Indianapolis, IN. The American Basketball Association (ABA) released the Power Rankings for the first week of the 2017-2018 season and the defending Champion Jacksonville Giants maintained their #1 position. “We had only 3 games this weekend,” stated ABA co-founder Joe Newman. “But we decided to start the Power Rankings even though the full schedule doesn’t begin until next weekend. The Richmond Elite replaced the DMV Warriors at #3 with an upset victory to begin both teams’ season and the Binghamton Bulldogs moved into the Top 25 with a win over the Roc City Ravens.

1. Jacksonville Giants

2. Windy City Groove

3. Richmond Elite

4. Mobile Bay Tornados

5. Austin Bats

6. Orlando Waves

7. Jersey Express

8. Chicago Steam

9. South Florida Gold

10. DMV Warriors

11. West Michigan Lake Hawks

12. Fredericksburg Grizzlies

13. Baltimore Hawks

14. Twin City Jazz

15. Orange County Novastars

16. Atlanta Wildcats

17. Binghamton Bulldogs

18. Columbus Blackhawks

19. Springfield Sting

20. Georgia Gwizzlies

21. Kentucky Enforcers

22. Salina Saints

23. Chicago Fury

24. Steel City Yellow Jackets

25. T-Modesto SuperKats, Texas Seraphim

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