League Rankings

(As of July 30)

	Team Rank Points Record BALCO Bombers (formerly McNamee Clients) 1 280 18 – 0 – 0 Naughty Fingers, The 2 190 10 – 0 – 0 NRSC 2 190 11 – 2 – 0 Smell the Glove 4 177 8 – 2 – 0 Raising Arizona 5 175 14 – 3 – 1 Securities and Exchange Commandos 6 172 10 – 3 – 0 Closers, The 7 170 8 – 1 – 0 RNC 8 164 7 – 0 – 0 seven (Microsoft) 9 164 9 – 2 – 0 Showboats 10 163 8 – 2 – 0 Rob’s Beltway Ballers 11 158 5 – 0 – 0 Alphabet Soup 12 152 8 – 2 – 0 PA Scrubs 13 150 7 – 2 – 0 Pew’s Your Daddy 13 150 8 – 3 – 0 GSPM Softball 15 148 7 – 1 – 0 New Market Mallers, The 16 145 7 – 2 – 0 Margin of Terror 17 135 9 – 4 – 0 PhRMA Innovators 18 135 6 – 2 – 0 Grunley Bears 19 129 6 – 3 – 1 COAL Ripken Jr. 20 128 6 – 4 – 0 Fearless LEADers 21 127 7 – 4 – 1 Trade Warriors 22 127 6 – 5 – 0 Fallen Angels 23 125 5 – 4 – 2 A-Team, The 24 124 5 – 1 – 0 Uncle John’s Band 25 124 6 – 2 – 1 DNC 26 121 8 – 5 – 0 Baltimore Oracles 27 120 5 – 3 – 0 No Talent AZ Clowns 28 117 6 – 3 – 1 Ten Thousand Men & Women of Harvard 29 114 5 – 3 – 0 Big Blue 30 114 4 – 4 – 0 Blue Dogs 31 110 4 – 3 – 0 Arrrgonauts, The 31 110 1 – 1 – 0 Yellow Journalists 31 110 2 – 1 – 0 BSD Online Tools, The 31 110 3 – 2 – 0 Minnesota 5 lb Bass 31 110 3 – 2 – 0 National Journal Group Hacks 36 109 6 – 4 – 0 Watchdogs, The 37 107 5 – 6 – 0 DAI Stingers, The 38 106 3 – 3 – 0 All Vols 39 105 5 – 4 – 1 Non-Pro’s, The 40 104 6 – 4 – 0 GoRILAs 41 100 2 – 2 – 0 Sessions’ Slammers 41 100 5 – 5 – 0 Service Nationals 41 100 2 – 2 – 0 Freedom Ticklers 44 99 6 – 5 – 0 Greenbacks, The 45 98 4 – 5 – 0 US HOMERCOM 46 95 3 – 3 – 0 B-L-L-unders 47 95 3 – 5 – 0 Megawamps, The 48 94 4 – 4 – 0 PBGC Rough Riders 49 93 3 – 3 – 0 One Hitters 50 92 5 – 4 – 0 Triskelions 51 92 6 – 6 – 0 We Got the Runs 52 91 5 – 5 – 0 Carper Diem_ 53 90 1 – 2 – 0 Out Fielders 53 90 1 – 2 – 0 Hitmen 53 90 1 – 2 – 0 PPC Complexificationizers 53 90 3 – 4 – 0 Third Rail, The 57 85 3 – 7 – 0 Bailout Commission, The 58 85 1 – 3 – 0 Hitbollah 58 85 0 – 2 – 1 Hungry Fellows 58 85 1 – 2 – 0 Brewmasters 61 84 3 – 4 – 1 Transport This 61 84 4 – 7 – 0 Manifest Destiny 63 82 1 – 4 – 0 Economic Hitmen 64 80 4 – 6 – 0 DOJers (formerly Vote for Pedro) 64 80 0 – 2 – 0 Flockers, The 64 80 0 – 2 – 0 COBRAs 67 76 1 – 4 – 0 Agents 007 68 75 2 – 5 – 0 STOTUS (Softball Team of the U.S) 69 70 0 – 3 – 0 Veterans Affairs 69 70 4 – 5 – 0 Peace Corps Villagers 71 68 1 – 6 – 0 Shadow Boxers 72 66 1 – 5 – 0 Hudson Institute 72 66 3 – 9 – 0 LawDawgs 74 65 0 – 4 – 0 1st F’n Amendments 74 65 1 – 5 – 0 EEOC Equalizers 76 64 3 – 5 – 0 Cadmus Carbon Crushers 76 64 2 – 6 – 0 TWC Marauders 78 60 0 – 5 – 0 Colvin’s Canons 78 60 1 – 5 – 0 TIA-Ballers 78 60 0 – 4 – 0 Dinh and Tonics 78 60 0 – 4 – 0 NLEOMF Lions 82 55 2 – 7 – 0 Udall Udall Primos 82 55 3 – 8 – 0 Juice 84 52 0 – 4 – 0 GU CCT 85 50 0 – 5 – 0 Gold Standard, The 85 50 0 – 4 – 0 Bits’n'Balls 85 50 1 – 6 – 0 Loose Cannons, The 88 45 0 – 6 – 0 Washington Bashionals 88 45 1 – 8 – 0 Nacho Cheese 90 39 1 – 7 – 0 Too Big To Fail 91 36 3 – 10 – 0 Muckrakers 92 25 0 – 8 – 0 Strategic Sourcerers 93 20 0 – 8 – 0 Oil Barons 94 10 1 – 10 – 0

CSL Point System, Explained

For two teams that are tied in the rankings, winning the game is worth 10 points and losing the game costs 10 points. So when two teams with 100 points play each other, for example, the winning team will have 110 points while the losing team will end up with 90 points.

If a lower ranked team beats a higher ranked team, both are affected by bonus points. The rate is 20% of the difference between the two teams. For example, if a team with 80 points beats a team with 120 points, the bonus is an 8 points (20% of 40 points). The bonus is added to the winner’s total and subtracted from the loser’s total. In this example, the winning team with 80 points ends up with 98 (10 for the win and an 8 point bonus) while the losing team with 120 points ends up with 102 (minus 10 for the loss as well as minus the bonus amount of 8 points).

The points are awarded based on the ranking of the team at the time of the game. That is important for this league, which is a very casual league. The rankings may vary from week to week so that a team that was highly ranked at the beginning of the season may be ranked lower at the end…and vice versa. Remember, teams get credit for beating a highly ranked team at its peak, even if that team later stumbles.

One exception: A win or loss by forfeit is worth only half the points of a completed game.