2019 NFL Week 15 power rankings and FDH UQB stretch run ratings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from the start of the season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Baltimore (23-10-8-6-14-20-18-14-13-7-5-5-3-1)

2 San Francisco (15-15-13-10-8-6-3-3-2-1-1-1-1-2)

3 New Orleans (13-6-19-9-3-2-2-2-3-3-4-4-4-3)

4 Kansas City (3-3-2-2-2-3-8-8-9-9-10-8-9-7)

5 Green Bay (6-5-4-4-6-5-5-4-4-5-3-3-6-8)

6 Seattle (14-12-6-16-17-7-4-11-12-11-7-6-5-5)

7 New England (2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-4)

8 Minnesota (16-8-9-8-11-13-9-9-8-10-8-7-7-9)

9 LA Rams (4-4-3-3-7-10-13-10-10-12-14-11-13-12)

10 Houston (12-17-14-7-10-9-6-6-6-4-6-10-8-6)

SECOND TIER

11 Tennessee (18-9-15-19-12-17-23-22-18-22-16-16-11-11)

12 Buffalo (29-22-18-13-18-16-16-13-14-14-18-15-10-10)

13 Pittsburgh (7-14-21-23-24-28-26-26-24-17-13-17-18-15)

THIRD TIER

14 Chicago (9-16-17-18-9-12-12-16-19-24-19-22-20-16)

15 Tampa Bay (25-25-23-26-23-23-24-24-26-26-24-26-24-19)

16 Denver (19-23-25-27-28-27-25-25-23-19-20-25-26-21)

17 Indianapolis (17-18-12-11-20-8-7-5-5-6-9-9-12-13)

18 Philadelphia (1-2-5-12-4-4-10-15-11-13-11-14-15-17)

19 Dallas (11-11-7-5-5-11-14-7-7-8-12-12-14-14)

20 Oakland (28-28-28-28-27-22-20-20-20-16-15-13-16-18)

21 Cleveland (5-13-16-20-13-19-19-19-21-25-23-19-17-22)

22 LA Chargers (8-7-11-15-16-18-22-23-25-18-22-20-22-23)

FOURTH TIER

23 Atlanta (10-19-10-17-22-24-28-28-28-28-27-23-25-25)

24 Carolina (20-20-24-22-19-14-11-12-15-15-17-18-19-20)

25 Jacksonville (22-21-22-21-21-21-21-21-17-20-21-21-23-24)

26 New York Jets (21-30-31-31-31-31-29-29-29-31-29-24-21-27)

27 Miami (32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-30-28-29-29-26)

28 Arizona (30-24-26-25-26-25-17-18-22-23-26-28-27-28)

29 Detroit (24-27-20-14-15-15-15-17-16-21-25-27-28-29)

30 Washington (27-29-29-29-29-29-30-30-30-29-31-31-30-30)

31 Cincinnati (26-26-27-30-30-30-31-31-31-32-32-32-32-31)

32 New York Giants (31-31-30-24-25-26-27-27-27-27-30-30-31-32)

BIGGEST RISERS: Denver (5 spots), Tampa Bay (4 spots), Green Bay, Kansas City and LA Rams (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Dallas (5 spots), Carolina, Houston and Indianapolis (4 spots), New England (3 spots)

DIVISIONAL RANKINGS (the lower the number, the higher the ranking):

1 NFC WEST 45

2 NFC NORTH 56

3 AFC WEST 62

4 AFC SOUTH 63

5 NFC SOUTH 65

6 AFC NORTH 66

7 AFC EAST 72

8 NFC EAST 99

CONFERENCE RANKINGS:

1 AFC 263

2 NFC 265

Our Ultimate Quantitative Baseline (UQB) statistic simply adds together the ranking of seven different indexes: The FDH Lounge power rankings listed above, offensive yards gained, defensive yards allowed, DVOA, Offensive DVOA, Defensive DVOA and Special Teams DVOA.  The lower the number, the better each team did.  The yardage stats can be found here and the DVOA stats can be found here.

          TOP TIER   Total

1        Baltimore    19

          SECOND TIER    

2        San Francisco 39

          THIRD TIER        

3        New Orleans  50

4        Kansas City 56

5        New England 58

          FOURTH TIER    

6        Minnesota   75

7        LA Rams     78

          FIFTH TIER         

8        Seattle         89

9        Dallas          93

10T    Tampa Bay  95

10T    Buffalo        95

12      Green Bay   97

13      Pittsburgh    98

14      Philadelphia 104

15      Chicago       107

16      Houston      110

17      Tennessee    114

18      LA Chargers 116

19      Cleveland    120

          SIXTH TIER        

20      Indianapolis 132

21      Denver        135

22      New York Jets 136

          SEVENTH TIER  

23      Detroit         149

24      Oakland       150

25      Atlanta        151

25      Jacksonville 157

          EIGHTH TIER     

27      Washington 169

28      Carolina       170

29      Cincinnati   176

30T    Arizona       181

30T    New York Giants 181

          NINTH TIER        

32      Miami          196

2019 NFL Week 14 power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from the start of the season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Baltimore (23-10-8-6-14-20-18-14-13-7-5-5-3)

2 San Francisco (15-15-13-10-8-6-3-3-2-1-1-1-1)

3 New Orleans (13-6-19-9-3-2-2-2-3-3-4-4-4)

4 New England (2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2)

5 Seattle (14-12-6-16-17-7-4-11-12-11-7-6-5)

SECOND TIER

6 Houston (12-17-14-7-10-9-6-6-6-4-6-10-8)

7 Kansas City (3-3-2-2-2-3-8-8-9-9-10-8-9)

8 Green Bay (6-5-4-4-6-5-5-4-4-5-3-3-6)

9 Minnesota (16-8-9-8-11-13-9-9-8-10-8-7-7)

10 Buffalo (29-22-18-13-18-16-16-13-14-14-18-15-10)

11 Tennessee (18-9-15-19-12-17-23-22-18-22-16-16-11)

12 LA Rams (4-4-3-3-7-10-13-10-10-12-14-11-13)

13 Indianapolis (17-18-12-11-20-8-7-5-5-6-9-9-12)

14 Dallas (11-11-7-5-5-11-14-7-7-8-12-12-14)

15 Pittsburgh (7-14-21-23-24-28-26-26-24-17-13-17-18)

16 Chicago (9-16-17-18-9-12-12-16-19-24-19-22-20)

17 Philadelphia (1-2-5-12-4-4-10-15-11-13-11-14-15)

18 Oakland (28-28-28-28-27-22-20-20-20-16-15-13-16)

19 Tampa Bay (25-25-23-26-23-23-24-24-26-26-24-26-24)

20 Carolina (20-20-24-22-19-14-11-12-15-15-17-18-19)

THIRD TIER

21 Denver (19-23-25-27-28-27-25-25-23-19-20-25-26)

22 Cleveland (5-13-16-20-13-19-19-19-21-25-23-19-17)

23 LA Chargers (8-7-11-15-16-18-22-23-25-18-22-20-22)

24 Jacksonville (22-21-22-21-21-21-21-21-17-20-21-21-23)

25 Atlanta (10-19-10-17-22-24-28-28-28-28-27-23-25)

FOURTH TIER

26 Miami (32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-30-28-29-29)

27 New York Jets (21-30-31-31-31-31-29-29-29-31-29-24-21)

28 Arizona (30-24-26-25-26-25-17-18-22-23-26-28-27)

29 Detroit (24-27-20-14-15-15-15-17-16-21-25-27-28)

30 Washington (27-29-29-29-29-29-30-30-30-29-31-31-30)

31 Cincinnati (26-26-27-30-30-30-31-31-31-32-32-32-32)

32 New York Giants (31-31-30-24-25-26-27-27-27-27-30-30-31)

BIGGEST RISERS: Denver and Tampa Bay (5 spots), Chicago (4 spots), Pittsburgh (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: New York Jets (6 spots), Cleveland (5 spots)

DIVISIONAL RANKINGS (the lower the number, the higher the ranking):

1 NFC WEST 47

2 AFC SOUTH 54

3 NFC NORTH 62

4T AFC EAST 67

4T NFC SOUTH 67

6T AFC NORTH 69

6T AFC WEST 69

8 NFC EAST 92

CONFERENCE RANKINGS:

1 AFC 259

2 NFC 268

NBA power rankings for start of December

By Rick Morris

TOP TIER

1 LA Lakers

2 Milwaukee

3 Toronto

4 Denver       

SECOND TIER

5 Miami

6 Boston

7 LA Clippers

8 Philadelphia

9 Dallas

10 Houston

THIRD TIER

11 Indiana

12 Utah

FOURTH TIER

13 Minnesota

14 Brooklyn

FIFTH TIER

16 Phoenix

17 Sacramento

18 Orlando

19 Oklahoma City

20 Portland

21 Charlotte

SIXTH TIER

22 Detroit

23 San Antonio

24 Washington

25 Memphis

26 New Orleans

SEVENTH TIER

27 Cleveland

28 Atlanta

29 New York

30 Golden State

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST

1 EAST 218

2 WEST 232

NHL power rankings for start of December

By Rick Morris

TOP TIER

1 Boston

2 Washington

3 St. Louis

SECOND TIER

4 NY Islanders

5 Edmonton

6 Philadelphia

7 Colorado

8 Arizona

9 Winnipeg

10 Dallas     

11 Carolina

12 San Jose

13 Pittsburgh

14 Florida

15 Vancouver

16 Vegas

17 Calgary

18 NY Rangers

19 Toronto

20 Buffalo

21 Montreal

22 Minnesota

23 Nashville

24 Tampa Bay

25 Columbus

26 Anaheim

27 Chicago

28 Los Angeles

29 Ottawa

30 New Jersey

THIRD TIER

31 Detroit

RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, DIVIDED BY THE NUMBER OF TEAMS, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST

1 CENTRAL 12.86

2 METROPOLITAN 13.63

3 PACIFIC 15.88

4 ATLANTIC 19.88

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 28.74

2 EAST 33.51

2019 NFL Week 13 power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from the start of the season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 San Francisco (15-15-13-10-8-6-3-3-2-1-1-1)

2 New England (2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2)

3 Baltimore (23-10-8-6-14-20-18-14-13-7-5-5)

4 New Orleans (13-6-19-9-3-2-2-2-3-3-4-4)

5 Seattle (14-12-6-16-17-7-4-11-12-11-7-6)

SECOND TIER

6 Green Bay (6-5-4-4-6-5-5-4-4-5-3-3)

7 Minnesota (16-8-9-8-11-13-9-9-8-10-8-7)

8 Houston (12-17-14-7-10-9-6-6-6-4-6-10)

9 Kansas City (3-3-2-2-2-3-8-8-9-9-10-8)

10 Buffalo (29-22-18-13-18-16-16-13-14-14-18-15)

11 Tennessee (18-9-15-19-12-17-23-22-18-22-16-16)

12 Indianapolis (17-18-12-11-20-8-7-5-5-6-9-9)

13 LA Rams (4-4-3-3-7-10-13-10-10-12-14-11)

14 Dallas (11-11-7-5-5-11-14-7-7-8-12-12)

15 Philadelphia (1-2-5-12-4-4-10-15-11-13-11-14)

16 Oakland (28-28-28-28-27-22-20-20-20-16-15-13)

17 Cleveland (5-13-16-20-13-19-19-19-21-25-23-19)

18 Pittsburgh (7-14-21-23-24-28-26-26-24-17-13-17)

19 Carolina (20-20-24-22-19-14-11-12-15-15-17-18)

THIRD TIER

20 Chicago (9-16-17-18-9-12-12-16-19-24-19-22)

21 New York Jets (21-30-31-31-31-31-29-29-29-31-29-24)

FOURTH TIER

22 LA Chargers (8-7-11-15-16-18-22-23-25-18-22-20)

23 Jacksonville (22-21-22-21-21-21-21-21-17-20-21-21)

24 Tampa Bay (25-25-23-26-23-23-24-24-26-26-24-26)

25 Atlanta (10-19-10-17-22-24-28-28-28-28-27-23)

26 Denver (19-23-25-27-28-27-25-25-23-19-20-25)

27 Arizona (30-24-26-25-26-25-17-18-22-23-26-28)

28 Detroit (24-27-20-14-15-15-15-17-16-21-25-27)

FIFTH TIER

29 Miami (32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-30-28-29)

30 Washington (27-29-29-29-29-29-30-30-30-29-31-31)

31 New York Giants (31-31-30-24-25-26-27-27-27-27-30-30)

32 Cincinnati (26-26-27-30-30-30-31-31-31-32-32-32)

BIGGEST RISERS: Buffalo and Tennessee (5 spots), New York Jets (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Green Bay, Indianapolis and Oakland (3 spots)

DIVISIONAL RANKINGS (the lower the number, the higher the ranking):

1 NFC WEST 46

2 AFC SOUTH 54

3 NFC NORTH 61

4 AFC EAST 62

5 AFC NORTH 70

6 AFC WEST 73

7 NFC SOUTH 74

8 NFC EAST 91

CONFERENCE RANKINGS:

1 AFC 259

2 NFC 272

2019 NFL Week 12 power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from the start of the season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 San Francisco (15-15-13-10-8-6-3-3-2-1-1)

2 New England (2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2)

3 Green Bay (6-5-4-4-6-5-5-4-4-5-3)

4 New Orleans (13-6-19-9-3-2-2-2-3-3-4)

5 Baltimore (23-10-8-6-14-20-18-14-13-7-5)

6 Seattle (14-12-6-16-17-7-4-11-12-11-7)

7 Minnesota (16-8-9-8-11-13-9-9-8-10-8)

SECOND TIER

8 Kansas City (3-3-2-2-2-3-8-8-9-9-10)

9 Indianapolis (17-18-12-11-20-8-7-5-5-6-9)

10 Houston (12-17-14-7-10-9-6-6-6-4-6)

11 LA Rams (4-4-3-3-7-10-13-10-10-12-14)

12 Dallas (11-11-7-5-5-11-14-7-7-8-12)

13 Oakland (28-28-28-28-27-22-20-20-20-16-15)

14 Philadelphia (1-2-5-12-4-4-10-15-11-13-11)

15 Buffalo (29-22-18-13-18-16-16-13-14-14-18)

16 Tennessee (18-9-15-19-12-17-23-22-18-22-16)

17 Pittsburgh (7-14-21-23-24-28-26-26-24-17-13)

18 Carolina (20-20-24-22-19-14-11-12-15-15-17)

THIRD TIER

19 Cleveland (5-13-16-20-13-19-19-19-21-25-23)

20 LA Chargers (8-7-11-15-16-18-22-23-25-18-22)

21 Jacksonville (22-21-22-21-21-21-21-21-17-20-21)

22 Chicago (9-16-17-18-9-12-12-16-19-24-19)

23 Atlanta (10-19-10-17-22-24-28-28-28-28-27)

FOURTH TIER

24 New York Jets (21-30-31-31-31-31-29-29-29-31-29)

25 Denver (19-23-25-27-28-27-25-25-23-19-20)

26 Tampa Bay (25-25-23-26-23-23-24-24-26-26-24)

27 Detroit (24-27-20-14-15-15-15-17-16-21-25)

28 Arizona (30-24-26-25-26-25-17-18-22-23-26)

FIFTH TIER

29 Miami (32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-30-28)

30 New York Giants (31-31-30-24-25-26-27-27-27-27-30)

31 Washington (27-29-29-29-29-29-30-30-30-29-31)

32 Cincinnati (26-26-27-30-30-30-31-31-31-32-32)

BIGGEST RISERS: New York Jets (5 spots), Atlanta and Cleveland (4 spots), Buffalo and LA Rams (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Denver (5 spots), Houston and Pittsburgh (4 spots), Chicago and Philadelphia (3 spots)

DIVISIONAL RANKINGS (the lower the number, the higher the ranking):

1 NFC WEST 46

2 AFC SOUTH 56

3 AFC WEST 56

4 NFC NORTH 59

5 AFC EAST 70

6 NFC SOUTH 71

7 AFC NORTH 73

8 NFC EAST 77

CONFERENCE RANKINGS:

1 NFC 253

2 AFC 255

2019 NFL Week 11 power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from the start of the season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 San Francisco (15-15-13-10-8-6-3-3-2-1)

2 New England (2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2)

3 Green Bay (6-5-4-4-6-5-5-4-4-5)

4 New Orleans (13-6-19-9-3-2-2-2-3-3)

5 Baltimore (23-10-8-6-14-20-18-14-13-7)

6 Houston (12-17-14-7-10-9-6-6-6-4)

7 Seattle (14-12-6-16-17-7-4-11-12-11)

SECOND TIER

8 Minnesota (16-8-9-8-11-13-9-9-8-10)

9 Indianapolis (17-18-12-11-20-8-7-5-5-6)

10 Kansas City (3-3-2-2-2-3-8-8-9-9)

11 Philadelphia (1-2-5-12-4-4-10-15-11-13)

12 Dallas (11-11-7-5-5-11-14-7-7-8)

13 Pittsburgh (7-14-21-23-24-28-26-26-24-17)

14 LA Rams (4-4-3-3-7-10-13-10-10-12)

15 Oakland (28-28-28-28-27-22-20-20-20-16)

16 Tennessee (18-9-15-19-12-17-23-22-18-22)

17 Carolina (20-20-24-22-19-14-11-12-15-15)

18 Buffalo (29-22-18-13-18-16-16-13-14-14)

THIRD TIER

19 Chicago (9-16-17-18-9-12-12-16-19-24)

20 Denver (19-23-25-27-28-27-25-25-23-19)

21 Jacksonville (22-21-22-21-21-21-21-21-17-20)

22 LA Chargers (8-7-11-15-16-18-22-23-25-18)

23 Cleveland (5-13-16-20-13-19-19-19-21-25)

24 Tampa Bay (25-25-23-26-23-23-24-24-26-26)

25 Detroit (24-27-20-14-15-15-15-17-16-21)

26 Arizona (30-24-26-25-26-25-17-18-22-23)

FOURTH TIER

27 Atlanta (10-19-10-17-22-24-28-28-28-28)

28 Miami (32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-30)

29 New York Jets (21-30-31-31-31-31-29-29-29-31)

30 New York Giants (31-31-30-24-25-26-27-27-27-27)

31 Washington (27-29-29-29-29-29-30-30-30-29)

32 Cincinnati (26-26-27-30-30-30-31-31-31-32)

BIGGEST RISERS: Tennessee (6 spots), Chicago and Pittsburgh (5 spots), Seattle (4 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Buffalo, Dallas, Detroit and LA Chargers (4 spots), Arizona, Indianapolis and NY Giants (3 spots)

DIVISIONAL RANKINGS (the lower the number, the higher the ranking):

1 NFC WEST 48

2 AFC SOUTH 52

3 NFC NORTH 55

4 AFC WEST 67

5 NFC SOUTH 72

6 AFC SOUTH 73

7 AFC EAST 77

8 NFC EAST 84

CONFERENCE RANKINGS:

1 NFC 259

2 AFC 269

2019 NFL Week 10 power rankings and FDH UQB midseason ratings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from the start of the season are in parentheses.  Also, below the power rankings, we have our FDH UQB midseason ratings.

TOP TIER

1 San Francisco (15-15-13-10-8-6-3-3-2)

2 New England (2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1)

3 New Orleans (13-6-19-9-3-2-2-2-3)

SECOND TIER

4 Houston (12-17-14-7-10-9-6-6-6)

5 Green Bay (6-5-4-4-6-5-5-4-4)

6 Indianapolis (17-18-12-11-20-8-7-5-5)

7 Baltimore (23-10-8-6-14-20-18-14-13)

8 Dallas (11-11-7-5-5-11-14-7-7)

9 Kansas City (3-3-2-2-2-3-8-8-9)

10 Minnesota (16-8-9-8-11-13-9-9-8)

11 Seattle (14-12-6-16-17-7-4-11-12)

12 LA Rams (4-4-3-3-7-10-13-10-10)

13 Philadelphia (1-2-5-12-4-4-10-15-11)

14 Buffalo (29-22-18-13-18-16-16-13-14)

15 Carolina (20-20-24-22-19-14-11-12-15)

THIRD TIER

16 Oakland (28-28-28-28-27-22-20-20-20)

17 Pittsburgh (7-14-21-23-24-28-26-26-24)

18 LA Chargers (8-7-11-15-16-18-22-23-25)

FOURTH TIER

19 Denver (19-23-25-27-28-27-25-25-23)

20 Jacksonville (22-21-22-21-21-21-21-21-17)

21 Detroit (24-27-20-14-15-15-15-17-16)

22 Tennessee (18-9-15-19-12-17-23-22-18)

23 Arizona (30-24-26-25-26-25-17-18-22)

24 Chicago (9-16-17-18-9-12-12-16-19)

25 Cleveland (5-13-16-20-13-19-19-19-21)

FIFTH TIER

26 Tampa Bay (25-25-23-26-23-23-24-24-26)

27 New York Giants (31-31-30-24-25-26-27-27-27)

28 Atlanta (10-19-10-17-22-24-28-28-28)

SIXTH TIER

29 Washington (27-29-29-29-29-29-30-30-30)

30 Miami (32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32)

31 New York Jets (21-30-31-31-31-31-29-29-29)

32 Cincinnati (26-26-27-30-30-30-31-31-31)

BIGGEST RISERS: LA Chargers and Pittsburgh (7 spots), Baltimore (6 spots), Denver and Oakland (4 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Chicago and Detroit (5 spots), Cleveland and Tennessee (4 spots), Jacksonville (3 spots)

DIVISIONAL RANKINGS (the lower the number, the higher the ranking):

1 NFC WEST 47

2 AFC SOUTH 52

3 NFC NORTH 60

4 AFC WEST 62

5 NFC SOUTH 72

6T NFC EAST 77

6T AFC EAST 77

8 AFC NORTH 81

CONFERENCE RANKINGS:

1 NFC 256

2 AFC 272

Our Ultimate Quantitative Baseline (UQB) statistic simply adds together the ranking of seven different indexes: The FDH Lounge power rankings listed above, offensive yards gained, defensive yards allowed, DVOA, Offensive DVOA, Defensive DVOA and Special Teams DVOA.  The lower the number, the better each team did.  The yardage stats can be found here and the DVOA stats can be found here.

TOP TIER

1 San Francisco 42

SECOND TIER

2 New England 53

3 New Orleans 55

4 Baltimore 59

5 Minnesota 60

6 Kansas City 61

7 Dallas 62

8 Houston 69

THIRD TIER

9 LA Rams 83

FOURTH TIER

10 Jacksonville 101

11T Green Bay 102

11T Philadelphia 102

13 Indianapolis 107

14 Seattle 108

15 Oakland 112

16 Carolina 114

17 Detroit 117

18 LA Chargers 118

19 Chicago 119

20 Pittsburgh 120

21 Tampa Bay 128

22 Denver 129

23 Buffalo 130

24 Cleveland 137

FIFTH TIER

25 Tennessee 148

SIXTH TIER

26 New York Jets 167

27 Atlanta 170

28 Arizona 171

29 New York Giants 178

30 Cincinnati 180

31 Washington 182

SEVENTH TIER

32 Miami 211