The penultimate rankings set of the 2021 club season.
October 6, 2021 by Ultiworld in Rankings with 0 comments
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Club Women's Power Rankings:
| Rank | Team | Change | Prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dropped from rankings: Atlanta Ozone (24) | |||
| 1 | San Francisco Fury | - | 1 |
| 2 | Denver Molly Brown | - | 2 |
| 3 | Boston Brute Squad | - | 3 |
| 4 | Raleigh Phoenix | - | 4 |
| 5 | Vancouver Traffic | - | 5 |
| 6 | Seattle Riot | - | 6 |
| 7 | Portland Schwa | - | 7 |
| 8 | Chicago Nemesis | +1 | 9 |
| 9 | Columbus Rival | -1 | 8 |
| 10 | New York BENT | - | 10 |
| 11 | Pittsburgh Parcha | - | 11 |
| 12 | Washington DC Grit | - | 12 |
| 13 | Boston Siege | - | 13 |
| 14 | San Diego Wildfire | +2 | 16 |
| 15 | San Francisco Nightlock | - | 15 |
| 16 | Oakland LOL | -2 | 14 |
| 17 | Minneapolis Pop | - | 17 |
| 18 | Seattle Underground | - | 18 |
| 19 | Denver Small Batch | - | 19 |
| 20 | Virginia Rebellion | - | 20 |
| 21 | Florida Tabby Rosa | - | 21 |
| 22 | Albany Rebel Rebel | - | 22 |
| 23 | St. Louis Stellar | - | 23 |
| 24 | Houston Crush City | +1 | 25 |
| 25 | Philadelphia Flight | - | |
Women’s Discussion
- It’s a pretty calm week in the women’s Top 25 as there are only two real changes, direct results of minor Regionals upsets between teams next to each other in the standings. Chicago Nemesis avenged an Elite-Select loss to Columbus Rival twice over at Great Lakes Regionals and the foes swap positions at #8 ad #9. The trio of San Diego Wildfire, San Francisco Nightlock, and Oakland LOL remains closely clumped together in the middle of the board, though results from Golde Gate Park move Wildfire up two spots while LOL drops two with Nightlock standing pat in between.
- Atlanta Ozone saw their incredible 33-year Nationals streak finally snapped at the hands of Florida Tabby Rosa, and they’ll also finish a season outside our Top 25 for the first time in the eight-year history of our Power Rankings.
Club Men's Power Rankings:
| Rank | Team | Change | Prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seattle Sockeye | - | 1 |
| 2 | Chicago Machine | - | 2 |
| 3 | Raleigh Ring of Fire | +1 | 4 |
| 4 | Atlanta Chain Lightning | +1 | 5 |
| 5 | Washington DC Truck Stop | +1 | 6 |
| 6 | Portland Rhino Slam! | +1 | 7 |
| 7 | San Francisco Revolver | -4 | 3 |
| 8 | Minneapolis Sub Zero | - | 8 |
| 9 | New York PoNY | - | 9 |
| 10 | Denver Johnny Bravo | - | 10 |
| 11 | SoCal Condors | +1 | 12 |
| 12 | Pittsburgh Temper | -1 | 11 |
| 13 | Boulder Lotus | - | 13 |
| 14 | Boston Dig | - | 14 |
| 15 | Austin Doublewide | - | 15 |
| 16 | Utah Killjoys | - | 16 |
| 17 | Amherst Sprout | - | 17 |
| 18 | Virginia Vault | - | 18 |
| 19 | Madison Mad Men | - | 19 |
| 20 | Tennessee Tanasi | - | 20 |
| 21 | Philadelphia Phantom | - | 21 |
| 22 | Raleigh-Durham United | +2 | 24 |
| 23 | Seattle Emerald City | -1 | 22 |
| 24 | New Jersey Garden State Ultimate | +1 | 25 |
| 25 | Raleigh Expendables | -2 | 23 |
Men’s Discussion
- What to make of SoCal Condors‘ upset of San Francisco Revolver at Southwest Regionals? The men’s rankings just got a lot murkier from #4 through #12 with conflicting results galore. The Southern Californians certainly played better on Sunday, though in trying not to overreact too much to a single game compared to results elsewhere this season, we’ll punish Revolver with a four-spot slide to #7 and bump Condors up a spot to #11. This stretch of teams could be rearranged in any number of reasonable orders.
- At the back end of the board, Raleigh-Durham United avenged their Sectionals loss to in-city rivals The Expendables — the pair move two spots each in opposite directions to number #22 and #25.
Club Mixed Power Rankings:
| Rank | Team | Change | Prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dropped from rankings: San Francisco Mischief (13) | |||
| 1 | Seattle BFG | - | 1 |
| 2 | Seattle Mixtape | - | 2 |
| 3 | Fort Collins shame. | - | 3 |
| 4 | Philadelphia AMP | - | 4 |
| 5 | Washington DC Space Heater | - | 5 |
| 6 | Minneapolis Drag’n Thrust | - | 6 |
| 7 | Ann Arbor Hybrid | +2 | 9 |
| 8 | Boston Slow | - | 8 |
| 9 | Boston Sprocket | +1 | 10 |
| 10 | Arizona Lawless | +2 | 12 |
| 11 | Nashville ‘Shine | +8 | 19 |
| 12 | Durham Toro | -5 | 7 |
| 13 | Columbus Cocktails | +1 | 14 |
| 14 | Cleveland Crocs | -3 | 11 |
| 15 | San Francisco Polar Bears | +6 | 21 |
| 16 | Chicago U54 Ultimate | -1 | 15 |
| 17 | Boise Lochsa | -1 | 16 |
| 18 | Seattle Sorta | -1 | 17 |
| 19 | Madison NOISE | -1 | 18 |
| 20 | New York XIST | +2 | 22 |
| 21 | Montana MOONDOG | +2 | 23 |
| 22 | Denver Love Tractor | +2 | 24 |
| 23 | Dallas Public Enemy | +2 | 25 |
| 24 | Los Angeles Lotus | -4 | 20 |
| 25 | Washington DC Rally | - | |
Mixed Discussion
- Some big-time upsets on the second weekend of Regionals see some large numbers in the change column for mixed. Nashville ‘Shine cruises up eight spots after besting a Toro squad that has been in our top 10 all season; that was coupled with a slide of five for the North Carolinians.
- Winning a Southwest title sees Arizona Lawless rebound back into the Top 10, but it’s the second bid earner San Francisco Polar Bears who garner the larger bump, moving up six places to #15. Top-seeded Los Angeles Lotus are down four to #24 after getting blown out in back-to-back games to go. Meanwhile, preseason #2 San Francisco Mischief plummet all the way out of the Top 25 after finishing the weekend in sixth place — a truly staggering end to the campaign for last season’s national runners-up.
