Week 2 Power rankings

This is the debut of our Power rankings feature for big Brother 15! We will be ranking the players based more on long term goals in combination with immediate concerns, meaning that just because you're HOH does not necessarily mean you're in the best position in the house. At times it may seem arbitrary, but keep in mind that's because it's still early, and we don't necessarily know some of the house guests all that well yet.

1. McCrae - Week 1 power rankings place the pizza boy McCrae at the top of the list. And to be honest, it wasn’t really close. Do I think he’s going to win? Almost certainly not. But so far, he’s running away with the game, and our hearts. Let’s do a quick pros and cons.

Pros:

McCrae has won the first HoH and the first Veto competition (making him an excellent candidate for this weeks MVP vote). He gained membership to the first real alliance, ‘The Moving Company’, consisting of McCrae and alpha males Jeremy, Howard, Nick and Spencer. And on top of that, despite all odds, he hooked up with the buxom real estate agent, Amanda. That’s about as good a week as someone can have, right? well...

Cons:

He was actually trying to throw the Veto competition. He won because he overestimated the ability of his competitors to spell third grade words, and follow basic instructions (seriously, David didn’t even spell a word, Elissa spelled TWO words, and Candice, who was up for eviction, came to the table with ‘rafts’....really? RAFTS?!?! . His dedication to the pizza boy persona is entertaining, but it will get old. And he suffers from the worst case of verbal diarrhea I have ever seen, and that’s usually a death sentence in the big brother house.

After accidentally winning the Veto, McCrae told us, “I feel like the stupidest smart guy in the house!” I’m still trying to figure out where that puts him in relation to his competition...but he’s right.

2. Spencer - He appears to be running The Moving Company, but is subtle enough about it that the suspicion lies much more on Jeremy and Nick. The Moving Company is running the show right now, and although I'm not sure it can continue to dominate in "Brigade" fashion, there is nothing clearly in their way quite yet. Then again, maybe I'm just biased because Spencer was my episode 1 pick. Fear the beard.

3. Howard - At first, I thought his physicality would make him a target, but he has shown no ability in competitions so far. This is actually a good thing for him, because he is smart and level headed. With the backing of the moving company and his likeability, he should go far.

4. Andy - While Andy does not have a strong alliance at the moment, his conversation with Aaryn showed a lot. It showed he understands the game and understands how people think. He could be a "float to the end" kind of threat,

5. Kaitlin - We haven't seen much of her, but she seems likeable and I don't expect her to be a target any time soon.

6. Candice - Seemed to get in danger last week, but got through it. She's on to the boys alliance, how she handles that information could determine her fate

7. Nick - While he has the Moving Company, and is a smart player, people are on to him. Any time somebody compares you to Dan you know it's trouble. First of all it means you're a target, second of all it means you're probably no Dan.

8. Jeremy - Right now he's the second most powerful man in the house, but in a week or two his hot head will catch up to him. I'm seeing visions of the Moving Company turning on him, much the same way the Brigade turned on Matt.

9. Aaryn - She's HoH now, but watching people awkwardly laugh at bad racist jokes because they don't want to be nominated is painful. Aaryn, you still have 14 competitors, don't make them turn on you because you have a little bit of power!

10. Judd - These next three are floaters who we've barely seen, so will sit at the bottom of the rankings for now.

11. GinaMarie - I think she actually had a line in this episode, yay her!

12. Jessie - I'm pretty sure I saw that same strategy to let somebody know you like them in grade 4. Seriously, the Nick stalking is only going to make things worse.

13. Amanda - I like Amanda, I think she's smart, but if that Veto gets used, or a Moving Company member gets MVP, she is on the block. Low ranking for immediate danger reasons only. If she gets through this week, watch out.

14. Helen - She's on the block and she seems to have alienated herself from the rest of the house. Her alliance with Elissa is dragging her down and I'm not convinced she has the social skills to get herself out of it.

15. Elissa - She has the ability to make people dislike her that her sister had without the ability to win competitions. Her only hope is that the MVP keeps going to her, and the Moving Company continues to keep her around for it. Even if it does work in her favor it is only delaying the inevitable. She will only make it as far as the Moving Company and America will let her. I predict she's out the door in 3 weeks or less.