 6.14
 Real Salt Lake
7.99
 7.50
 8.33
 8.44
 9.00
 4.86
 San Jose
9.14
 9.41
 10.30
 9.57
 8.00
 9.71
 Columbus
9.16
 8.50
 7.96
 8.38
 10.38
 6.14
 D.C. United
9.28
 10.66
 12.55
 13.88
 11.50
 11.29
 Dallas
11.69
 10.51
 9.49
 9.13
 9.25
 2.86
 Seattle
11.76
 11.63
 12.22
 13.94
 15.50
 12.71
 Philadelphia
12.04
 12.33
 11.49
 10.57
 8.25
 6.29
 New York
12.41
 14.26
 15.91
 16.76
 18.63
 15.57
 Chivas
13.84
 13.57
 13.23
 12.57
 10.13
 9.14
 Portland
14.08
 13.62
 13.34
 13.13
 16.25
 14.71
 New England
15.03
 15.20
 15.22
 15.00
 17.75
 14.86
 Toronto
17.54
 17.52
 17.50
 17.19
 16.00
 13.14
 Colorado
17.59
 17.23
 16.68
 15.69
 13.00
 6.71
 Chicago

Contenders
Position
 Team (wks run)
1st
 LA (5 wks)
2nd
 MI (3 wks), HD (1 wk), SKC (1 wk)
3rd
 HD (3 wks), MI (1 wk), RSL (1 wk)
Also Rans
17th
 TFC (2 wks), Chv (1 wk), CF (1 wk), NE (1 wk)
18th
 CF (2 wk), CR (1 wk), Chv (1 wk), TFC (1 wk)
19th
 CR (3 wks), CF (1 wk), Chv (1 wk)

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