Week 12 Preview, Power Picks, and Predictions

Week 12 is upon us. Two weeks left until the fantasy football playoffs start. What better time to start Pooks Gang Power Rankings than right now?

The West Division looks like this:

Team	W	L	T	Pct	GB
Paris fredette Two Direction	9	1	1	.864	--
Team Plumer	7	4	0	.636	2.5
Team Mexico	5	6	0	.455	4.5
Grilled Brees Shamich	4	7	0	.364	5.5
Team 8	3	8	0	.273	6.5

As you can already tell the Western Division is pretty much decided. Two Direction and Plumer are headed to the playoffs. Even if Plumer lost their last two games and Mexico won out, Plumer would still make it as the #4 seed. But this scenario is unlikely because Plumer plays the worst team in the division in Week 12 and Mexico isn't getting any help from the USA this time around.

We now move to the East Division which looks like this:

Team	W	L	T	Pct	GB
Corn on the Kolb	6	4	1	.591	--
Angry Wookie	6	4	1	.591	--
Team Skooter	5	6	0	.455	1.5
My Jim Schwartz are dirty	4	6	1	.409	2
Cardinal Nation	4	7	0	.364	2.5

The playoff race is much closer on this side of the fence! Everyone but Nation has a shot at the playoffs and what puts the cherry on top of this ice cream sundae is that the top four teams in this division play each other in Week 12 and the (current) second and third place teams face off in Week 13.

Just look at the matchups:

Week 12

Home Team	Record	vs	Away Team	Record
Angry Wookie	6-4-1	vs	My Jim Schwartz are dirty	4-6-1
Team Skooter	5-6	vs	Corn on the Kolb	6-4-1

Week 13

Home Team	Record	vs	Away Team	Record
Team Skooter	5-6*	vs	Angry Wookie	6-4-1*

*not including Week 12 results

Now that we got the nitty gritty out of the way, let’s move on to the Power Rankings.

Rank	Team	Record	Div Rec	PPG F	PPG A
1	Paris fredette Two Directions	9-1-1	6-0	105	77.3
2	Corn on the Kolb	6-4-1	4-2	103	86.5
3	Team Plumer	7-4	3-4	93.2	81.1
4	Angry Wookie	6-4-1	2-3-1	94.4	84.6
5	Team Skooter	5-6	3-3	92	86.5
6	Team Mexico	5-6	3-3	74.5	87.2
7	My Jim Schwartz are dirty	4-6-1	3-3-1	89.8	94.2
8	Cardinal Nation	4-7	3-4	77.4	93
9	Grilled Brees Shamich	4-7	2-5	69	81.4
10	Team 8	3-8	2-4	64	90.3

- PPG F = points per game for

- PPG A = points per game against

As you can see from the Power Rankings the league is pretty competitive 1 through 7. Even the seventh place team is on a three game winning streak. This is fantasy football, anything can happen! Nick Freaking Foles proved that during Week 9.

Keep an eye on the East Division these next two weeks. All five teams are fighting for those two spots and the road doesn't get any easier once the playoff matchups are decided. This author’s predictions for the coming week:

Grilled Brees Shamich 101 at 100 Cardinal Nation

- Shamich wins this one thanks to the Saints

Angry Wookie 115 at 90 My Jim Schwartz are dirty

- Schwartz’s RB situation is too flimsy this week

Team Plumer 120 at 60 Team 8

- Plumer’s high powered offense is too much for the injured Jay Cutler (c’mon man)

Team Mexico 95 at 90 Paris fredette Two Direction

- Two Direction’s bench is the smallest in the league. Unless he picks up an RB between now and Sunday, Mexico will enjoy a win this week.

Corn on the Kolb 116 vs 115 Team Skooter

- this is the Game of the Week in my opinion. Skooter holds the advantage in almost every position, but Kolb has Peyton Manning and the potent Panther defense. (alright I’ll be honest, I flipped a coin on this one, I just couldn't decide)