Today, the United States is still tallying up the votes for the presidential election. I figured we can take a short break to analysis each faction’s threshold in the points-race. We’ll start off with the faction with the lowest to highest rank faction and see what their strategy could be going forward and what rank they could end up in.

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The Burning Droogs

We start off this analysis with The Burning Droogs, who are currently in ninth place with twelve points. If Category 9 can win every match and the Teams Title Match at Spectacular with a TKO/KO, they will earn eighteen points and could pass the RoxStars in the rankings. However if they just win, The Burning Droogs won’t pass the RoxStars and could take positions six through nine at the end of the season. Their immediate concern is to win at least two matches in the tournament to surpass the next faction in the analysis.

The Dungeon

While currently not in last place, The Dungeon isn’t doing well this season. They have played nineteen match, won only five of them, and just lost their play-in match with The Witching Power. Two matches remain for their season: Video Drew’s match against Jen Kempe as the undercard to the Wildberries Civil War and Brittney Young’s match against Chris Jericho at Spectacular. Even if they win both matches with TKO/KOs, that will put them at twenty-three points. All but two factions are at twenty-three or higher. The Dungeon’s outcome will most likely be either in eighth or last place.

The Usual Suspects

The Usual Suspects started off the first half of the season on a hard note. However, when Samm Levine traded Ken Napzok and Jader Paramo for Ethan Erwin, it was a big payout. Jader only added three points to The Burning Droogs while Ethan added twelve points to The Usual Suspects. It’s no surprise Samm placed Ethan in the Teams Tournament to hopefully gain more points. If The Lethal Weapons can just win (no TKO/KOs), they can get as high as fourth place. There is no chance for them to get any higher rank even if they win bonus points. But with Adam Collins and Marisol McKee being The Lethal Weapons’ first match, they will have to be 100% perfect and hope Marisol stumbles in Round One and her Final Round question.

The Den

The Den has avoided being in last place after The Misfits vs The Witching Power Match, since they are at The Dungeon’s max threshold. If Tom and Paul can win the Teams Tournament and win both Spectacular matches, fourth place might be within their grasp if The Witching Power doesn’t advance any further in the tournament. Depending on how The Odd Couple, The Lethal Weapons, and Category 9 perform, The Den could end up in fifth, sixth, seventh, or eighth place.

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RoxStars

The RoxStars are out of last place after this week’s match. If The Odd Couple can win the Teams Tournament this will move the RoxStars up in the rankings. How far? All the way to second place. While winning the Team Tournament is important, their focus should be, in my opinion, is to make sure Alex Damon stays the Star Wars Champion. He is the longest reigning champion in Schmoedown history (883 days from 7/13/18 to this year’s Spectacular 12/12/20) and is second to The Patriots with the most title defenses (three: Ken Napzok, Joseph Scrimshaw, and Laura Kelly). If the RoxStars allow Alex to lose this belt, it would tarnish their faction.

The Quirky Mercs

Coy’s strategy of competitors and having a fun attitude has landed The Quirky Mercs in fourth place behind the leaders. Shazam! is the current Teams Champion, Perri Nemiroff and Haleigh Foutch won their play-in match for the tournament, and Kevin Smith is facing Brett Sheridan at Spectacular. The Quirky Mercs have a chance to move up to second or third place, but they cannot have a single loss in any match. Right now, Coy should stick with his strategy since the lowest he could sink is sixth or seventh place without any wins and could maintain fourth or fifth place at Spectacular.

The Finstock Exchange

With their strong showing for the first half this season, you’d think The Finstock Exchange would be at No. 1 at the end. But they faltered in every tournament. Andrew Dimalanta, John Rocha, Mark Reilly, The Barbarian, and Emily Rose Jacobson have all lost in the tournaments so far. The Founding Fathers are the only chance to gain some ground and possibly get back into first place. They need to win against The Witching Power, the winner of Tom and Paul vs Final Exam, and hope The Lethal Weapons defeat Deception. Dan Murrell also needs to win against Adam Collins for the Singles Belt. It’s time for Dan to prove once and for all why he’s called The G.O.A.T.

SWAG

Looking at each faction’s performance, SWAG has a nice spread of points across all the divisions. They have scored twelve points in Star Wars, eight in Innergeekdom, seventeen in Singles, and eleven in Teams. With other factions, they seem to get the bulk of their points from one division; some in two. If Final Exam can dominate the Teams Tournament, SWAG can catch up with Korruption, especially if they get some bonus points. SWAG also has the Wildberries Civil War, Andres Cabrera and Chandru Dhandapani at Spectacular, but their main focus should be on the tournament for now.

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Korruption

At long last we get to the final faction: Korruption. They have a commanding lead for fifty-nine points with the majority of them coming from rookie Adam Collins. He ran the Singles Tournament, the Horror Free4All, and is the front runner for Rookie of the Year. Now that he is in Teams with Marisol McKee, Deception can blitz through the tournament because their Round 2 performance will be strong. If that happens, they will maintain their No. 1 rank, all before competing in their Spectacular or Wildberries Civil War matches. And if they win, Josh Macuga will be retired, have three champions, two of them who are rookies, and Adam Collins as the third double-belted champion.