The Crew's win over New York was one of its most defining moments of the season so far. Snapping a long streak of struggles in a place like Red Bull Arena was no easy task for the Black & Gold, and the national Power Rankings polls took notice. The Crew climbed in each of the three sets of rankings.
See below for Columbus' exact position, as well as where it stood at this time last week:
MLSsoccer.com: 7 (8)
ESPNFC: 7 (8)
SI.com: 8 (10)
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