2026 Season · Preseason
Power Rankings
Sixty-five percent projected starting lineup, twenty-five percent bench depth, ten percent positional balance — scored against this league's own average, then blended with how the league votes. Built from ESPN's season projections for every drafted roster.
Preseason voting is open until the first game of Week 1 kicks off.
Closes Wed, Sep 9, 8:20 PM ET.
No ballots submitted yet.
| Rank | Team | Change | Community | Weighted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Team Hotel | New — no previous ranking | — | 74.2 |
| 2 | Team India | New — no previous ranking | — | 73.4 |
| 3 | Team Juliett | New — no previous ranking | — | 72.4 |
| 4 | Team Oscar | New — no previous ranking | — | 71.7 |
| 5 | Team Charlie | New — no previous ranking | — | 71.7 |
| 6 | Team Golf | New — no previous ranking | — | 69.8 |
| 7 | Team Lima | New — no previous ranking | — | 69.4 |
| 8 | Team Foxtrot | New — no previous ranking | — | 67.5 |
| 9 | Team Alpha | New — no previous ranking | — | 66.8 |
| 10 | Team Kilo | New — no previous ranking | — | 65.3 |
| 11 | Team Papa | New — no previous ranking | — | 61.3 |
| 12 | Team November | New — no previous ranking | — | 52.4 |
Roster strength = 65% projected starting lineup + 25% projected bench depth + 10% positional balance. Weighted score is that roster strength alone until the first ballot is cast — no votes means the community score is unavailable, not zero. The roster components are scored against this league's own average and spread, so a 50 is a typical roster here rather than a fixed benchmark. Community is the average of every ballot's points, where a first-place vote is worth 95 and last is worth 15. Projections are ESPN's own season-long figures for each rostered player; the two performance columns switch to record and scoring once Week 1 is final.
Preseason recap
Team Hotel opens on top, with the league's strongest projected lineup coming out of the draft. No ballots have been submitted yet, so these rankings are on projected roster strength alone.
Assembled from the numbers above.
