Okay, I understand the issue. And what you are describing is NOT right. I have checked it out on my dev machine with no problem.
Here’s the admin screen after I saved it. https://shoalsummitsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/bocce-admin.png
And here’s the standings table. https://shoalsummitsolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/bocce-standings.png The settings for the sport (gymnastics) are standings order by rank and sort order high-to-low, so this order (4, 3, 2, 1) is correct. I switched the order, and it still works (1, 2, 3, 4).
Hummm … SOMETHING is different between your system and mine. So let’s back up a step or two:
What version of the plugin are you running?
Do you have the Add-ons installed? If so, what version?
What version of WordPress are you running?
What version of PHP are you running?
Have you tried changing the records (ranks) and saving them again? Does the admin disappear again? Does the front end change?
Have you tried creating a new test league, putting it in a different sport, adding the same teams to it, and trying to update the records again? Same result?
Let me know. We’ll figure it out.
-Mark