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MLS Power Ranking Averages Week 12 - Revolution finally on top!

Average power ranking culled from 11 sites, includes high/low and overall season average.

By Kreg Asay
Stew Milne-USA TODAY Sports

MLS Power Ranking Averages - Week 12

"If two teams played tomorrow, given their current injury concerns, form, and other considerations, who is likely to win on a neutral field? This list is designed to tell you who we feel is most likely to win that matchup. All things being equal, who is the best team going forward, based on what we know now?"

-Richard Farley, NBC Sports ProSoccerTalk.  3/11/14

Sites Used:

  • Allvoices (www.allvoices.com/users/zacwassink)
  • Black & Red United (www.blackandredunited.com) - (No ranking Weeks 11-12)
  • Dallas News Soccer Blog (www.soccerblog.dallasnews.com)
  • Deseret News (www.deseretnews.com)
  • ESPN (espn.go.com/sports/soccer/mls)
  • Fansided-MLS Multiplex (fansided.com/category/soccer/mls/mls-multiplex)
  • Major League Soccer (www.mlssoccer.com)
  • Northbank-RSL (www.northbankrsl.com) - (No ranking Weeks 9-12)
  • Oregon Live (www.oregonlive.com/timbers)
  • ProSoccerTalk (prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com)
  • Reddit/MLS (www.reddit.com/r/MLS) - (No ranking Weeks 10-12)
  • Seattle Times Blog (blogs.seattletimes.com/soundersfc)
  • Soccer America (www.socceramerica.com)
  • Soccer by Ives (www.soccerbyives.net) - (No ranking Weeks 10-12)
  • Sports Illustrated (www.soccer.si.com)
  • UTN Sports (www.utnsports.com/category/soccer) - (No ranking Weeks 6-12)

Sites have started to dwindle.  Over the 3 years I've been tracking Power Rankings it usually starts out with quite a few, but by mid-season at least 2-3 stop.  Before the end of the season it's sometimes down by half of the starting total.  If you know of a Power Ranking site that I have not included, please send it to me via this site or on reddit.com/r/MLS and I will consider using it.

Weekly Power Ranking Averages
Using the "Olympic" method of dropping the highest / lowest scores, and averaging the rest.

Week 12 Week 11 Week 10 Week 9
 		Team
 		W12 Avg W11 Avg W10 Avg W9 Avg
 		Low
 		High
 		Var
1
 2
 3
 4
 New England 1.56
 2.00
 3.20
 5.82
 3
 1
 2
2
 1
 1
 2
 Salt Lake 2.00
 1.38
 1.20
 2.09 4
 1
 3
3
 3
 4
 1
 Seattle 2.56
 2.63
 3.60
 1.00
 4
 1
 3
4
 4
 5
 8
 Vancouver 4.67
 4.75
 5.00
 7.09
 6
 4
 2
5
 5
 2
 3
 Kansas City 5.56
 4.88
 2.20
 3.00 14
 4
 10
6
 11
 7
 10
 Los Angeles 6.44
 10.50
 8.10
 9.09
 9
 4
 5
7
 12
 9
 6
 Colorado 7.44
 10.63
 8.90
 6.45
 14
 3
 11
8
 6
 6
 11
 D.C. 8.00
 7.75
 7.60
 11.27 11
 5
 6
9
 8
 12
 12
 Toronto 9.56
 8.75
 12.00
 11.73
 13
 7
 6
10
 14
 14
 9
 Columbus 11.11
 13.50
 12.80
 8.91
 15
 8
 7
11
 9
 10
 5
 Dallas 11.44
 9.88
 8.90
 6.00
 17
 6
 11
12
 10
 8
 7
 New York 12.33
 10.25
 8.80
 6.73
 17
 8
 9
13
 7
 11
 13
 Houston 12.44
 8.50
 11.80
 11.82
 19
 10
 9
13
 15
 13
 15
 San Jose 12.44
 14.38
 12.60
 15.27
 16
 7
 9
15
 18
 16
 14
 Portland 14.67
 16.88
 15.50
 14.45
 16
 2
 14
16
 13
 15 18
 Chicago 15.44
 13.13
 15.50
 17.64
 18
 12
 6
17
 16
 17
 19
 Chivas 15.78
 15.13
 16.30
 18.55
 18
 10
 8
18
 17
 18
 16
 Philadelphia 17.89
 16.75
 17.50
 15.64
 19
 17
 2
19
 19
 19
 17
 Montreal 18.78
 18.50
 18.60
 16.91
 19
 16
 3


Biggest Changes
 		Point Gaps High / Low Variance
Rise
Los Angeles : +5
Colorado: +5
Columbus: +4

Fall
Houston : -6
Chicago : -3
 Largest
San Jose - 2.23 - Portland
Seattle - 2.11 - Vancouver
Chivas - 2.11 - Philadelphia

Smallest
Houston - 0.00 - San Jose
New York - 0.11 - Houston
Columbus - 0.33 - Dallas
 2 positions: New England, Vancouver, Philadelphia
3 positions: Salt Lake, Seattle, Montreal
5 positions: Los Angeles
6 positions: D.C., Toronto, Chicago
7 positions: Columbus
8 positions: Chivas
9 positions: New York, Houston, San Jose
10 positions: Kansas City
11+ positions: Colorado, Dallas, Portland


Season Average Power Ranking

Pos
 Team
 		W12 Avg W11 Avg W10 Avg W9 Avg W8 Avg W7 Avg W6 Avg W5 Avg W4 Avg W3 Avg
1
 Salt Lake
 1.92
 1.92
 1.97
 2.05
 2.05 2.03
 2.14
 2.38
 2.51
 2.63
2
 Kansas City 4.15
 4.03
 3.94
 4.13
 4.28 4.28
 4.53
 4.90
 5.14
 5.59
3
 Seattle 4.36
 4.52
 4.71
 4.84
 5.32 5.95 6.39 6.87 6.54 5.74
4
 Dallas 6.52
 6.07
 5.69
 5.33
 5.25 5.29
 5.66
 6.11
 7.19
 8.56
5
 Vancouver 7.26
 7.50
 7.77
 8.08
 8.20
 8.28
 8.07
 7.72
 7.50
 8.11
6
 Los Angeles 7.49
 7.58
 7.28
 7.20 6.97 6.94 7.17 7.72 7.98 7.70
7
 Toronto 7.79
 7.63
 7.51
 7.01
 6.43
 6.14
 5.88
 5.81
 6.43
 6.37
8
 Columbus 8.14
 7.87
 7.30
 6.70
 6.42 6.54 6.55 6.76 7.17 8.80
9
 Colorado 8.86
 8.99
 8.84
 8.81
 9.11
 9.00
 9.50
 10.45
 11.10
 11.13
10
 Houston 8.91
 8.59
 8.63
 8.24
 7.80 6.82
 5.86
 4.79
 3.72
 2.85
11
 New England 10.22
 11.01
 11.92
 12.88
 13.76
 14.30
 14.81
 15.39
 15.31
 16.26
12
 New York 11.62
 11.56
 11.64
 12.01
 12.67
 13.16
 13.24
 12.68
 12.40
 12.02
13
 Philadelphia 12.41
 11.91
 11.42
 10.75
 10.14 9.53
 9.16
 9.00
 8.74
 8.41
14
 D.C. 13.34
 13.83
 14.44
 15.19
 15.68
 16.63
 17.38
 18.05
 18.68
 18.63
15
 Portland 13.74
 13.65
 13.34
 13.09
 12.92 12.19 11.39 10.66 9.77 8.09
16
 Chivas 14.72
 14.62
 14.58
 14.38
 13.86 13.36
 13.10
 12.82
 12.54
 12.61
16
 San Jose
 14.72
 14.92
 14.98
 15.24
 15.24 15.35
 15.03
 14.47
 13.83
 12.98
18
 Chicago 15.51
 15.51
 15.75
 15.78
 15.55 15.56
 15.63
 15.69
 15.88
 15.93
19
 Montreal
 17.95
 17.87
 17.81
 17.72
 17.82
 18.01
 17.85
 17.60
 17.45
 17.49


Largest gaps:

  • 2.44 points between Chicago and Montreal
  • 2.23 points between Salt Lake and Kansas City

Smallest gaps:

  • 0.00 points between Chivas and San Jose
  • 0.05 points between Colorado and Houston


Team High/Low
Best and worst placement for each team

Team
 		Weekly
High 		Weekly
Low
 		Season
High
 		Season
Low
Chicago Fire
 13
 18
 16
 18
Chivas USA
 12
 19
 13
 16
Colorado Rapids
 4
 14
 9
 13
Columbus Crew
 2
 14
 5
 11
D.C. United
 6
 19
 14
 19
FC Dallas
 1
 11
 3
 11
Houston Dynamo
 1
 13
 2
 10
LA Galaxy
 5
 11
 5
 9
Montreal Impact
 17
 19
 17
 19
New England Revolution
 1
 18
 11
 17
New York Red Bulls
 7
 17
 8
 14
Philadelphia Union
 3
 18
 8
 13
Portland Timbers
 3
 18
 4
 15
Real Salt Lake
 1
 3
 1
 1
San Jose Earthquakes
 13
 18
 14
 17
Seattle Sounders
 1
 9
 2
 6
Sporting Kansas City
 2
 5
 2
 3
Toronto FC
 2
 12
 4
 12
Vancouver Whitecaps
 4
 11
 5
 9
  • In the weekly averages 4 teams have been ranked 1st (Dallas, Houston, Salt Lake, Seattle), and 3 teams have placed last (Chivas, D.C., Montreal).
  • In the season averages only 1 team has been ranked 1st (Salt Lake), and 2 teams last (D.C., Montreal).

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