CO Mile High Power Rankings (Week 7)

The weekly power rankings are determined by a poll of 15 Denver-area sports journalists. Commentary is provided by Kip Sayless, former Catalina Wine Mixers beat writer and author of Seven Reasons Logic Can Be Defeated By Yelling.

1. Coming From Behind (4-2) – In a stunning move, the two-loss Reach Around was chosen unanimously as the new No. 1 team. An investigative reporter for The Denver Post speculates this is because many area sports journalists were wined and dined at USA Dave's pregame party and sold their votes, but she's just jealous she didn't get the Facebook invite.

2. STU GOTZ (5-0-1) – The Cardiac Gotz may be short players this week, with half the team still hospitalized recovering from heart attacks following what ESPN8 talking heads are calling The Most Exciting Tie In History.

3. Your Mom (4-1-1) – We learned three things about Your Mom last week: she still doesn't lose to Stu Gotz, it's awkward when she eats kielbasa and it's harder to beat her than you think. Congrats to Amy and Brant!

4. Bob Loblaws Ball Lawbers (0-6) – Apparently voters believe because the Lawbers scored a run, the offense is now set to take off. This week might be the opportunity, as the team Your Mom will field will probably consist of a blow-up doll, a homeless guy recruited from the train tracks, one of those inflatable wacky-armed things from car dealerships and The Kicktator wearing a blonde wig.

5. Pitches Be Crazy (2-3) – PBC could learn a lot from the sage words of former basketball great Doug Collins: “Any time Detroit scores more than 100 points and holds the other team below 100 points, they almost always win.”

6. Drinkers With A Kicking Problem (1-4) – Voters are forgiving this team for its narrow loss to Dice., stating off-the-record, "Well, we were rooting for them."

7. Dice. (5-1) – It's hard to get excited about a team that's only averaging 13 runs a game. The offense has to start clicking before the playoffs, or Dice.'s legion of 618 Facebook fans may be falling asleep in the bleachers.

8. Shenanigans (2-4) – A win against the fourth-ranked Lawbers is a step in the right direction.

9. Drunken Monkeys (1-4) – You can't really blame the Monkeys for being distracted during most of last week's game against The Reach Around. The matchup also resulted in Cuernavaca Field's attendance record getting shattered. Apparently 20- and 30-something males are still very interested in ninja turtles.

10. American Riff Raff (4-2) – The White Trash Thrashers somehow managed to sweep a double-header. A sure sign the world is ending in December.

GAMBLER’S GUIDE TO WEEK 7

STU GOTZ (Even) vs. American Riff Raff

Coming From Behind (2:1 favorites to win costume contest) vs. Shenanigans

Pitches Be Crazy (-1.5) vs. DWAK

DWAK (-1) vs. Drunken Monkeys

Pitches Be Crazy (-2.5) vs. Dice.

Ball Lawbers (-5) vs. Your Mom