Week 12 Power Ranks

Since we last talked, both KC and Carolina have slipped from their perch atop the rankings.  The KC defense, once ten percent ahead of any other team statistically now ranks at third.  The San Francisco and New England wins this week has brought them back into the top ten mix; while Cincinnati slips two spots this week while idle.

		RANK W/OUT WEIGHT		OFFENSE RANK	DEFENSE RANK		RECORD	SS
1	NEW ORLEANS	2		2	9		9-2-0	25
2	SEATTLE	1		9	4		10-1-0	31
3	CAROLINA	3		15	1		8-3-0	19
4	KANSAS CITY	5		23	3		9-2-0	32
5	SAN FRANCISCO	7		22	2		7-4-0	6
6	CINCINNATI	6		13	5		7-4-0	15
7	NEW ENGLAND	8		4	13		8-3-0	16
8	DENVER	4		1	28		9-2-0	28
9	ARIZONA	9		16	8		7-4-0	12
10	CHICAGO	12		7	18		6-5-0	14
11	INDIANAPOLIS	10		10	24		7-4-0	21
12	GREEN BAY	11		3	25		5-5-1	24
13	BALTIMORE	16		27	7		5-6-0	18
14	DETROIT	13		6	26		6-5-0	17
15	MIAMI	19		24	15		5-6-0	9
16	PITTSBURGH	17		20	21		5-6-0	23
17	BUFFALO	21		12	19		4-7-0	2
18	TENNESSEE	14		14	20		5-6-0	26
19	PHILADELPHIA	15		8	27		6-5-0	30
20	DALLAS	22		18	23		6-5-0	22
21	WASHINGTON	26		21	14		3-8-0	20
22	CLEVELAND	24		28	11		4-7-0	3
23	ST LOUIS	18		19	22		5-6-0	10
24	NY GIANTS	23		31	6		4-7-0	12
25	SAN DIEGO	20		5	30		5-6-0	27
26	TAMPA BAY	28		26	10		3-8-0	6
27	HOUSTON	25		17	17		2-9-0	11
28	OAKLAND	27		29	12		4-7-0	29
29	NY JETS	29		30	16		5-6-0	5
30	ATLANTA	30		11	32		2-9-0	1
31	MINNESOTA	31		25	31		2-8-1	4
32	JACKSONVILLE	32		32	29		2-9-0	8

Of course Cleveland dropped a miserable performance against the Steelers and still managed to move up a spot on the rankings.  This has more to do with shifts in other teams and how the weights on other teams effect the Browns specifically.  Also noted is that Pittsburgh moved from 23rd to 16th with the victory over the Browns and becoming playoff relevant yet again.

Just when you think things might be turning around for us, we get kicked in the crotch again...

Week 10 Power Ranks

Another interesting week in the NFL has us with a new Number 1.

		RANK W/OUT WEIGHT		OFFENSE RANK	DEFENSE RANK		RECORD	SS
1	CAROLINA	2		18	1		6-3-0	30
2	KANSAS CITY	1		26	2		9-0-0	32
3	SEATTLE	4		7	4		9-1-0	25
4	NEW ORLEANS	3		2	11		7-2-0	28
5	CINCINNATI	8		12	5		6-4-0	18
6	SAN FRANCISCO	7		16	3		6-3-0	7
7	DENVER	5		1	29		8-1-0	30
8	NEW ENGLAND	6		6	18		7-2-0	29
9	INDIANAPOLIS	9		9	17		6-3-0	23
10	CHICAGO	10		8	12		5-4-0	13
11	GREEN BAY	11		3	21		5-4-0	10
12	ARIZONA	13		21	7		5-4-0	8
13	DETROIT	12		4	23		6-3-0	12
14	BALTIMORE	20		28	8		4-5-0	19
15	WASHINGTON	18		15	13		3-6-0	24
16	HOUSTON	19		10	14		2-7-0	2
17	TENNESSEE	14		19	15		4-5-0	22
18	MIAMI	15		25	20		4-5-0	13
19	PHILADELPHIA	16		5	28		5-5-0	27
20	BUFFALO	25		13	22		3-7-0	1
21	DALLAS	26		17	25		5-5-0	17
22	SAN DIEGO	17		11	27		4-5-0	26
23	NY JETS	23		24	16		5-4-0	16
24	CLEVELAND	22		23	19		4-5-0	6
25	NY GIANTS	27		31	6		3-6-0	10
26	PITTSBURGH	24		22	24		3-6-0	20
27	OAKLAND	28		30	10		3-6-0	21
28	ST LOUIS	21		20	26		4-6-0	9
29	TAMPA BAY	29		27	9		1-8-0	3
30	ATLANTA	30		14	32		2-7-0	5
31	MINNESOTA	31		29	31		2-7-0	15
32	JACKSONVILLE	32		32	30		1-8-0	4

Carolina jumps up to number one taking the overall spot and the number one defense rank from the idle Kansas City Chefs.  As you can see over the past five weeks the Panthers have shot up the charts based on an improving offense and defense.

		WK 6	WK 7	WK 8	WK 9	WK 10
ARIZONA		20	20	14	14	12
ATLANTA		25	25	29	29	30
BALTIMORE		12	13	11	16	14
BUFFALO		22	23	24	20	20
CAROLINA		11	7	8	2	1
CHICAGO		7	11	12	11	10
CINCINNATI		10	10	5	4	5
CLEVELAND		21	27	23	22	24
DALLAS		17	12	15	15	21
DENVER		6	9	9	10	7
DETROIT		16	19	16	13	13
GREEN BAY		8	5	6	8	11
HOUSTON		15	15	13	18	16
INDIANAPOLIS		4	3	2	3	9
JACKSONVILLE		32	32	32	32	32
KANSAS CITY		2	1	1	1	2
MIAMI		14	18	21	17	18
MINNESOTA		29	31	31	31	31
NEW ENGLAND		5	8	10	9	8
NEW ORLEANS		3	4	3	6	4
NY GIANTS		31	30	27	26	25
NY JETS		27	24	26	24	23
OAKLAND		24	22	19	25	27
PHILADELPHIA		18	21	25	23	19
PITTSBURGH		26	26	22	27	26
SAN DIEGO		19	17	20	21	22
SAN FRANCISCO		9	6	7	5	6
SEATTLE		1	2	4	7	3
ST LOUIS		28	28	28	30	28
TAMPA BAY		30	29	30	28	29
TENNESSEE		13	14	17	19	17
WASHINGTON		23	16	18	12	15

Also keep in mind that the database is created in a way that the weighting adjusts week to week as it is revealed which teams are truly the most dominate in any given statistical measurement.  So as Atlanta slides down the earlier stats accrued against them in the early weeks look less and less impressive as the team is revealed to be worse than first assessed.

We are really pulling into the home stretch and the contenders are separating from the pretenders.  I can't wait to watch the KC v. Denver game to watch a top offense and top defense match up with major playoff implications.

Week 9

Things are shaking up quite a bit this season.  Usually we don't see whole sale shifts in the standing from week to week.  But here they are.

		RANK W/OUT WEIGHT		OFFENSE RANK	DEFENSE RANK		RECORD	SS
1	KANSAS CITY	1		27	1		9-0-0	31
2	CAROLINA	2		18	2		5-3-0	32
3	INDIANAPOLIS	7		5	10		6-2-0	22
4	CINCINNATI	9		14	3		6-3-0	19
5	SAN FRANCISCO	6		13	4		6-2-0	17
6	NEW ORLEANS	5		3	11		6-2-0	28
7	SEATTLE	4		12	5		8-1-0	19
8	GREEN BAY	10		2	21		5-3-0	6
9	NEW ENGLAND	8		7	18		7-2-0	30
10	DENVER	3		1	29		7-1-0	28
11	CHICAGO	11		6	14		5-3-0	14
12	WASHINGTON	19		16	9		3-5-0	13
13	DETROIT	12		4	24		5-3-0	9
14	ARIZONA	17		25	7		4-4-0	10
15	DALLAS	15		19	17		5-4-0	27
16	BALTIMORE	20		21	6		3-5-0	24
17	MIAMI	16		20	16		4-4-0	4
18	HOUSTON	18		9	12		2-6-0	2
19	TENNESSEE	14		17	13		4-4-0	18
20	BUFFALO	23		11	23		3-6-0	1
21	SAN DIEGO	13		10	26		4-4-0	26
22	CLEVELAND	22		24	19		4-5-0	5
23	PHILADELPHIA	21		8	28		4-5-0	25
24	NY JETS	24		26	20		5-4-0	19
25	OAKLAND	27		29	22		3-5-0	15
26	NY GIANTS	29		31	8		2-6-0	8
27	PITTSBURGH	26		23	25		2-6-0	23
28	TAMPA BAY	30		28	15		0-8-0	6
29	ATLANTA	28		15	31		2-6-0	16
30	ST LOUIS	25		22	27		3-6-0	12
31	MINNESOTA	31		30	30		1-7-0	11
32	JACKSONVILLE	32		32	32		0-8-0	2

Except for Kansas City and Jacksonville, teams have shifted up and or down up to ten spots since I started posting in week six.