It's probably:
1. Anther
2. LOE1
3. JZ
4. Lain
5. Zinoto/Lordy
6. Lordy/Zinoto
7. Blake/Sol
8. Sol/Blake
No need for 9 and 10 at the moment. fZk is definitely better than he was to start out 3.5 but hasn't had a good showing anywhere because he doesn't finish tournaments. I'm pretty much beat by everyone in West MI but continually beat people outside my region. Hell I got a win on KJH, even though he wasn't really feelin' it. I feel bad 'cause while a win is a win, I wanted him to come at me strong.
Hi, hopefully objective bad player opinion incoming:
A group of Anther/LOE1/JZ/Lain/Lordy/Tetra/Blake/Sol + maybe Zinoto (I would guess he still takes PM as seriously as he did 2 years ago)
vs
B group of HankyPanky/Fizzle/Drephen/Carls/SoulPech/Abu/Pick 2 of XYK or Papa or Myself [can sub PChow when/if active] seems rather even or possibly slight Columbus' favor.
If you add in the rest of Ohio: Fumbles, Freze, Village Mascot + maybe VaNz (dunno if the rest of NEOH PM is any good tbh), I think this looks a bit more imbalanced. Rather close, but I would guess Columbus as a city might win and Ohio as a state would probably win.
I am actually not sure at all if Chicago is as strong as either of us right now. I haven't been following many results, but iirc Rat speedruns now, Kirk is MIA, Oro?! I guess plays somewhat. No idea on KirkQ. Ripple is probably close enough to count as Chicago though. If everyone was there an active, I think Chicago would be stronger but with bits and pieces I am not entirely sure.
I think Ohio is probably the deepest state in the entire Midwest for PM, though. Not that this matters all that much.