Week Five Rankings Explanation.

Written Saturday September 27th at 9:28 AM

Rankings

1. Harper Woods: Pioneers going along with their business.

2. Clarkston: Wolves defense starting to shine again.

3. West Bloomfield: Will Espy is starting to make his name known across the State.

4. Stoney Creek: Cougars bounced back after tough loss to Harper Woods.

5. Farmington: Falcons have bounced back nicely since loss to Holly.

6. Ferndale: Eagles defense has started to come alive.

7. Adams: Highlanders will be fine, don't panic.

8. North Farmington: Maybe Elijah Cobb is the answer at quarterback.

9. Seaholm: Maples have to stop turning the ball over for the veer to work.

10. Oak Park: Knights might be the most improved team this season.

 

Rankings Explanation

This week the rankings were a bit complicated from seven through ten. 

The top six teams have had strong seasons with not a lot of changes but with Adams at seven makes sense despite their tough 21-7 loss to Clarkston. I kept North Farmington at eight even though they are playing much better football but thought of putting the Highlanders at eight but decided against that. Seaholm drops to nine after getting romped 42-19 on their home field by Farmington and allowing 21 points in the second half. I thought of dropping them from the rankings but the 33-7 win against Oak Park is keeping them in the top ten at the moment. I moved Oak Park to ten because of their bounce back win over Troy. I dropped Groves out because of the loss to West Bloomfield but also thought of keeping them in the rankings as well. I don't think Oak Park and Groves play each other this season, would had been a very interesting game. I also thought of putting Oxford back into the rankings but the defensive concerns are there when talking about the Wildcats and it showed despite their 41-34 win over Lake Orion.

If Waterford Mott were in the league but they aren't as of yet, they would have easily been in the top ten in the rankings.