Fury, Scandal and Brute Squad headline early club power rankings
- San Francisco Fury
Fury open at the top because the roster looks even more dangerous after a winter of movement, and Dawn Culton gives the group another World Games-caliber weapon to pair with its established core. Ultiworld’s read is that this is a “Worlds and national revenge tour” kind of team, and that fits the stakes perfectly: the club season is just entering its 13-week regular-season stretch, the Pro-Elite Challenge is about to provide the first major test, and every early result will help reveal whether Fury’s ceiling is as high as its paper talent.
That is what makes Fury the cleanest No. 1 in the women’s rankings but also the most exposed. Brute Squad already proved it can spoil a perfect season by handing Fury its only loss in the 2025 club campaign, so this is not a coronation as much as a stress test for how quickly new pieces can settle before the summer tournament gauntlet begins.
- Washington DC Scandal
Scandal sits second because the upside is obvious and the additions are louder, which is exactly why the club season’s opening stretch matters so much. The roster has the flashier offseason haul, and that kind of talent injection can change the shape of a division fast when the first big events arrive in June and early summer.
The real question is whether that star power is enough to push Scandal past the teams that have already lived at the top of the bracket. Brute Squad beat Scandal 15-12 in the 2025 women’s semifinals, and that result still hangs over the 2026 picture because it showed how little room there is between contender and champion when the margins tighten late in bracket play.
- Boston Brute Squad
Brute Squad lands third not because it lacks the credentials, but because its title pedigree makes it easy to trust and impossible to dismiss at the same time. It comes in as the reigning champion, and that matters in a field where Fury is loading up again and Scandal is adding the kind of firepower that can scramble a weekend in one day.
The strongest reason Brute Squad remains central is its record against the other heavyweights. It handed Fury that lone loss in 2025 and then took Scandal apart in the semifinals, which is exactly the kind of late-stage evidence that keeps a champion near the top of any early power ranking. The fault line for the women’s division is clear: if Brute Squad keeps peaking on schedule, the top of the bracket may look settled by October 22-25 in San Diego, but if its margin shrinks even a little, Fury’s new depth and Scandal’s more explosive additions can turn the race into a sprint long before nationals.