“Well, look at the big brains on our network!”
SB Nation’s “smart-guy” MLS rankings
Say it in your best Samuel Jackson-Pulp Fiction voice, and I promise it’ll sound better.
Some bright lights around the SB Nation blogger network got together and created a smarter, enhanced version of MLS Power Rankings. Hell, anybody can do a standard old 1-16 version. I can even do that -- and I can barely remember who I am in the morning without looking at my driver’s license.
Thanks to my pals at Black And Red United, Sounder at Heart, RSL Soapbox, Once a Metro and Brotherly Game, here is the grand debut. Think of it as MLS rankings for the thinking man. Feel free to tell us how smart we are ... or how full of it.
| Team | Total vote count | First Tier votes | Last week's rank |
| Tier 1 - Teams Contending For Cups | |||
| Columbus Crew | 18 | 6 | - |
| Real Salt Lake | 18 | 6 | - |
| Seattle Sounders | 18 | 6 | - |
| LA Galaxy | 14 | 2 | - |
| Tier 2 - Teams Likely in the Playoffs | |||
| Colorado Rapids | 14 | 2 | - |
| KC Wizards | 13 | 2 | - |
| Houston Dynamo | 11 | 0 | - |
| NY Red Bulls | 10 | 0 | - |
| Tier 3 - Teams On the Outside Looking In | |||
| FC Dallas | 7 | 0 | - |
| Chicago Fire | 7 | 0 | - |
| NE Revolution | 6 | 0 | - |
| Toronto FC | 4 | 0 | - |
| Tier 4 - Teams That Should Be Relegated | |||
| Chivas USA | 3 | 0 | - |
| DC United | 1 | 0 | - |
| Philadelphia Union | 0 | 0 | - |
| SJ Earthquakes | 0 | 0 | - |
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