Week 3 Power Rankings

This is not the league we knew from last year. The two af2 teams that won their divisions last season are now 0-2. Some teams that were dismal last year are undefeated. But that just adds to a fun debate as to power rankings! Here we go for this weeks polls:

AFL Fanpoll Rankings

1. San Jose SaberCats
2. Arizona Rattlers
3. Chicago Rush
4. Orlando Predators
5. Cleveland Gladiators
6. Dallas Vigilantes
7. Utah Blaze
8. Jacksonville Sharks
9. Philadelphia Soul
10. Pittsburgh Power

Coaches Poll

1. San Jose SaberCats
2. Arizona Rattlers
3. Chicago Rush
4. Orlando Predators
5. Dallas Vigilantes
6. Cleveland Gladiators
7. Utah Blaze
8. Jacksonville Sharks
9. Philadelphia Soul
10. Pittsburgh Power

As for my own rankings, I shook up the barrel. After finally getting to see every team play I wanted to do a true ranking of where each team is. So here we go:

	Rk (LW)	Team	Rec.	Note
	1 (4)	Arizona Rattlers	2-0	With the return of Rod Winsor the Rattlers may be unstoppable to win the Western Division.
	2 (5)	Chicago Rush	2-0	Maybe we slept on the Rush. Friday was one of the most dominating defensive performances of any team.
	3 (2)	Orlando Predators	1-0	The Preds were not impressive against the VooDoo, but the good news is star WR Bobby Sippio returns next week.
	4 (1)	San Jose SaberCats	2-0	After a dominating performance against the defending champs. SJ needed every second to take down KC.
	5 (13)	Utah Blaze	1-0	Wow. Just wow. This Utah team just obliterated an undermatched Tampa team. Don’t write them off.
	6 (9)	Cleveland Gladiators	1-0	The NFL lockout has helped raise the Gladiators to one of the better teams in the league.
	7 (6)	Jacksonville Sharks	1-1	This is definitely not the same team as last year. Garcia’s age has to be getting to him.
	8 (15)	Dallas Vigilantes	2-0	The Vigilantes defense has given up zero first quarter points. Not surprising they are 2-0.
	9 (3)	Philadelphia Soul	1-1	Where was the team from last week? Allgood looked like he never played arena football before.
	10 (7)	Spokane Shock	0-2	A terrible start for the defending champions. The plus side is they have face two of the best teams in the league.
	11 (12)	Pittsburgh Power	1-1	After a slow start Pittsburgh defense utterly shut down Iowa. That kind of defense will lead to more wins.
	12 (8)	Georgia Force	1-1	Georgia looked better than expected against JAX. However, they are still not playoff level.
	13 (17)	Kansas City Command	0-2	KC responded big against the top ranked team in the league. There may be more to this team than first thought.
	14 (11)	Tampa Bay Storm	1-1	Flu-ridden and under talented isn’t a good combo in any league.
	15 (16)	Milwaukee Mustangs	0-2	The lack of a quality QB has really hampered the Mustangs. However, with Damian Harrell on the roster anything can happen.
	16 (18)	New Orleans VooDoo	0-2	The VooDoo put up a strong performance against the Predators. Defense seemed to do rather well against one to the top teams in the league.
	17 (14)	Iowa Barnstormers	0-1	Other that the obviously great play of Todd Blythe, this Iowa team is lacking talent.
	18 (10)	Tulsa Talons	0-2	With a team full of rookies it’s understandable this team has taken a rocky start.