AFL Power Rankings: Week 4
John Hoh
Thursday February 17, 2005
Columbus briefly came to life and gave Dallas a fight. The game to watch is the Chicago Rush at Columbus Destroyers. Can Columbus pull off the upset?
New Orleans won a hard-fought contest over San Jose. What sophomore jinx? Meanwhile, Arizona misses Bonner.
And don’t look, but in the Western Division your co-leaders are Los Angeles and Las Vegas! Again, the season is still young.
Herein are the Power Rankings for Week 4.
| Rank | Team | Record | Previous Rank | Next Up | 1 | Orlando Predators | 3-0 | 3 | @DAL |
| Handily wins over cross-state rival in the Jungle. Look to go 4-0 against the Desperadoes. | |||||||||
| 2 | Chicago Rush (CHI) | 2-1 | 4 | @CLB | |||||
| Rush ekes out win at Colorado. Columbus showed moxie at Dallas. Could Columbus pull off an upset? | |||||||||
| 3 | Philadelphia Soul | 2-1 | 6 | @NO | |||||
| Soul in thick of Eastern race. New Orleans will provide a good test. | |||||||||
| 4 | New Orleans VooDoo | 2-1 | 10 | PHI | |||||
| Kats a respite as VooDoo faces two straight tough tests against Philadelphia and Tampa Bay. | |||||||||
| 5 | Los Angeles Avengers (LA) | 2-1 | 14 | SJ | |||||
| Leads Western Division. Must prove themselves against the SaberCats. | |||||||||
| 6 | Tampa Bay Storm (TB) | 2-1 | 1 | @NO (2/25) | |||||
| Lost big in the War on I-4. After a week off will visit the VooDoo in N’Orleans in a key Southern Division showdown. | |||||||||
| 7 | Colorado Crush | 1-2 | 7 | @AZ | |||||
| Tough loss against Chicago. Arizona should be a gracious host. | |||||||||
| 8 | San Jose SaberCats (SJ) | 1-2 | 2 | @LA | |||||
| Must take out frustration of close loss on the division-leading Avengers. | |||||||||
| 9 | Georgia Force (GA) | 2-1 | 8 | @LV | |||||
| Takes victory over Rattlers. Las Vegas is next. Could be a good game. | |||||||||
| 10 | New York Dragons (NY) | 1-1 | 5 | NAS | |||||
| Loss at Las Vegas hurts, but Dragons still in thick of the early Eastern race. Should win in hosting the Kats. | |||||||||
| 11 | Dallas Desperados (DAL) | 2-1 | 9 | ORL | |||||
| 2-1 record somewhat deceiving as Dallas almost blows 21-point lead to Chicago and Columbus gives Desperadoes a tough game in Dallas. Orlando won’r be as kind. | |||||||||
| 12 | Las Vegas Gladiators | 2-1 | 12 | GA | |||||
| Glads co-lead the Western Division but season is still young. | |||||||||
| 13 | Arizona Rattlers (AZ) | 1-2 | 11 | CO | |||||
| Bonner can’t return soon enough. This is not a good time to host a team coming off a tough loss. | |||||||||
| 14 | Columbus Destroyers (CLB) | 0-2 | 15 | CHI | |||||
| Gave Dallas a tough fight at Dallas. Host Chicago at home. Can Columbus pull off an upset? Is this a turning point in the franchise? | |||||||||
| 15 | Nashville Kats (NAS) | 1-2 | 13 | @NY | |||||
| No Soul in Philly, Big Apple will take a bite out of the Kats. | |||||||||
| 16 | Grand Rapids Rampage (GR) | 0-2 | 16 | AUS | |||||
| Will the week off help the Rampage? | |||||||||
| 17 | Austin Wranglers (AUS) | 0-3 | 17 | @GR | |||||
| A win could elevate Austin from the bottom of the Power Rankings. |
John L. Hoh, Jr., is a free-lance writer from Milwaukee who grew up in Appleton, Wisconsin, as an avid Dolphins fan. He followed Arena Football since its inception, at one point watching tape-delayed games on low-powered WAV-TV in Waukesha. His happiest day was when Milwaukee was awarded the Mustangs franchise; his saddest when the Mustangs were contracted out of the league. John is married to his wife Maija (13+ years) and has a young son, Matthew. John pines for the return of the Arena Football League to Milwaukee.
