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tough's seasonal Preseason rankings coming soon....

Here we are!

1) Mountain Eagles Projected Record: 20-2
Lince and Marino are back, and they demanded the money bags! 2 of the highest earning players in the league, tough will have the challenge of finding suitable backup singers for the 2 main guys in the Mountain. Oullette and Staley are a start though, the new guard upgrade hopes to add some punch to them and propel them to the top.

2) Gunslingers Projected Record: 18-4
Guns are back and looking like they are reloading. Macolino has continued to develop, and he's a fine center now. So much that Slinger is confident and is selling off Alli. He might lay low for a bit and buy another PF closer to playoff, but this backcourt is proven and they are legitimately a piece away from just taking the top off the league. Once Alli goes I do have him just a notch below MTE.

3) King Drive Ballers Projected Record: 16-6
KDB survived the relegation battle! For good reason too, both his youngins decided to also demand a pay raise. The seasoning of last season seems to have made the guard dishes ready, and Brian has since complemented them with a solid supporting trio of players, and we'll see if he has promotion up his sleeve this season. He is poised to make a deep run for sure!

4) Green Bay Gunners Projected Record: 14-8
I expect the Great 8 to be a great war again, so not much room for error otherwise you could end up being 7th instead of 2nd in the conference. With that being said, our demotee seems pretty solid with 2 star players and a barrage of roleplayers to help fill in the gaps. We'll see if he wants to claw back to II right away or let the other teams battle it out first.

5) Bonham Bricklayers Projected Record: 14-8
The Brickoffs have survived their relegation series, and Berman and co. are ready to pounce on the opportunity for promotion! Bonham boast a pretty high salaried team, that otherwise would wipe the floor in the Great 8, but with the 2 boogey men in MTE and Guns still around, they might need another upgrade if they want to say something about a top 2 finish in the Big 8...

6) Forza Jazz Projected Record: 13-9
The Jazz have made it back to the league! Despite not running back to the Big 8 to face their arch rival Eagles, Justin finds himself and star Daigle out over in the Great 8 Gauntlet. Tommy G I remember was a awesome SBer, and this time he looks to have the depth to stick around. I thought he has money too? IDK but we'll find out how competitive he wants to be soon

7) Globo Gym Projected Record: 13-9
Nikebones did amazing last season! Prestige and crew held it down and even gave AZ a run for their money last playoffs! However, Thong and Fart are no more, as they've brought in Jay Cutler to upgrade the front court. I'll be keeping watch though, as it seems like their guard trainee trio is set to take off imminently!

8) Asingratitos BC Projected Record: 12-10
The Rent-A-Player team strikes again! Who will he buy this time? His bankroll seems fresh and he is training a player in Ad Humphreys. We'll see who gets to guest star in his show again this season, and thankfully this time there won't be any beef to cook...right? I don't expect teams to go easy on him this year though, so expect a ton of Normals out the gate to combat the Rent-A-Player strat.

9) Janitor Crew Projected Record: 10-12
Antwon makes it here in this rankings, not because his team sucks but as he's reloading his U21 farm, Daocai will be sent to another team and Minfu will have to pickup the pieces with 3 new 18 year olds! He should have the depth and starpower to beat any relegation opponent, but I do see a world where he's losing a bunch to begin the season.

10) AMC Spirits Projected Record: 11-11
The talent gap between the Big 8 top 3 teams and AMC is pretty big, however AMC has been able to churn out playoff finishes each of the past few seasons he's been in the league, so I'm gonna go on a limb and count on him to do it again. Another season older, his team is balanced and has depth for days. Also a Swiss U21 player, congrats! We'll see how he manages to hit above his belt as the season goes on.

11) Woodward Avenue Warriors Projected Record: 9-13
A good assortment of talent, and a nice little niche developing a ton of Ghana players! Woodward makes his debut in Division III, and we'll see what he has going in the coming weeks. I will say with the competitiveness in this league he's gotsta be ready, otherwise he will get gobbled up.

12) Pittsburgh Peacocks Projected Record: 7-15
It's not that I don't think they're good; they got a good collection of players. But running LI every game is gonna takes its toll on the court side of things, as many teams without as high of salaries are gonna end up eclipsing you in terms of strategy. If they can switch it up and have a reliable backup option, I'll put them higher. But I can't put them higher than 11 right now in the rankings.

13) Fondy Cardinals Projected Record: 7-15
Seems like a BFT clone, built around a prolific scorer and a decent supporting cast. Batlak seems to have the juice, however the depth over at the bigs seems to be an issue. Also add in the fact that he hasn't survived in a III league for over a season tells me there's something else wrong. I hope I'm wrong though and that he can survive in this III for another season though!

14) Social Security Kings Projected Record: 6-16
Hoskins is amazing, it's what outside of Hoskins that has me worried. SSK will need to get some upgrades, as of right now I don't think many of the Big 8s has a chance to beat out the Great 8s in a relegation series, so there might be additions necessary in order to stay alive in the division.

15) SW Rebels Projected Record: 2-20
Their second appearance in III, SW has a build of a typical D4 team. Not that its bad, but in order to stick around in the big leagues he will have to either get some trainees or upgrade his starting lineup some! A roster of 17, I'm sure he can make some trades to bolster the starting unit, otherwise the cellar of Big 8 is where he'll be at for this season.

16) Broughton Capitals Projected Record: 1-21
A relatively new team, the Capitals also have a build of a D4 team. This is also his first time in III, so everyone say hi! He is selling some players so maybe he's due to make some upgrades, but right now he's the punching bag in the competitive Big 8.




Last edited by tough at 10/15/2025 2:46:35 PM

Some quick facts!

Last season, the Big 8 got murdered, only have 3 teams above .500, while the Great 8 went 7/8 in teams aboe .500, even the last place team (a Botified BFT) had a respectable 8-14 record compared to Big 8 6 seed Bonham Bricklayers (4-18)

This season the Great 8 poses to be the stronger conference again, despite not having the top end salaries of Gunslingers and Eagles. They also have more managers training in the conference in contrast to the Big 8, who seem to do more buying and trading.

AMC alluded to this last season, it being a "2 Man Race" at the top of each division, could this be why no one in the Big wants to spend? Gunslingers and Eagles are at the top, with 467k and 400k salaries, respectively and have yet to make a commanding promotion bid, beating each other up so much that neither of them can qualify for the Silver Ticket to II. Bonham this year looks to try to keep up at 387k, but after those (and the LI Peacocks) its a big drop off to the 290s.

Forgot to make an All III.1 First team last year, but I'll have that in the coming this year! Let me know what your predictions for III.1 First Team and Second Team will be, and I'll make mine soon!


Welcome to Season 70 everyone!