The Football Forge Power Rankings: Week 31Everyone down to just one game
A quickie rankings post this week, coming to you from surprisingly sunny Essex in England. Based on the scores and rankings moves it was a pretty wild penultimate week in the USL Championship. There remains quite a bit to be decided in the last round of games. Most of which will occur while this writer is on a transatlantic flight. Can’t wait for touchdown.
| Rank | Team | Previous | Change | Record | Forge Factor | Note |
| 1 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds | 2 | 1 | 19-5-9 | 23.545 | Pittsburgh Riverhounds beat Tampa Bay Rowdies 2-0 this week. |
| 2 | The Miami FC | 3 | 1 | 11-14-8 | 22.530 | The Miami FC beat Charleston Battery 2-1 this week. |
| 3 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks | 1 | -2 | 15-13-5 | 21.606 | Colorado Springs Switchbacks beat Las Vegas Lights 3-2 this week. |
| 4 | Memphis 901 | 8 | 4 | 14-9-10 | 19.598 | Memphis 901 beat El Paso Locomotive 4-0 this week. |
| 5 | New Mexico United | 6 | 1 | 12-14-7 | 18.379 | New Mexico United beat Phoenix Rising 2-1 this week. |
| 6 | San Diego Loyal | 7 | 1 | 15-9-9 | 17.417 | San Diego Loyal tied with El Paso Locomotive 0-0 and beat Oakland Roots 4-2 this week. |
| 7 | Orange County | 21 | 14 | 16-11-6 | 14.591 | Orange County beat Oakland Roots 3-1 and beat San Antonio 1-0 this week. |
| 8 | Indy Eleven | 13 | 5 | 13-11-9 | 14.545 | Indy Eleven beat FC Tulsa 2-1 this week. |
| 9 | San Antonio | 4 | -5 | 14-6-13 | 14.311 | San Antonio lost to Orange County 0-1 this week. |
| 10 | Birmingham Legion | 16 | 6 | 14-15-4 | 13.712 | Birmingham Legion beat Monterey Bay Union 2-0 this week. |
| 11 | Sacramento Republic | 15 | 4 | 17-6-10 | 12.477 | Sacramento Republic beat Rio Grande Valley Toros 3-2 this week. |
| 12 | Tampa Bay Rowdies | 10 | -2 | 18-9-6 | 11.652 | Tampa Bay Rowdies lost to Pittsburgh Riverhounds 0-2 this week. |
| 13 | Rio Grande Valley Toros | 5 | -8 | 9-11-13 | 10.167 | Rio Grande Valley Toros tied with Hartford Athletic 2-2 and lost to Sacramento Republic 2-3 this week. |
| 14 | Phoenix Rising | 11 | -3 | 12-9-12 | 9.008 | Phoenix Rising lost to New Mexico United 1-2 this week. |
| 15 | El Paso Locomotive | 9 | -6 | 12-13-8 | 7.189 | El Paso Locomotive tied with San Diego Loyal 0-0 and lost to Memphis 901 0-4 this week. |
| 16 | Charleston Battery | 14 | -2 | 16-9-8 | 7.008 | Charleston Battery lost to The Miami FC 1-2 this week. |
| 17 | FC Tulsa | 12 | -5 | 9-15-9 | 6.455 | FC Tulsa lost to Indy Eleven 1-2 this week. |
| 18 | Detroit City | 23 | 5 | 11-15-7 | 5.932 | Detroit City beat Loudoun United 3-0 this week. |
| 19 | Louisville City | 17 | -2 | 14-11-8 | 5.909 | Louisville City tied with Hartford Athletic 1-1 this week. |
| 20 | Las Vegas Lights | 19 | -1 | 3-20-10 | 3.833 | Las Vegas Lights lost to Colorado Springs Switchbacks 2-3 this week. |
| 21 | Oakland Roots | 22 | 1 | 11-13-9 | 2.909 | Oakland Roots lost to Orange County 1-3 and lost to San Diego Loyal 2-4 this week. |
| 22 | Hartford Athletic | 24 | 2 | 4-23-6 | 2.841 | Hartford Athletic tied with Rio Grande Valley Toros 2-2 and tied with Louisville City 1-1 this week. |
| 23 | Loudoun United | 20 | -3 | 7-22-4 | 0.871 | Loudoun United lost to Detroit City 0-3 this week. |
| 24 | Monterey Bay Union | 18 | -6 | 11-14-8 | 0.644 | Monterey Bay Union lost to Birmingham Legion 0-2 this week. |
