For the 2nd week in a row, it looks like the scoring around the league is picking up. Through the first 3 weeks of the season, teams were averaging 136 points/game. There was a slight uptick to 139 in Week 4 and a leap to 149 in Week 5. All that adds up to a Week 5 season-to-date average of 140 points/game. Since Won/Loss records can be deceiving based on luck of the schedule we can use that 140 baseline to see how teams are faring with 40% of the schedule complete. 

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Teams exceeding the average:

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Stick Rock - The won/loss record may not be pretty, but they are in solid position in the points standings averaging a whopping 160 points/game. 

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Mel Kipers BA - This team has been unstoppable through 5 weeks, not only due to their high point total but also the consistency of their scoring each week. MKBA is averaging 156 points/game.

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Peeping Tomlins - Another team that scores consistently (as long as we throw out the week 1 128 pts) with only a 3-2 record to show for it. The WRs are carrying the load for this team as they average 149 points/game.

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Teams right around the average

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Black Ghostbusters - The luckiest team in the league to date as their up and down start to the season has led to a 4-1 record. They are beginning to heat up after a slow start. Starting with a 111 point disappointment in week 1, they are averaging 145 points/game for the season.

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Dark Helmet - The Ghostbusters spent the 2 weeks before the draft analyzing the keepers teams will hold onto, determining which four players should be kept, makes trades to get value for players not being kept and takes part in about 1,000 mock drafts trying to anticipate every teams move. Dark Helmet forgets his ESPN password, drinks a 30 pack of Miller Lite and auto-drafts his team. Ghostbusters are averaging 145 points/game while Dark Helmet is averaging 143. Advantage: Dan.

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Skoal Bandits - Throw out the Week 3 turd-fest (94.3 points) and this team has been amazingly consistent scoring 149/142/140/153 in non-turd games. Reclamation QBs Darnold and Mayfield have given the Bandits a solid base for points each week. More scoring is needed from Bijan, Aiyuk and Harrison Jr. to become a weekly threat. Average P/G = 136.27

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Teams below the average

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Springfield Flanders - Two big weeks (169 and 154) surrounded by 3 duds (94/121/118)  has Flanders on the outside looking in. But they should be ready for a run once Joe Mixon, Puka Nakua, AJ Brown and Nick Chubb return from injury and improve on their 131.59 points average.

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Wrath of Kahn - This team is all over the place. There is not a lot of top-tier talent in the lineup, but the team has incredible depth. The problem with that is never knowing which players to insert into the lineup each week. Jim's bench has outscored his starters 3 out of the first 4 weeks of the season and they probably would have again in Week 5 if not for two players on the bye. Solution: Try and package 3 guys for one reliable stud you can depend on each week. Currently averaging 130.64 points/game.

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'69 Olds - '69 Olds has only finished above the league average in scoring one week. That's not going to lead to a lot of wins. If Mark Andrews could get going, that would be a huge help. But Ray-Ray still needs some RBs to get his 124.5 points/game average up. 

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Milford Football Team - And that brings us to the tough luck team of the year. Last year's champion had a rough stretch between Weeks 2 - 4, scoring 113, 97 and 89 points. CMC needs to come back sooner rather than later and the Davante Adams situation needs to work itself out, but there is still a lot of talent on this team that is averaging a ghastly 117.18 points/game.

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Now on to out rankings (although that is kind of what I just did):

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1 . Mel Kipers Best Available (Last Week #1-Tie)

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​182 points most weeks would lead to an easy victory, but Week 5 wasn't most weeks. LaMar Jackson (41), Drake London (33) and Brian Thomas 25) led a high scoring attack in a game that went down to the wire. A little Monday Night luck got them a well-deserved "W".