USSF D2 Power Rankings - Week 8

The first, and possibly only, season of the USSF D2 league is in full swing now entering its third full month of action. There has been a lot of movement in the power rankings over the past few weeks as teams continue to find their form. Here's a look the NASLNews.com USSF D2 Power Rankings, tracking all matches through 6/2/10. (W-L-D).

1. Austin Aztex (6-1-2) (LW: 1) - Another road win for the league's current top team with a 2-0 defeat at Baltimore. The Aztex host the best goal differential (+8) and their next three matches are at home. 
2. Tampa Bay Rowdies (5-1-3) (LW: 3) - One of the hottest teams in the league right now, jumping from 7th place two weeks ago. Two home victories against Minnesota and Puerto Rico over a three day period and averaging close to 5K fans a match so far. 
3. Rochester Rhinos (4-3-2) (LW: 6) - Rochester avenged their earlier loss to Vancouver and remain third in the stronger conference. The Rhinos have been a bit inconsistent at times this season, but still remain a contender at the top along with fellow surprising clubs Austin and Tampa Bay. 
4. Montreal Impact (3-2-2) (LW: 4) - The home loss to Carolina was not expected, but the Impact will hope to turn things back around now that the Canadian Championship is over for them. Next two matches are against teams in our bottom 3. 
5. Vancouver Whitecaps (3-2-3) (LW: 2) - The Whitecaps went 1-1-2 over the month of May and like the Impact should improve with the extra Canadian Championship matches behind them. They are still in the lead of the NASL conference and have only let in a league leading 4 goals in 8 matches. 
6. Carolina Railhawks (3-2-2) (LW: 8) - Another impressive road win sees the Railhawks start to climb the rankings this week. Carolina went on the road to defeat Puerto Rico and Montreal over a 5 day period. They have a game in hand over Vancouver who is 1 point ahead of them, but two additional road matches coming up next - at Portland and at Vancouver. 
7. Portland Timbers (3-3-2) (LW: 5) - No action for the Timbers which causes them to drop while similar clubs in their position were victorious this weekend. Portland has failed to recapture their dominating league play from last season.
8. Puerto Rico Islanders (3-3-0) (LW: 9) - Puerto Rico has still played the fewest matches in the league so far, but Wednesday nights goal fest which saw them top Miami 4-2 shows they the power to contend. Their next three matches are at home, with long travel for St. Louis and Vancouver, the Islanders should move up these rankings in the weeks to come. 
9. Crystal Palace Baltimore (3-5-1) (LW: 7) - After climbing out of the power rankings basement a few weeks ago Baltimore slid backwards this week. A loss against Austin is nothing to be ashamed of at this point in the season, but would only make the playoffs on goal differential over Minnesota. 
10. Miami FC (1-2-5) (LW: 10) - Two losses in a row. I would have dropped them to 11th, but they beat Minnesota just a few weeks back. The bottom three seem to be distancing themselves, in a bad way. 
11. NSC Minnesota (3-7-1) (LW: 11) - The good news is that they got their 3rd win of the season. The bad news is that it came against St. Louis. And with only 10 points in 11 games its not shaping up to be a historically good inaugural season for the new Minnesota club. 
12. AC St. Louis (1-7-1) (LW: 12) - The good news for St. Louis is that fan attendance has gone up each match (and a franchise exists there). The bed news is that they don't have another home game until June 26th and they've earned four points in nine matches with a goal differential of -11. 

What are your thoughts on the current power rankings? What changes would you make?