Week 5 ends with some surprise results such as last year’s champions North Carolina Courage picking up their first loss vs Chicago Red Stars, and Utah Royals FC losing at home to Houston Dash.
I do rankings for both NWSL and MLS a little differently; typically in soccer leagues within the USA, the home team wins more than 50% of the time. Thus I rank any team deviates from the ‘normal’ higher - basically an away team winning will move higher than a home team winning. The same applies for ties - a home team drawing will likely cause them to drop because it’s not what was expected of them.