May 28, 2025
By Adam Ruffner
24. Detroit Mechanix (-)
Record: 0-2
Last result: 21-18 (L) at Indianapolis
Next game: June 7 vs Indianapolis
Key stat: Detroit has six straight games of 23 or more turnovers dating back to last season. The 2025 league average is 19.2 turnovers per game.
23. Vegas Bighorns (-)
Record: 0-4
Last result: 14-13 (L) vs Oregon
Next game: June 6 at Seattle
Key stat: After completing 61 percent of their huck attempts in the season opener against New York, the Bighorns are just 20-of-52 (38 percent) from deep in their last three outings.
22. Indianapolis AlleyCats (-)
Record: 1-2
Last result: 21-18 (W) vs Detroit
Next game: May 30 at Madison
Key stat: Indy is surrendering the most goals per game (25) in the league this season, and a big reason why are the nearly 10 breaks per game the O-line is conceding to opposing defenses.
21. Pittsburgh Thunderbirds (-1)
Record: 2-2
Last result: 31-14 (L) vs Minnesota
Next game: June 1 vs Carolina
Key stat: The Thunderbirds are just 22-of-70 (31 percent) on offensive possessions over their last two games—both losses—against Madison and Minnesota.
20. Los Angeles Aviators (+1)
Record: 0-4
Last result: 21-16 (L) at San Diego
Next game: May 30 vs Houston
Key stat: The Aviators have given up 72 goals over their last three games, and many scores have come in transition as LA opponents are completing nearly 73 percent of their deep passes.
19. Seattle Cascades (-)
Record: 1-5
Last result: 21-16 (L) at Oakland
Next game: May 30 vs Salt Lake
Key stat: Losers of three in a row, the Cascades have fallen from second in the UFA in defensive break rate in 2024 to 13th this season, marking a 12 percent drop.
18. Oregon Steel (-)
Record: 2-3
Last result: 24-14 (L) at Colorado
Next game: May 31 vs Salt Lake
Key stat: Oregon averages the second most turnovers (28) and the third fewest breaks (3) per game this season of any team, and yet constructed back-to-back wins for the first time in franchise history with one-goal victories against Seattle and Vegas.
17. Colorado Summit (-)
Record: 2-2
Last result: 24-14 (W) vs Oregon
Next game: May 30 vs Oakland
Key stat: Five different Summit players are averaging a block or more per start this season, and the team as a whole ranks fourth in takeaways per game.
16. Houston Havoc (-)
Record: 1-3
Last result: 23-17 (W) vs Colorado
Next game: May 30 at Los Angeles
Key stat: If you remove their game against the Radicals that was savaged by wind and rain, the Havoc are converting on 86 percent of their red zone opportunities in their other three games, a mark that would put them fifth in the UFA for the whole season.
15. Montreal Royal (-)
Record: 1-3
Last result: 24-23 (W, 2OT) vs New York
Next game: May 31 vs DC
Key stat: The Royal are completing the fourth most hucks per game (8.3) at the fifth highest rate (71.7 percent), fueling one of the most potent deep attacks in the association.
14. Toronto Rush (-)
Record: 0-3
Last result: 24-21 (L) vs Philadelphia
Next game: May 30 vs DC
Key stat: Despite their winless record, the Rush O-line is quietly seventh in offensive efficiency, and three different Toronto players—Martin Gallant, James Lewis, and Ty Barbieri—are averaging over five scores per contest.
13. Madison Radicals (-)
Record: 2-1
Last Result: 20-14 (W) vs Pittsburgh
Next game: May 30 vs Indianapolis
Key stat: The Radicals have 10 or more break scores in three of their last four games at Breese Stevens Field, and have won seven straight home games since losing to Minnesota on May 24, 2024.
12. Carolina Flyers (-1)
Record: 0-4
Last result: 26-25 (L, 2OT) vs San Diego
Next game: May 31 at Philadelphia
Key stat: Opponents have the highest offensive success rate in the league this season against the winless Flyers; Carolina is averaging under 13 turnovers per game in their last three outings.
11. San Diego Growlers (-1)
Record: 4-2
Last result: 23-19 (L) at Atlanta
Next game: May 31 vs Houston
Key stat: The Growlers committed 26 turnovers against LA in their season opener, and have 17 or fewer mistakes in each of their last five games. Bonus: A league-leading six different San Diego players—Travis Dunn, Khalif El-Salaam, Matt Miller, Marcel Osborne, Jesse Cohen, and Oliver Artus—are averaging four or more scores* per game.
* Scores = assists + goals
10. DC Breeze (-2)
Record: 2-2
Last Result: 14-11 (L) vs Boston
Next game: May 30 at Toronto
Key stat: Following years of pedigreed performance, the Breeze are outside of the league’s top four in offensive success rate for the first time since 2018.
9. Minnesota Wind Chill (-)
Record: 2-1
Last result: 31-14 (W) at Pittsburgh
Next game: May 30 vs Atlanta (Friday Night Frisbee)
Key stat: The Wind Chill are second in the league in break rate thanks to a ridiculous 34 combined break scores in their two wins.
8. Philadelphia Phoenix (-1)
Record: 3-1
Last result: 17-16 (L) vs New York
Next game: May 31 vs Carolina
Key stat: After their most recent heartbreaker against the Empire, the Phoenix are 3-7 in their last 10 one-goal games dating back to July 2022.
7. New York Empire (+5)
Record: 3-3
Last result: 17-16 (W) at Philadelphia
Next game: June 1 at Toronto
Key stat: The Empire love a pressure cooker with three straight one-goal finishes against East Division competition. One big reason: New York is giving up just 13 turnovers per game in their last five matchups.
6. Salt Lake Shred (-)
Record: 2-1
Last result: 22-21 (W) vs Seattle
Next game: May 30 at Seattle
Key stat: The Shred defense has seven or more break scores in six of their last seven outings; Salt Lake has scored at least 21 goals in all three of their games this season.
5. Austin Sol (-)
Record: 4-0
Last Result: 18-16 (W) vs Colorado
Next game: June 6 at Los Angeles
Key stat: The last time the Sol beat a team with more than one win was August 11, 2023 in the South Division Championship against Atlanta.
4. Oakland Spiders (-)
Record: 5-0
Last result: 21-16 (W) vs Seattle
Next game: May 30 at Colorado
Key stat: Oakland has a 61 percent or better offensive success rate in four straight games, and they rank third overall this season; rookie Adam Rees has 10 goals and over 700 receiving yards in his last two starts alone; the Spiders give up the fewest breaks per game this season.
3. Chicago Union (-)
Record: 1-0
Last Result: 16-11 (W) at Minnesota
Next game: May 31 vs Atlanta (Game Of The Week)
Key stat: Since the beginning of 2024, opposing offenses are converting less than 40 percent of their offensive possessions against the Union defense; six different Union players had two blocks against the Wind Chill in their season opening road win.
2. Boston Glory (-)
Record: 4-0
Last Result: 14-11 (W) vs DC
Next game: June 6 vs Philadelphia
Key stat: Through the first third of their schedule, Boston is averaging nearly three more blocks per game in 2025 versus last year. Bonus: Glory haven’t allowed more than 18 goals in any of their last seven games.
1. Atlanta Hustle (-)
Record: 6-0
Last result: 23-19 (W) vs San Diego
Next game: May 30 at Minnesota (Friday Night Frisbee)
Key stat: The Hustle defense has converted on 68 percent of their break opportunities the past three games while averaging nearly eight per game.
