BP Power Rankings | 1.7.25

We have reached the first Minor Tournament of the Black Ops 6 season. The new mid-season tournament has all 12 teams in a single elimination bracket for reduced CDL points and a $20,000 prize pool. This week will give a crucial boost in points that will be felt later in the season.

Therefore, for the first week of the Breaking Point Power Rankings, the team will offer their Most Valuable Player for the season so far for each of the 12 teams in the CDL.

How the teams are ranked: The writers, stats team, and content team at Breaking Point were polled to rate each of the 12 teams — putting more weight on recency instead of the entire season. Since there have only been two weeks of play, the team was assigned to rank the teams going into the Minor. Each ranks the teams 1st through 12th. After collecting the rankings from the BP team, each team would be given points for each vote, as seen below:

1st – 11 points
2nd – 10 points
3rd – 9 points
4th – 8 points
5th – 7 points
6th – 6 points
7th – 5 points
8th – 4 points
9th – 3 points
10th – 2 points
11th – 1 point
12th – 0 points

The Breaking Point Power Ranking

1st: Los Angeles Thieves 
Avg Vote – 1.0
Roster: Envoy - Ghosty - HyDra - Scrap
Next Match: Saturday, January 11th at 7:30 pm EST vs winner of Miami vs Atlanta
Previous Coaches Poll Ranking: 1st [Unchanged]

Team MVP: Thomas "Scrap" Ernst
The Star AR player for the Thieves is the only player on the team with a positive KD in each of the three gamemodes. He leads the team with a 1.14 Overall KD after the opening two weeks, adding in insane damage output in Hardpoint (3704 DMG/10m) and SND (126.9 ADR).

2nd: Toronto Ultra
Avg Vote – 2.0
Roster: Beans - CleanX - Insight - JoeDeceives
Next Match: Saturday, January 11th at 3:00 pm EST vs winner of Minnesota vs M8s
Previous Coaches Poll Ranking: 4th [Up 2 Spots]

Team MVP: Tobias "CleanX" Juul Jønsson
CleanX has been on fire to start the year. He currently has a 1.11 KD in Hardpoint, 1.22 KD in SND, and 1.26 KD in Control. Tobi sits 3rd in the CDL in Slayer Rating (99.8) while having a 72.7% non-traded kill percentage. Control has been his best mode with a 1.53 defending KD, 25.8 kills per 10 min, 2975 damage per 10 min, and 1.26 overall KD in the mode.

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3rd: OpTic Texas
Avg Vote – 3.3
Roster: Dashy - Kenny - Pred - Shotzzy
Next Match: Friday, January 10th at 6:00 pm EST vs Vegas Falcons
Previous Coaches Poll Ranking: 3rd [Unchanged]

Team MVP: Anthony "Shotzzy" Cuevas-Castro
Mr. Superstar has been going off this season, showing that omnimovement was made for him. Shotzzy is 2nd in the CDL in overall KD (1.27), 2nd in Slayer Rating (100.3), 3rd in Hardpoint KD (1.26), 1st in Control KD (1.34), and leads the league in highlight plays. He is crucial to Texas' success this season.

4th: Carolina Royal Ravens
Avg Vote – 3.8
Roster: Gwinn - SlasheR - TJHaly - Vivid
Next Match: Saturday, January 11th at 6:00 pm EST vs winner of Vancouver vs New York
Previous Coaches Poll Ranking: 10th [Up 6 Spots]

Team MVP: Isaiah "Gwinn" Gwinn
The reigning Rookie of the Year by the CDL has proven that he isn't just a single-game star. Gwinn leads the CDL in Overall KD at 1.33 after two weeks of play. He's first in the CDL as well in Slayer Rating (103.2), TES Rating (62.8%), Hardpoint KD (1.43), and leads all SMGs with a 76.7% non-traded kill percentage. He's the only player in the CDL with a 1.19 KD or better in all three modes as well.

5th: Boston Breach
Avg Vote – 5.8
Roster: Cammy - Owakening - Purj - Snoopy
Next Match: Saturday, January 11th at 4:30 pm EST vs winner of Texas vs Vegas
Previous Coaches Poll Ranking: 11th [Up 6 Spots]

Team MVP: Eric "Snoopy" Pérez
Picking the team MVP for Boston was difficult because the team worked so well together. Snoopy is the pick for now with his 1.05 Overall KD and 91.8 Slayer Rating. He has continued to improve in Hardpoint, having team-highs in KD (1.14), Kills per 10 min (27.7), and seconds of hill time per 10 min (78.1). The lone blemish is his Control play, but if he can fix that Boston will continue to be a Top 8 team this season.

6th: Atlanta FaZe
Avg Vote – 6.3
Roster: aBeZy - Cellium - Drazah - Simp
Next Match: Friday, January 10th at 4:30 pm EST vs Miami Heretics
Previous Coaches Poll Ranking: 2nd [Down 4 Spots]

Team MVP: Chris "Simp" Lehr
Atlanta has undoubtedly underperformed greatly this season so far. Reports have the team struggling even more in practice going into Minor as well. So far though, Simp has been consistent. He has a positive KD in each of the game modes while sitting at 1.05 Overall KD and 87.0 Slayer Rating. He is also playing well in SND (1.12 KD) while the rest of the team is struggling mightly.

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7th: Minnesota RØKKR 
Avg Vote – 7.5
Roster: Estreal - Gio - Nero - PaulEhx
Next Match: Friday, January 10th at 3:00 pm EST vs LA Guerrillas M8
Previous Coaches Poll Ranking: 9th [Up 2 Spots]

Team MVP: Dylan "Nero" Koch
The Rokke are sitting with a 2-2 record going into the Minor with a good chance to net some upsets. Their firepower comes from the high-flying entry SMG Nero. His 96.1 Slayer Rating ranks 8th in the CDL, while his next closest teammate is PaulEhx at 26th with an 85.2. Nero's impact in both slaying and damage output is extremely important to Rokkr's success this season.

8th: Cloud9 New York
Avg Vote – 8.0
Roster: Attach - Kremp - Mack - Sib
Next Match: Friday, January 10th at 7:30 pm EST vs Vancouver Surge
Previous Coaches Poll Ranking: 5th [Down 3 Spots]

Team MVP: Makenzie "Mack" Kelley
One of the hardest teams to judge so far, Cloud9 New York ranks 8th largely due to the consistent play of Mack. He leads the team in multiple statistics including Overall KD (0.97), Slaying Rating (92.7), Hardpoint KD (1.07), seconds of hill time per 10 min (60.5), and ticks per attack in Control (1.6). Mack on the SMG has been able to produce in slaying & objective work while his teammates have struggled around him.

9th: Vancouver Surge
Avg Vote – 9.0
Roster: O4 - abuzah - Hicksy - Nastie
Next Match: Friday, January 10th at 7:30 pm EST vs Cloud9 New York
Previous Coaches Poll Ranking: 6th [Down 3 Spots]

Team MVP: Unknown
It is impossible to pick an individual MVP so far for the Surge, as each of the four players have all struggled individually. The highest Overall KD on the team is an 0.95 by Nastie, but none of their players have a positive KD in more than 1 mode. The great news is that Surge have an 8-11 map count even with the major slaying deficit, meaning that if some players can step up the team should be able to get back into the Top 8.

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10th: Los Angeles Guerrillas M8
Avg Vote – 9.5
Roster: KiSMET - Lynz - Priestahh - Skyz
Next Match: Friday, January 10th at 3:00 pm EST vs Minnesota Rokkr
Previous Coaches Poll Ranking: 8th [Down 2 Spots]

Team MVP: Matthew "KiSMET" Tinsley
The Gentlemates are 0-4 in series, but that hasn't stopped KiSMET from performing individually. He currently leads the team with a 1.09 Overall KD, 96.5 Slayering Rating, 1.11 Respawn KD, and many more other stats. KiSMET's best mode is Control where he ranks 2nd in the CDL in KD (1.32), 1st in attacking KD (1.41), 4th in kills per 10 min (24.9), and 3rd in KA/D (1.39).

11th: Miami Heretics
Avg Vote – 10.0
Roster: Lucky - MettalZ - ReeaL - RenKoR
Next Match: Friday, January 10th at 4:30 pm EST vs Atlanta FaZe
Previous Coaches Poll Ranking: 7th [Down 4 Spots]

Team MVP: José "ReeaL" Castilla
Remember, close your eyes while Miami is playing SND but watch the highlight reels get made in respawns. The best & most consistent player so far has been the SMG ReeaL. He has a 1.09 KD in Hardpoint & 1.18 KD in Control while being the only player to show a pulse in SND. The Spaniard has a 1.02 KD in SND with 0.77 kills per round, meanwhile, the rest of the team has a combined 0.79 KD in the mode.

12th: Vegas Falcons
Avg Vote – 12.0
Roster: 5aLDx - Exnid - KingAbody - Roxas
Next Match: Friday, January 10th at 6:00 pm EST vs OpTic Texas
Previous Coaches Poll Ranking: 12th [Unchanged]

Team MVP: Khalid "Khhx" Almadhi
Yes, the Falcons are 0-4 so far in the CDL after two weeks but there have been plenty of bright spots for them to build off of. Even though he currently had to depart the starting roster, Khhx has been a major surprise. He leads all ARs in Overall KD with a 1.19, showing that he has the individual skill to compete in CDL.