Did you consider the ad hoc ratings are actually helpful to some trying to figure out where to place their kids and what level is the best fit? Not everyone wears rose colored glasses-some of us are actually aware where are kids stack up and want to place them with kids of equal or slightly better skill that play against similar competition. Some kids simply enjoy the game and they nor their parents are using the club circuit for a scholarship, but simple to get better and to enhance their future high-school experience.
Okay, just club, no town. No rankings, but those are the tiers that most will agree with. Pick a tier and do your research, but if a team is still looking at this point... I would ask a lot of questions up front.
Express 91
Then a gap. In no particular order, but these teams will enter A brackets
S2S Hawks Rebels True Blue Force A Regulators (if they keep the better Roar players) Gold R$sh Igloo FLG Legacy
Next level, in no order. But they are here because they generally play in B brackets, which is fine because there are a lot good players on these teams.
24 Recon Hitmen Turtles Force S2S Express Epic Jokers Empire Outlaws Igloo 91 E3 R$sh Rage Rebels (new B team) Icon
Agreed significant gap from 91 and express. But the rest of the A teams are at different levels. First is: Force A IGLOO ROAR
NEXT comes: S2S Hawks GOLD R$sh
Followed by the rest. Some of the rest should be playing in B division.