Here are my team rankings. Yes, I know I'm completely new at this - BUT THIS IS HOW I LEARN! 
1. Joao (Exp,Imp) of Portugal (Carrack,Fetoria) (Fish,Min)
Joao is THE YOGA KING in my book 'cause he's so darn flexible. As a builder Joao/Portugal can REX like no other, and cheap infrastructure through Exp allows or deters early war. Fetoria is too expensive to be useful, but the Carrack should be great given my read on the map settings. Starting techs work well on a wide range of maps = more flexibility.
2. Hannibal (Fin,Cha) of Persia (Immortal,Apothecary) (Agr,Hunt)
Again, balance. Earlygame: a nice vertical Fin/Cha cap and solid skirmishers in Cha Immortals. Longterm: FINANCIAL. Let's hope Hannibal loses a couple turns with a start unsuited to his initial techs.
3. Huayana Capac (Fin,Ind) of Russia (Cossak,Laboratory) (Hunt,Min)
Builder setup all the way, but a great builder setup. If Huayana wants a wonder, he's gonna get it: first to tech, first to build. Sucks to be DeGaulle in this game. My sincere hope is that Russia starts next to Kublai.
4. Mehmed (Org,Exp) of Arabia (Camel Archer,Madrassa) (Whe,Myst)
Crap starting techs, but great leader and decent unique unit/building. I think the traits win out with rapid expansion and access to early infra (Granary, Lighthouse). ORG gives staying power.
5. Asoka (Spi,Org) of England (Redcoat,Stock Exchange) (Fish,Min)
6. Gandhi (Spi,Phi) of Netherlands (Indiaman,Dike) (Fish,Agr)
I rank these two pretty close together, Spi complements both ORG and PHI - Asoka wins out because of better starting techs and diminishing returns on PHI. Both civs will play the long game unless forced to play otherwise.
7. Fredrick (Org,Phi) of France (Musketeer,Salon) (Whe,Agr)
That's me! As noted, I'm not displeased but I really hope to start near other mid tier builder civs (ie Asoka, Gandhi, DeGaulle)
8. Augustus (Ind,Imp) of China (Cho-ko-nu,Pavilion) (Agr,Min)
Great starting techs, but IND and IMP are at odds here. I'm not sure how I would play this civ.
9. Kublai Khan (Agg,Cre) of Rome (Praetorian,Forum) (Fish,Min)
The bully of the game - settle up with CRE and beat down/deter with Praets. This is actually a pretty strong setup, but my low ranking reflects my hope that Rome (A) doesn't start next to me (B) screws up the early game. We're all newbs here, and playing early aggressive against human opponents seems hard. With a experienced player this would be ranked higher.
10. DeGaulle (Ind,Cha) of Byzantium (Cataphract,Hippodrome) (Whe,Myst)
Great UU/UB but everything else is bad. Here's hoping DeGaulle starts near me, goes for every wonder (Stonehenge!), stagnates, but screws over the other two IND teams in the game.
1. Joao (Exp,Imp) of Portugal (Carrack,Fetoria) (Fish,Min)
Joao is THE YOGA KING in my book 'cause he's so darn flexible. As a builder Joao/Portugal can REX like no other, and cheap infrastructure through Exp allows or deters early war. Fetoria is too expensive to be useful, but the Carrack should be great given my read on the map settings. Starting techs work well on a wide range of maps = more flexibility.
2. Hannibal (Fin,Cha) of Persia (Immortal,Apothecary) (Agr,Hunt)
Again, balance. Earlygame: a nice vertical Fin/Cha cap and solid skirmishers in Cha Immortals. Longterm: FINANCIAL. Let's hope Hannibal loses a couple turns with a start unsuited to his initial techs.
3. Huayana Capac (Fin,Ind) of Russia (Cossak,Laboratory) (Hunt,Min)
Builder setup all the way, but a great builder setup. If Huayana wants a wonder, he's gonna get it: first to tech, first to build. Sucks to be DeGaulle in this game. My sincere hope is that Russia starts next to Kublai.
4. Mehmed (Org,Exp) of Arabia (Camel Archer,Madrassa) (Whe,Myst)
Crap starting techs, but great leader and decent unique unit/building. I think the traits win out with rapid expansion and access to early infra (Granary, Lighthouse). ORG gives staying power.
5. Asoka (Spi,Org) of England (Redcoat,Stock Exchange) (Fish,Min)
6. Gandhi (Spi,Phi) of Netherlands (Indiaman,Dike) (Fish,Agr)
I rank these two pretty close together, Spi complements both ORG and PHI - Asoka wins out because of better starting techs and diminishing returns on PHI. Both civs will play the long game unless forced to play otherwise.
7. Fredrick (Org,Phi) of France (Musketeer,Salon) (Whe,Agr)
That's me! As noted, I'm not displeased but I really hope to start near other mid tier builder civs (ie Asoka, Gandhi, DeGaulle)
8. Augustus (Ind,Imp) of China (Cho-ko-nu,Pavilion) (Agr,Min)
Great starting techs, but IND and IMP are at odds here. I'm not sure how I would play this civ.
9. Kublai Khan (Agg,Cre) of Rome (Praetorian,Forum) (Fish,Min)
The bully of the game - settle up with CRE and beat down/deter with Praets. This is actually a pretty strong setup, but my low ranking reflects my hope that Rome (A) doesn't start next to me (B) screws up the early game. We're all newbs here, and playing early aggressive against human opponents seems hard. With a experienced player this would be ranked higher.
10. DeGaulle (Ind,Cha) of Byzantium (Cataphract,Hippodrome) (Whe,Myst)
Great UU/UB but everything else is bad. Here's hoping DeGaulle starts near me, goes for every wonder (Stonehenge!), stagnates, but screws over the other two IND teams in the game.