I know it's just fluff, but I'm curious...what goes into early season rankings?  I started out at #4, beat a terrible team by 63, and dropped to #10.  Then I beat another terrible team by 68 and dropped to #25.  My overall ratings have obviously only improved, so the expectations can't have dropped that far.  I'd have dropped much less by losing to a good team, which doesn't seem at all logical to me.

Again, I know it's just fluff and my ranking will be fine by the end of the season.  Just curious if anyone knows what factors go into it.

I found this Knowledge Base Article on how rankings are determined. The teams you played must be some of the worst for you have to dropped that much.

Oh, they are.  That article suggests score margin is taken into account, which I actually find surprising.  I can't see having much larger of a scoring margin than what I had those 2 games.