Every now and then we take a closer look at a team's record.

We ask the question, why do we have this team ranked here? What was the initial premise that put this team at, say, #15, or #32? We had a look at Germantown this way and see that the main reason we had Germantown at #22 was because of a close loss to Bixby, a highly-ranked school team. That's a reasonable reason, but in the end it's not enough given the other results. As more and more teams play and win, it becomes harder for a team to hold onto a ranking based on a loss.

This is the same reason we drop Allen down despite the fact that Allen had no result. Allen's rankings are based on competitive losses to good teams in the Dallas area. It's not enough as we see Granite Bay, SFGG, Pendleton, KC, Fairfield, Liberty, and Eagan all play and win, and, for the most part, beat ranked teams.

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Woodlands moves up a bit and it's a harsh situation for Royal Irish as it's not their fault their opponents are canceling games. It's frustrating for Royal Irish, but Woodlands also won their state final 57-0. Among the Southern California teams, we had to made a big change. SOC Raptors had beaten San Diego but lost to Thunder. This week's win over Thunder kind of flips the standings among them. As it is, every result between these three teams has been very close, so really it's anyone's guess who would win on the day. But that's why San Diego drops even though they won—we basically had to re-admit the Raptors' win over the Mustangs after those same Raptors beat Thunder as well.

The other moves are all results driven. Yes we bump up the likes of Fairfield, Maryland, Vienna, and Avon based on losses, albeit close losses, but a loss is till data; it's just that if those teams don't back that up with victories elsewhere then they can slip down.

Rank	Prev	Team	Notes
1	1	Charlotte Tigers (NC)
2	2	Genesis (UT)
3	5	Woodlands (TX)	Beat West Houston (18)
4	3	Royal Irish (IN)
5	4	West Valley Warriors (UT)
6	7	Aspetuck (CT)	Beat Morris (42)
7	9	Fort Hunt (VA)	Beat Vienna
8	11	SOC Raptors (CA)	Beat Thunder (6)
9	10	Tempe (AZ)	Beat Red Mountain (12)
10	6	Thunder Rugby (CA)	Lost to SOC Raptors (11)
11	8	San Diego Mustangs (CA)	Beat Back Bay
12	13	SLV Rhinos (UT)
13	14	Danville (CA)	Lost to De La Salle (S23)
14	19	SFGG (CA)	Beat Lamorinda
15	12	Red Mountain (AZ)	Lost to Tempe (10)
16	15	Raleigh Redhawks (NC)
17	16	Harlequin (TN)
18	17	Naples (FL)
19	44	Granite Bay (CA)	Beat Jesuit (S12)
20	24	Fairfield (CT)	Lost 19-17 to Staples (S20)
21	25	United (UT)
22	31	Doylestown (PA)	Beat West Allegheny (36), Lost to GGA (S21)
23	26	Belmont Shore (CA)
24	21	Berks (PA)
25	23	West Shore Utd (PA)	Beat Maryland Exiles
26	30	Pendleton (IN)	Beat Avon (41)
27	39	Kansas City Jr. Blues (MO)	Beat Independence, Penn (S33)
28	33	Liberty (WA)	Beat Budd Bay
29	35	Eagan (MN)	Beat Edina
30	27	Boca Raton (FL)
31	28	Jacksonville (FL)
32	29	Downingtown (PA)
33	22	Germantown (TN)
34	18	West Houston (TX)	Lost to Woodlands (5)
35	41	Avon (IN)	Lost to Pendleton (30) 17-15
36	Unr	Maryland Exiles (MD)	Lost 21-19 to West Shore Utd (23)
37	45	Colorado Springs Falcons (CO)	Beat Titans
38	20	Allen (TX)
39	32	Phoenix Alpharetta (GA)
40	34	Eastside (WA)
41	37	Okapi (FL)
42	38	Snow Canyon (UT)
43	40	Menlo-Atherton (CA)
44	36	West Allegheny (PA)	Lost to Doylestown (31)
45	42	Morris (NJ)	Lost to Aspetuck (7)
46	Unr	Vienna (VA)	Close loss to Fort Hunt (9)
47	46	Brighton (UT)
48	48	Raptors (TN)
49	47	S. Greenville (SC)
50	50	Charlotte Squadron (NC)