Week 10 Rankings
Do you know how many 10 is?
We went with Count von Count above to help those not good with numbers to tell them this is indeed Week 10 of our Fantasy Football season! I keep stressing that the races are closer than they seem and 8 teams have a legitimate shot to make the playoffs. The key is having Stick Rock win the Patrick Division and Knock MKBA out of the #2 seed. That would tighten up the wild card race significantly.
With that in mind, I am going to dust off and update a LM Note I wrote last year that compared the standings after 9 games to where each of those teams finished in the final standings.
In each of the last 4 years:
Three of the top 4 teams have advanced to the players.
One team has jumped from being in either the 5th or 6th slot to make the playoffs.
Only once has the #1 Seed not made the playoffs (69 Olds in 2021).
The #1 seed after 9 weeks has won one championship (MKBA 2024).
A team outside the top 4 has won the championship once (MFT #5 in 2023)
The last 4 Champions have been ranked as follows after 9 Games: 2024 MKBA (#1), 2023 MFT (#5), 2022 Stick Rock (#3), 2021 Springfield Flanders (#4)
Ok, so what does that tell us? Probably nothing due to the small sample size. But if you are thinking you still have a chance and you are in 8th through 10th in our rankings, you might want to take another look at your roster and start positioning yourself for 2026. And if you are comfortably leading your division? There is always work to be done. I say it every year. The team that dominates early, seldom dominates at the end (I’m looking at you, Rocky.)
Ok, enough with the history lesson. Now on to our 2025 Week 10 Rankings:
1. Springfield Flanders (Last Week #1)
One of the earliest clinches we have seen in KAOS, Flanders is going to the playoffs locked into a #1 or 2 seed. Marvin Harrison awoke just in time to give them a win over the Ghostbusters and a 4 game lead in the division with 4 weeks to go.
Playoff chances - 100%
2. Mel Kipers Best Available (Last Week #2)
Just when it look like MKBA was going to go on a roll, Jayden Daniels dislocates his elbow. Peter still leads the division by a game over Kahn and 2 games over Stick Rock, but he will likely need to win the division to get in as his points total ranks just 7th in the league.
Playoff chances - 50%
3. Dark Helmet (Last Week #4)
Helmet is on FIRE, scoring 540 points over the last 3 weeks for a 180 pts/game average. The Auto-draft king is looking to make his second consecutive playoff appearance, but he will have to go through the wild card route to get there.
Playoff chances - 55%
4. Stick Rock (Last Week #3)
And here we have the anti-helmet. Flying high across the season’s first 7 weeks, Rock has only scored 234 points over the last 2 weeks (117 pts/game avg.) Could they be going a third consecutive season to miss the playoffs after leading the league through the first 2 months?
Playoff Chances - 50%
5. Skoal Bandits (Last Week #7)
Bandits rode a high-scoring Week 9 to put them on the steps of playoff contention. They currently find themselves just 11 points out of the final playoff spot.
Playoff Chances - 35%
6. Ghostbusters (Last Week #5)
Their long-shot chances to contend for a division title ended this week in a narrow defeat to Flanders. This team has not been very good for most of the season, but still find themselves just 31 points out of the 4th playoff spot.
Playoff Chances (35%)
7. Milford Football Team (Last Week #6)
Another team that has under-whelmed for most of the season but has managed to stick around on the outskirts of contention is MFT. They’ll need to hope that Week 9 was just a blip on the radar for Daniel Jones. If DJ reverts to his NY Giants ways, MFT might need to make a change.
Playoff Chances (35%)
8. John’s Scary Team (Last Week #8)
An up and down regular season looks to be on the downswing again as JST manages only 111 points in his match-up against Kahn. John might need to start planning for next year as his team now finds themselves 82 points out of a playoff spot.
Playoff Chances 5%
9. Peeping Tomlin’s (Last Week #9)
The Tomlins had a big week scoring 166 points against Helmet, but it may be too little/too late. They find themselves 111 points out of the playoffs. But at least Justin Jefferson scored his first TD since... WEEK 1! I guess coach Kevin O’Connell cannot make just anyone a star QB.
Playoff Chances - 5%
10. Wrath of Khan (Last Week #10)
I know Jim is “only” one game out of first place, but is that any reason to get cocky? Kahn won their week 9 matchup against MFT 169-111 despite not playing a QB1! (Baker Mayfield was on the bye and Michael Pennix STILL was not good enough to trust in the starting lineup. Even though Jim is last in the league in scoring, he still has a very real shot of making the playoffs. As mentioned, he is just one-game bak of MKBA and is 2-0 against them this year.
Playoff Chances 20%