It’s looks like there are two tiers with a pretty big gap between them. Hawks, NL, FCA, MadLax in tier 1 and the others on tier 2.
Hawks just beat FCA by six goals so not sure how you conclude they're in the same tier, and ML hasn't played a game yet.
I put FCA in the top 4 because I’m pretty confident that Hawks will beat the bottom four teams by way more than 6. In fairness, though, I would predict that FCA is the weakest of the four tier 1 teams.
As for MadLax, I think the rumors of their demise are premature. They will always find a way to reload with fly ins and holdbacks. They will find a way to stay in the top 4.
