My power ranking system is back! If you didn't check it out last season, what I do is basically adjust the points scored and points allowed based on the average points allowed and points scored of the opponent, for each game each week. Since they are adjusted to the mean, it takes a few weeks for them to balance out a bit. Things will be better around week 5, but now that we have 3 weeks behind us, I can start to post the results!

Some of these rankings may be early season quirks, but some may also be revealing as well. I remember last year my rankings had Arizona high for quite a while and everyone thought it was extremely wrong.


Ok I tweaked my system with a very simple fix. W/L differential was added to the calculated scores.

Power Rankings - Through Week 16

1. Indianapolis 21.69
2. New Orleans 21.34
3. San Diego 16.51
4. New England 15.62
5. Philadelphia 13.96
6. Minnesota 13.36
7. Green Bay 11.52
8. Dallas 10.44
9. Baltimore 10.32
10. Cincinnati 8.55
11. Arizona 6.15
12. NY Jets 5.86
13. Atlanta 5.03
14. Denver 3.71
15. Pittsburgh 3.28
16. NY Giants 3.04
17. Carolina 1.91
18. Houston 1.78
19. San Francisco -0.31
20. Miami -0.38
21. Tennessee -3.15
22. Chicago -5.81
23. Jacksonville -6.88
24. Buffalo -11.34
25. Washington -12.67
26. Seattle -13.53
27. Oakland -15.15
28. Cleveland -15.19
29. Tampa Bay -15.47
30. Kansas City -19.18
31. Detroit -23.57
32. St. Louis -28.78



2009 NFL Power Rankings (through Week 3):

1. New Orleans Saints 19.89
2. Cincinnati Bengals 8.22
3. San Francisco 49rs 7.89
4. New York Jets 7.67
5. New York Giants 6.89
6. New England Patriots 6.33
7. Baltimore Ravens 6.22
8. Denver Broncos 6.11
9. Philadelphia Eagles 4.78
10. Indianapolis Colts 3.89
11. Chicago Bears 3.78
12. San Diego Chargers 3.33
13. Minnesota Vikings 1.56
14. Green Bay Packers 1.33
15. Dallas Cowboys 0.78
16. Detroit Lions 0.56
17. Buffalo Bills 0.00
18. Arizona Cardinals -0.11
19. Seattle Seahawks -0.56
20. Pittsburgh Steelers -1.33
21. Tennessee Titans -3.44
22. Jacksonville Jaguars -3.56
23. Miami Dolphins -4.22
24. Oakland Raiders -5.00
25. Houston Texans -6.00
25. Atlanta Falcons -6.00
27. Kansas City Chiefs -6.67
28. Washington Redskins -7.89
29. Cleveland Browns -7.89
30. Carolina Panthers -11.00
31. Tampa Bay Buccaneers -11.22
32. St. Louis Rams -14.33

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Power Rankings Through Week 4:

1. New Orleans 16.96
2. Indianapolis 10.40
3. New York Jets 8.19
4. San Francisco 7.96
5. Denver 7.75
6. New England 5.86
7. Minnesota 5.75
8. New York Giants 5.19
9. Arizona Cardinals 5.00
10. Baltimore 4.63
11. Philadephia 4.28
12. Chicago 4.25
13. Dallas 3.02
14. Jacksonville 2.65
15. Green Bay 2.00
15. Pittsburgh 2.00
17. Cincinnati 1.94
18. Miami 1.27
19. San Diego 0.38
20. Seattle 0.25
21. Houston -2.56
22. Atlanta -2.72
23. Detroit -4.19
24. Tennessee -5.88
25. Buffalo -6.31
26. Kansas City -7.48
27. Cleveland -8.38
28. Washington -10.56
29. Oakland -10.63
30. Tampa Bay -12.06
31. Carolina -12.28
32. St. Louis -18.13

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2009 NFL Power Rankings (through Week 5):

1. New Orleans 17.81
2. Indianapolis 11.16
3. Atlanta 8.46
4. New York Giants 8.32
5. New England 7.39
6. Denver 7.20
7. Chicago 6.94
8. Philadelphia 5.89
9. Seattle 5.47
10. New York Jets 4.86
11. Minnesota 4.83
12. Miami 4.70
13. Cincinnati 4.43
14. Baltimore 4.27
15. San Francisco 4.03
16. Dallas 2.85
17. Green Bay 2.64
18. Arizona 1.25
19. Pittsburgh 0.34
20. San Diego -1.15
21. Detroit -3.63
22. Jacksonville -4.64
23. Carolina -6.00
24. Kansas City -6.19
25. Houston -7.32
26. Cleveland -7.84
27. Tennessee -8.60
28. Buffalo -8.66
29. Tampa Bay -10.11
30. Washington -10.67
31. Oakland -13.17
32. St. Louis (as always) -17.69

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2009 NFL Power Rankings (through Week 6):

Strange week. Some scores significantly affected the adjusted points from earlier weeks, so there was quite a shakeup in the rankings.

1. New Orleans 19.55
2. New England 12.53
3. Atlanta 11.6
4. Indianapolis 9.84
5. Denver 8.94
6. New York Giants 7.85
7. Arizona 6.80
8. Baltimore 6.56
9. Minnesota 6.37
10. Chicago 5.75
11. Miami 4.41
12. San Francisco 4.17
13. Green Bay 3.77
14. Dallas 3.17
14. New York Jets 3.17
16. Philadelphia 3.03
17. Cincinnati 2.73
18. Seattle 1.56
19. San Diego 0.11
20. Pittsburgh -2.58
21. Houston -4.14
22. Buffalo -4.61
23. Kansas City -5.52
24. Detroit -6.74
25. Carolina -6.92
26. Jacksonville -7.58
27. Cleveland -8.61
28. Oakland -9.60
29. Washington -11.56
30. Tampa Bay -12.30
31. Tennessee -14.30
32. St. Louis -16.55

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New England sure did screw it over with that win.

Weird to see the Eagles and the Jets that low, but they did both lose to cupcake teams, I guess.

Oakland improved significantly and St. Louis should overtake Tennessee for 31 by next week. The old order is being shaken up. 😉

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2009 NFL Power Rankings (through Week 7)

1. New Orleans 18.54
2. New England 12.60
3. Denver 10.40
4. Indianapolis 10.32
5. Arizona 8.59
6. Atlanta 7.41
7. Cincinnati 7.32
8. Baltimore 7.27
9. Miami 6.33
10. New York Jets 5.56
11. Dallas 5.38
12. New York Giants 5.03
13. Minnesota 4.53
14. Green Bay 4.10
15. San Diego 2.44
16. Philadelphia 2.37
17. San Francisco 1.67
18. Pittsburgh 0.65
19. Seattle 0.63
20. Chicago -0.23
21. Houston -1.84
22. Carolina -5.89
23. Buffalo -6.25
24. Jacksonville -7.21
25. Detroit -8.03
26. Kansas City -9.22
27. Cleveland -9.55
28. Washington -11.21
29. Tennessee -12.25
30. Tampa Bay -12.31
31. Oakland -12.61
32. St. Louis -17.13

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Power Rankings - Through Week 8 (sorry for the delay):

1. New Orleans 17.53
2. New England 12.18
3. Baltimore 9.99
4. Indianapolis 9.82
5. Atlanta 9.05
6. Cincinnati 7.19
7. Denver 7.05
8. Minnesota 6.55
9. Dallas 6.23
10. Miami 6.23
11. Philadelphia 5.99
12. New York Jets 4.97
13. Arizona 3.96
14. Green Bay 3.56
15. San Francisco 2.57
16. New York Giants 2.54
17. Pittsburgh 1.36
18. San Diego 0.87
19. Chicago -0.20
20. Houston -0.22
21. Seattle -1.09
22. Carolina -2.83
23. Buffalo -7.29
24. Kansas City -8.81
25. Tennessee -8.94
26. Washington -10.42
27. Jacksonville -10.73
28. Detroit -10.87
29. Oakland -12.06
30. Tampa Bay -12.15
31. Cleveland -12.38
32. St. Louis -17.31

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Power Rankings Through Week 9 (sorry for the delay):

1. New Orleans 15.90
2. New England 12.46
3. Indianapolis 10.07
4. Atlanta 8.02
5. Baltimore 7.98
6. Cincinnati 7.71
7. Dallas 7.33
8. Minnesota 6.04
9. Philadelphia 5.82
10. Miami 5.76
11. Arizona 5.57
12. Denver 4.72
13. New York Jets 4.72
14. Pittsburgh 3.97
15. New York Giants 2.70
16. Houston 1.71
17. San Diego 1.01
18. Green Bay 0.15
19. San Francisco 0.13
20. Carolina -1.31
21. Seattle -1.37
22. Chicago -1.72
23. Tennessee -6.80
24. Buffalo -7.47
25. Kansas City -9.23
26. Jacksonville -9.25
27. Tampa Bay -9.46
28. Washington -10.17
29. Detroit -11.71
30. Oakland -12.76
31. Cleveland -13.09
32. St. Louis -17.69

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Power Rankings Through Week 10 - the fuckin' Patriots edition

1. New England 12.64
2. New Orleans 12.21
3. Indianapolis 11.04
4. Cincinnati 8.85
5. Baltimore 7.55
6. Minnesota 6.52
7. Arizona 5.78
8. Dallas 5.61
9. Atlanta 5.40
10. Philadelphia 4.90
11. Pittsburgh 4.28
12. New York Jets 3.69
13. Miami 4.28
14. Denver 3.00
15. San Diego 3.00
16. New York Giants 2.77
17. Green Bay 2.54
18. Houston 2.04
19. San Francisco 0.59
20. Carolina -0.40
21. Chicago -1.95
22. Seattle -2.14
23. Tennessee -4.75
24. Jacksonville -6.37
25. Washington -7.68
26. Kansas City -8.95
27. Tampa Bay -9.20
28. Buffalo -10.41
29. Detroit -11.40
30. Cleveland -12.08
31. Oakland -13.08
32. St. Louis -14.51

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