The American Football News Today AA Rankings is up on our website at http://hometeamsonline.com/teams/default.asp?u=AMERICANFOOTBALLNEWSTODAY&t=c&s=football&p=home

AA Leagues Only

THE AFNT CLASS AA RANKINGS FOR SPRING/SUMMER SEASON GAMES PLAYED THROUGH JULY 7 2012

1- St. Paul Pioneers NEFL 8-0 371-28
2- Columbus Fire HFL 8-0 259-69
3- North East Ohio Predators HFL 7-1 228-113
4- Kings Comets HFL 5-1 251-119
5- Lake Superior Rage NEFL 7-0 279-181
6- Kentucky Warriors NFFL 7-0 259-141
7- West Virginia Storm MSL 5-0 241-42
8- Noble County Wolfpack IFL 3-0 114-21
9- Pittsburgh Pride HFL 5-1 144-39
10- Minnesota Sting MPFL 8-2 348-184
11- Cleveland Cobras HFL 5-1 164-63
12- Green Bay Gladiators NEFL 6-1 173-108
13- Lima Warriors HFL 6-2 198-61
14- Indiana Cutters IFL 3-0 66-16
15- Indiana Cardinals CRFL 4-0 122-6
16- Marion County Crusaders CRFL 4-0 122-52
17- Cincinnati Falcons NFFL 4-1 162-50
18- Butler County Bears HFL 6-2 211-71
19- West Central Wildcats IFL 3-1 115-51
20- Ohio Crush CRFL 3-0 83-34
21- Fox Valley Force NEFL 6-2 204-96
22- Oakland County Phantoms GLFL 4-1 184-22
23- Appleton Knights NLFL 6-1 257-68
24- Detroit Redd Doggs GLFL 4-1 74-66
25- Mid Ohio Valley Ravens MSL 5-2 311-99

CRFL, Crossroads Football League (Indiana/Ohio)
HFL, Heartland Football League
IFL, Interstate Football League
GLFL, Great Lakes Football League (Blue Conference)
MPFL, Midwest Premier Football League
MSFL, Mid States Football League
MSL, Mountain States Football League
NEFL, Northern Elite Football League
NFFL, Northern Frontier Football League
NLFL, Northern Lights Football League
WSFL, Wisconsin State Football League

Thanks
Dennis Morris
Minor League Football News Hall Of Fame "Class Of 2009"
AFA Hall Of Fame "Class of 2010"
American Football News Hall of Fame "Class of 2011"

Congrats to all the Indiana teams that made this list! Especially them Cardinals! Keep flying high!

mslf opens up this weekend, not saying we will get in but at least 5ive of them teams will be bumped out

Mid States Football League starts this weekend and the Wisconsin State Football League opens play on July 28th. After a team plays 3 games (Preseason and League games) a team can be ranked.

Thanks
Dennis Morris
Minor League Football News Hall Of Fame "Class Of 2009"
AFA Hall Of Fame "Class of 2010"
American Football News Hall of Fame "Class of 2011"

Just curious as to why 'preseason' games are taken into account when coming up with these rankings. Let's be honest, by the time the first preseason game is played, and the start of the regular season...are the teams the same? Are they even close? Take the Tornados - AND NO I AM NOT HATING ON YOU TORNADOS!!! But they had a mediocre preseason. Moving pieces around, molding the pieces until they fit right is gonna take a little time. Now they are undefeated in the GDFL. Why punish them for playing 'scrimmage - mind set' preseason games?


Not trying to stir up the pot, just looking for insight.

If you notice there are no GDFL teams on the list. FACT: Once you do a dump or GDFL teams into a poll, they absolutely take over the TOP 25 and show strong in the top 10 in the Nation. Out of the ten top teams in the country, polls including the GDFL are typically 40%-50% run by the top GDFL teams.

GDFL teams are ranked in AAA not AA. However, this still does not answer my question as to why the 'preseason' games count for rankings. Everyone knows that the GDFL has good teams...stop thumping your chests about it...."FACT: Once you do a dump or GDFL teams into a poll, they absolutely take over the TOP 25 and show strong in the top 10 in the Nation."

I bet if you did the same poll, but listed the top 25 worst, you would get 40-50% GDFL teams in the top ten of this list as well. Thats what happens when you have 60 teams in a league

The GDFL is a very good league. Look how many of your leagues teams are on there. We have one of your teams ranked #1. Here is the Rankings for the AAA.

2012 AFNT SUMMER NATIONAL RANKINGS AAA FOR GAMES PLAYED THROUGH JUNE 30th-TOP 35 TEAMS
Dick Suess, Editor (pifl98@aol.com)

1. CENTRAL PENN PIRANHA GDFL 6-0 231-55

2. DES MOINES BLAZE MWFA 9-0 421-69

3. OKL CITY DIAMONDBACKS GDFL 4-0 232-66

4. NASHVILLE STORM PSFL 7-0 230-69

5. SEATTLE STALLIONS WWFA 7-0 324-39

6. PORTLAND MONARCHS PFL 8-0 369-75

7. COLORADO SPRINGS FLAMES CFC 7-0 285-87

8. SOUTH CAROLINA VENOM GDFL 4-0 227-14

9. GREENVILLE SEMINOLES GDFL 3-0 141-2

10.WEST MICHIGAN FORCE GLFL 5-0 237-33

11.SO.BUFFALO CELTICS GDFL 4-0 184-23

12.HAMPTON ROADS REDSKINZ GDFL 3-0 222-28

13. FAYETTEVILLE HORIZON GDFL 5-0 186-39

16.YOUNGSTOWN STEELERS NLSFL 5-0 126-30

17. LETCHER CO. WOLVES AFL 5-0 146-50

18. GEORGIA CRUSH GDFL 4-0 108-12

19.TROY'S FIGHTING IRISH NEFA 4-0 168-60

20.MIDDLE GA.WOLFPACK NFFA 5-0 89-18

21.GEORGIA CANES HOS 3-0 176-24

22JEFFERSON CO. WARRIORS NFA 4-0 137-28

23.ARKANSAS SABERS AFL 3-0 67-18

24.TEXAS ROADRUNNERS AFL 3-0 70-30

25.DENVER PIRATES CFC 7-1 303-74

26.OKLAHOMA THUNDER GDFL 3-1 149-53

27.SO CAL COYOTES PWFL 7-1 206-70

28.CHRISTIAN CO. OUTLAWS DFL 3-1 238-74

29.PANHANDLE CRUSADERS PSL 6-1 173-73

30. YAKIMA MAVERICKS PFL 8-1 348-126

31. SIN CITY SAINTS PWFL 7-1 131-43

32.MID WEST RAMS GLFL 5-1 171-73

33.GREENVILLE PANTHERS GDFL 3-1 149-63

34.CHAMBERSBURG CARDS GDFL 2-1 94-30

35.ROCHESTER RENEGADES NSPL 5-1 175-81




*HOS-Hearts of the South League
*MWFA -idwest Football Alliance
*PSFL-Premier South League
*PWFL-Pac West Football League (Calif/Nevada/Arizona)g
*CFC-Colorado Football Conference
*GDFL-Gridiron Developmental League
*NEFA-Northeast Football Alliance
*GLFL-Great Lakes League
*AFL-Alliance Football League
*NFA-Northeast Football Alliance
*PWWFL-Pac West Football League
*NLSPF-National League of Semi Pro Football
*NFFA-National Football Assocition

Mr. Epic we count preseason due to the fact it is a game. You go out and kick the ball off and try to win that game. College football counts preseason losses. Look at when Appalachian State beat the Michigan Wolverines (I can't stand that game by the way) in the preseason did that hurt there rankings YES it killed them. You can come back from the preseason loss if you play better in the rest of the games you play in. I think the Indianapolis Tornados are a really great team. One of the best teams in the country and in Indiana hands down no questions asked for a long time. If they keep playing the why they are the rest of the season there is no doubt in my mind that they will be ranked back up there again. The GDFL is a well respected league with a lot of great teams. I hope this help out some.

Thanks
Dennis Morris
Minor League Football News Hall Of Fame "Class Of 2009"
AFA Hall Of Fame "Class of 2010"
American Football News Hall of Fame "Class of 2011"

The Applachain St. game and Michigan wasnt a preseason game! I was not aware that NCAA played any 'preseason games. There are non-conference games and conference games. But they are all part of the regular season. Does it matter if Michigan plays a Non-BCS team? Nope, just hurts their strength of schedule.

NFL: Preseason games dont affect a teams power rankings.

If the Tornados scheduled tough opponents to test new plays, new players, new coaches, etc...were they really trying to win? And if they werent trying to win, then why get punished in the polls?

I think it is a good idea to have teams a minimum number of games before being ranked, take the comment by mike cameron the Generals will surely be ranked but they should not be ranked right after beating the Nighthawks that team is a brand new team and won't beclose to the Generals so just by beating a team they are expected tpo beat doesn't mena the Generals should be ranked the Generals are a loaded team look for them to spank the MSFL again this year I see another year of blow out games and lots of scoring as the nighthawks will see on Saturday night