Season 12 Power Rankings - 1st Quarter

One quarter of Season 12 is in the books, and there have been some surprises, disappointments, and shocking numbers put up to this point. One thing that has remained the same is the #1 team, Oklahoma City tops the rankings as they have in every edition dating back to last season. Some new contenders have emerged, while some usually tough teams are off to a slow start. It will be interesting to see how it all plays out the rest of the season. In the meantime, here are the rankings!

	Team	W	L	PREV	Comments
1	Oklahoma City	29	12	1	Still atop the rankings, but the pack seems closer
2	Pawtucket	27	14	8	Absolutely crushing the ball so far
3	Little Rock	26	15	5	Off to a good start thanks to good balance
4	Tampa Bay	27	14	17	Pitching has been stellar, will offense be enough?
5	Buffalo	26	15	3	The defending champs are off to a good start
6	Nashville	26	15	28	Team is surprising, after rough last season
7	Memphis	27	14	18	Great pitching so far, the bats need to step up
8	Chicago (AL)	23	18	22	Holding their own with good pitching in a hitters park
9	Las Vegas	27	18	27	Offseason moves are paying off, looking good
10	Cincinnati	24	17	9	Pitching could be better, but they are in a hitters park
11	Dover	23	18	12	Offense is phenomenal, but pitching is atrocious
12	Salem	24	17	19	Pitching is carrying this team so far
13	Tacoma	20	21	15	Offense is actually decent, better than their record
14	Monterrey	23	18	16	Offensive numbers are great, but pitching is a concern
15	Rochester	21	20	10	Offense is struggling a bit so far, but good pitching
16	Helena	20	21	20	Doing well, may be a bit better than their record
17	Louisville	20	21	2	Surprising fall, but they do play in a tough division
18	Boise	20	21	31	Another team crushing the ball, with terrible pitching
19	Augusta	19	22	7	Decent stats, better than their record indicates
20	Boston	19	22	11	Pitching is the reason for their mediocre start
21	Vancouver	21	20	6	Slow start for the hurlers, Hurst should step it up
22	Texas	18	23	30	Same as last season, good offense, bad pitching
23	Detroit	17	24	29	Decent numbers, should have a few more W's
24	Colorado	18	23	26	Stats are what you'd expect for Colorado
25	Philadelphia	18	23	13	Nice pitching, but bats aren't getting it done
26	Seattle	20	21	14	Pitching has been awful, lucky to have 20 W's, really
27	Indianapolis	19	22	24	Pitching hasn't been great so far here
28	Burlington	18	23	23	Pitching only decent, and offense really struggling
29	New Britain	14	27	4	Should have a few more W's, but pitching not good
30	Chicago (NL)	13	28	21	Offense has really started off slow
31	New York	9	32	25	Almost as bad as Portland, and that says a lot
32	Portland	4	37	32	Pathetic, I didn't think it was possible to go 4-37