This method of ranking team performance factors in point per game, strength of schedule, and goal difference. This isn't an attempt to predict the final table, but rather a way to measure a team's form.

Tampa Bay Rowdies (↔): Beat Swope Park Rangers 1-0 at home. Wasn't as convincing as they would have liked, but they're still comfortably on top. The only unbeaten side in the Championship.

NYRB II (↔): Lost to North Carolina at home, but they had enough cushion to stay in second.

Nashville SC (↔): Beat Birmingham midweek and drew in Indy to stay in third.

Indy Eleven (↔): Kept another clean sheet at home against Nashville to stay in fourth.

North Carolina FC (↑1): Went to New York and got a 2-1 win.

Saint Louis FC (↓1): No game this week.

Charleston Battery (↑): Drew 1-1 at home to Atlanta, but move into seventh as other teams lost points.

Ottawa Fury FC (↓1): Drop a spot after a disappointing 1-1 draw in Hartford.

Pittsburgh Riverhounds (↔): Held to a 0-0 draw at home by Charlotte.

Louisville City FC (↔): Drew 2-2 at home with Bethlehem.

Bethlehem Steel (↔): Went to Louisville and earned a point.

Atlanta United 2 (↑2): Got a draw in Charleston.

Loudoun United FC (↓1): No game this week.

Birmingham Legion FC (↓1): Lost another home match, this time to Nashville.

Charlotte Independence (↔): Got a point in Pittsburgh.

Memphis 901 FC (↔): Drew on the road against Swope Park midweek.

Swope Park Rangers (↔): Drew against Memphis midweek, and had a really strong performance in Tampa Bay, but still stuck in 17th.