When the weekend began, the XFL looked like it was headed into the middle of the season as a two-team league. Now, at the halfway point, it suddenly is back to being a wide-open league in which just about every team at least has a shot at the playoffs.

The Houston Roughnecks and St. Louis BattleHawks had been dominant through the first four weeks. But that changed in Week 5.

Houston remained undefeated but struggled at times against the Seattle Dragons. St. Louis, which I declared as the best and most balanced team in the league, fell out of that spot with a surprising loss to the DC Defenders

Houston still has a firm grip on the West division, but the Dallas Renegades, Los Angeles Wildcats and Dragons have a shot at the second playoff spot. The East suddenly is much more complicated with DC, St. Louis and New York all holding 3-2 records. Anything appears possible.

Let’s take a look at what we learned about all eight teams (from worst to first) in the first half of the season.