The Minnesota Power Rankings is a system derived from KishPrime's Midwest Power Ranking system. It was put into effect in the Minnesota smash community by James Sparrow, with the goal of ranking the top players of the state in order to create fair seedings at tournaments. These rankings were continued by Down B Collaborations, run by Jaaahsh and Wisely. The skill of the players is determined by the opinions of a core panel, consisting of PR players from the previous list, as well as TOs Joey Donuts and ABAP, who each rank players 1-10 according to their results from that season. Each place is worth one point more than the next, meaning 1 is worth 10, and 10 is worth 1.
Originally, the rankings were only seeded for Super Smash Bros. Melee. More recently, Project M and Smash 4 were added. There were Brawl rankings before the scene in Minnesota died out.
