Nov 3

Islands in the Stream(ing) Climbs Three While Justin Keeps the Penthouse

jeff Leet's Islands in the Stream(ing) def. made the biggest jump on the board, climbing three spots after hanging the year's widest blowout on EA Sports. That 155.0 is the best week the 2023 champion has ever posted here. Up top, Justin's Flint Tropics hold firm behind the longest win streak anyone has put together this season.

This Week's Power Rankings

1. Jackie Moon’s Flint Tropics FC (–) — 78 pts

Justin doesn't have a history in this league yet, and it hasn't slowed anything down. Aaron's crew got flattened by 78.1, and the run now sits at 4 straight. A little schedule luck has helped, but a team doesn't park at No. 1 by accident.

2. Father Badonka-conk (–) — 71 pts

Michael, this one's going to come up at the next staff meeting. Father Badonka-conk lost to Devin by 0.4. The best lineup on that roster would've put up 121.8, and Mike Gesicki's 17.6 watched it happen from the bench. Second place survives, though leaning this hard on Jaxon Smith-Njigba makes every Sunday a referendum on one receiver.

3. To Infinity and Bijan (–) — 67 pts

Devin walked out of the week's tightest finish with a win by 0.4, and nobody hands those back. This roster swings wildly from week to week, which makes hosting jeff's red-hot Islands next a genuine test of whether third place fits.

4. nothing beats a jjettas2holiday (▲1) — 65 pts

Madi took Lamarvelous apart by 71.0 and slid up a spot. The standings have this team sixth, but the rankings like the roster more, and that's a big leap for a manager who went 5-9 as a rookie here.

5. SPORTZCHICK Sarah T (▲1) — 62 pts

Sarah has three seasons in this league and zero playoff trips to show for them, so fifth place is a real opportunity. No team on the board is harder to predict from one week to the next, though. The 43.0 win over Elisabeth could be followed by just about anything.

6. Islands in the Stream(ing) def. (▲3) — 56 pts

EA Sports caught the 2023 champ on the wrong Sunday and wore an 81.1-point bruise. Nobody's doing the heavy lifting alone, with Chuba Hubbard and Brock Bowers splitting it on one of the league's most balanced rosters. The record says ninth. The rankings aren't buying that, and a trip to Devin's place is next.

6. Goff the Beaten Path (▼2) — 56 pts

Katie made the playoffs in all three seasons before this one, with a runner-up finish in there, and no team in the league is steadier. A two-spot slide isn't a crisis. Losing to Grace, who'd dropped the previous three in the series, will get mentioned at the coffee machine, though. Brenden's Puppies are up next.

8. T-law and Order (▼1) — 55 pts

Grace finally got one over on Katie, snapping three straight series losses with a 138.6. The reward was dropping a spot, which feels rude. Only Katie's team has been more reliable, and Grace is hunting a first playoff trip after three seasons without one.

9. TURN DOWN FOR WATT (▼1) — 45 pts

Kylyn beat Brenden by 25.3 and somehow slid a spot. The record's been a bit kinder than the scoring in this first season here. Next up is Amanda's All the Loves, a team that hasn't caught a single break all year.

10. Texas Puppies (▲1) — 35 pts

Brenden lost and moved up, which says plenty about the crowd in the bottom half. A 27-15 all-time mark and a runner-up finish say this manager knows the way back, but the roster has been all over the map. Katie comes to town next.

10. All the Loves (▼1) — 35 pts

No one in the league has been hit harder by bad luck than Amanda. The skid is now at 5 straight, the longest of the season. The latest was a 3.5 loss to the luckiest team on the board, which is cruel for a manager who made the playoffs every season before this one.

12. EA Sports (–) — 29 pts

Emily ran into jeff on the wrong week and took the biggest beating of the season. The scoring deserves a better record than this, though a 7-21 mark over the first two seasons means Emily knows exactly how steep the climb gets.

13. Hartley's Hail Mary (–) — 22 pts

Aaron won the title in 2025, which makes a season-low 44.5 hard to look at. This roster runs through Brock Purdy and Ashton Jeanty, and when that pair has a quiet day there isn't much behind them.

14. Lamarvelous (–) — 16 pts

Madeline has the most balanced roster in the league, and it hasn't translated into points. Puka Nacua is the only one carrying real weight. A 57.4 against Madi made that plain.

15. Antioch Dirty Birds (▲1) — 13 pts

Mike won by 3.5, climbed a spot, and has the Dirty Birds sitting eleventh in the standings. No team has had more luck. The rankings aren't fooled, but Mike made the playoffs in both seasons here, so writing this team off would be a mistake.

16. Hurts, Don't it? (▼1) — 8 pts

Elisabeth, it does. The best lineup on that roster would've scored 106.6, and nobody left more on the bench this week. Emmett Johnson's 25.3 sat there the whole game. First seasons are like that.

Milestones

New season-low single week score: Hartley's Hail Mary with 44.5.
New biggest blowout of the season: Islands in the Stream(ing) def. over EA Sports by 81.1.
New longest win streak of the season: Jackie Moon’s Flint Tropics FC, now at 4 straight.
New longest losing streak of the season: All the Loves, now at 5 straight.

Rivalry Watch

Grace Martins finally beat Katie Adams, ending a 3-game losing streak in the series.

Career Milestones

jeff Leet posted their best week ever: 155.0, beating their own 153.8.

By the Numbers, Week 8

Islands in the Stream(ing) def. put up the week's high score: 155.0.
Hartley's Hail Mary had the week's low score: 44.5.
Islands in the Stream(ing) def. posted the week's biggest margin of victory, beating EA Sports by 81.1.
To Infinity and Bijan survived the week's closest game, edging Father Badonka-conk by just 0.4.

Full breakdown, every category, and the week-by-week history: Power Rankings and the Stats Book.