XFL Week 5 Recap: The Defenders Stand Alone
Bryan Knowles
20 Mar 2023, 10:00am
We have reached the midway point of the XFL season, in an odd week where the league got shunted onto late night television due to March Madness. For those who braved the channel swaps and late kickoffs, however, there was excitement and firsts to be found. The first time Houston has lost a game in the XFL! The first 200-yard rusher in league history! The first win for Vegas in a shootout in Orlando! And then there was also a Sunday game which we will not talk about under penalty of torture—the torture in question being having to watch that game again.
With just one undefeated team left at the midway point, we’re seeing the league break down into clear tiers of haves and havenots.
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| 2023 XFL Rankings, Week 5 | ||||||||||
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| Rk | Team | W-L | SRS | OSRS | Rk | DSRS | Rk | EVOA | Off EVOA |
Def EVOA |
| 1 | D.C. Defenders | 5-0 | 9.9 | 3.4 | 3 | 6.4 | 1 | 26.4% | 9.2% | -17.3% |
| 2 | Houston Roughnecks | 4-1 | 6.1 | 5.6 | 2 | 0.5 | 5 | 16.3% | 14.9% | -1.4% |
| 3 | Seattle Sea Dragons | 3-2 | 5.6 | 0.3 | 5 | 5.3 | 2 | 15.0% | 0.8% | -14.3% |
| 4 | St. Louis Battlehawks | 3-2 | 4.5 | 7.1 | 1 | -2.6 | 6 | 11.9% | 19.1% | 7.1% |
| 5 | San Antonio Brahmas | 1-4 | -1.6 | -6.1 | 7 | 4.4 | 3 | -4.5% | -16.3% | -11.8% |
| 6 | Vegas Vipers | |||||||||
