EFLI Power Rankings

Sports fans crave goofy statistical analysis, and us EFLI fans are no exception. However, with EFLI stats are a bit thin on the ground. For example, we don't even know the names the QBs much less their QB ratings, so quibbling over who the best QB in the league is out of the question. Grr...

None the less, with the league play nearly complete and after looking through EFLI Fans' Scores & Schedules page I decided I could work up a crude Power Rankings for the teams. 

In the table below PF (points for) is the total number of points a team has scored in the season, PA (points against) is the number of points they've allowed. Diff (difference) is PF-PA, with a negative number meaning they've allowed more points then they've scored. Ave Diff (average difference) is Diff/games played.

I based my Power Ranking purely on Ave Diff (although I do think you could make strong case that the Columbo Lions should occupy the number 2 or 3 spot on the list and that Bangalore should top Pune).

	Team	Record	PF	PA	Diff	Ave Diff
1	Pune Marathas	4-1	82	33	49	9.8
2	Bangalore Warhawks	4-1	72	30	42	8.4
3	Delhi Defenders	3-2	84	47	37	7.4
4	Colombo Lions	4-1	62	29	33	6.6
5	Mumbai Gladiators	2-3	37	47	-10	-2
6	Kandy Skykings	2-4	37	53	-16	-2.7
7	Pakistan Wolfpak	1-3	32	64	-32	-8
8	Kolkata Vipers	0-5	15	70	-55	-11

For the Championship game I'm predicting Pune vs Colombo, with Colombo prevailing and thereby proving the old adage that offense wins games, defense wins championships.

By the way, my sympathy to Vipers fans. Ouch, that's a rough season to sit through. Perhaps we'll see the paper bag tradition first appear in Kolkata.