At the moment, the ranking table is pure nonsense. However, in the not too distant future it will represent who can afford to spend the most money (real money) on the game.
Already the developers are starving the high level auction market of quality players to force people to buy them. When a good quality player does come along, then insane prices are bid because the market is flooded with recruiter coins that people have bought.
As soon as I can't replace my 31 year olds with quality players, then I will exit the game and go back to leading a normal life again.