That is the reason you have to do 10 games with every single army before you get ranked, to see, how your skill lvl fits to the army.
If there is no one close to your ranked position the search expands onto a wider ranked area. That could therotically combine position 1 and position 100000 if there would be no other player online.
From time to time I also get ranked with some guys around pos. 1000, if you are searching at times in which no normaly person plays CoH2.
And nevermind about the rank if you dont want to be THE GUY in CoH2. Play the game for fun and enjoy it as long as possible. If you play with this in your mind your achive will be a good ranked position
