By Rick Morris
The FDH Lounge
previews the 2020 NASCAR season with FDH Motorsports Editor Mike Ptak.
Sunday, February 9, 2020
Sunday, January 19, 2020
NHL power rankings for mid-January
By Rick Morris
NOTES: Rankings from start of
season are in parentheses.
TOP TIER
1 St. Louis
(3-3-1)
2 Washington
(2-1-2)
3 Boston (1-5-3)
SECOND TIER
4 Pittsburgh
(13-6-5)
THIRD TIER
5 Tampa Bay
(24-20-14)
6 NY Islanders
(4-4-4)
7 Dallas (10-8-8)
8 Toronto
(19-17-7)
9 Florida
(14-22-13)
10 Calgary
(17-10-16)
11 Vancouver
(15-21-12)
12 Colorado
(7-2-6)
13 Carolina
(11-7-9)
14 Arizona (8-9-17)
15 Vegas (16-12-10)
16 Edmonton (5-16-22)
17 Columbus
(25-26-23)
18 Philadelphia
(6-14-11)
19 Winnipeg
(9-11-19)
20 NY Rangers
(18-18-20)
21 Chicago
(27-26-25)
22 Buffalo
(20-13-15)
23 Minnesota
(22-15-18)
24 Montreal
(21-19-21)
25 Nashville
(23-24-24)
26 San Jose
(12-23-26)
27 New Jersey
(30-30-30)
28 Anaheim
(26-25-28)
29 Los Angeles
(28-29-29)
30 Ottawa
(29-27-27)
31 Detroit (31-31-31)
BIGGEST RISERS:
Tampa Bay (9 spots), Calgary, Columbus, Edmonton (6 spots), Chicago and Florida
(4 spots)
BIGGEST
FALLERS: Buffalo and Philadelphia (7 spots), Colorado (6 spots), Minnesota and
Vegas (5 spots), Carolina (4 spots), Montreal and Ottawa (3 spots)
RANKINGS BY
DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, DIVIDED BY THE
NUMBER OF TEAMS, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST
1 METROPOLITAN
13.38
2 CENTRAL 15.29
3 ATLANTIC 16.5
4 PACIFIC 18.63
RANKINGS BY
CONFERENCE
1 EAST 29.88
2 WEST 33.92
NBA power rankings for mid-January
By Rick Morris
NOTES: Rankings from start of
season are in parentheses.
TOP TIER
1 Milwaukee
(2-2-1)
SECOND TIER
2 LA Lakers
(1-1-2)
THIRD TIER
3 Denver (4-9-3)
4 Miami (5-4-4)
5 LA Clippers
(7-5-6)
6 Boston (6-6-5)
FOURTH TIER
7 Utah (12-12-9)
8 Toronto (3-8-8)
9 Indiana
(11-11-12)
10 Dallas (9-7-10)
11 Houston
(10-10-7)
12 Philadelphia
(8-3-11)
FIFTH TIER
13 Oklahoma
City (19-18-13)
14 Memphis
(25-24-20)
15 Orlando
(18-15-17)
16 San Antonio
(23-20-15)
17 Phoenix
(16-14-18)
18 Brooklyn
(14-13-14)
19 Portland
(20-22-16)
20 New Orleans
(26-26-25)
21 Minnesota
(13-19-22)
22 Sacramento
(17-16-23)
23 Detroit
(22-17-24)
24 Chicago
(15-23-19)
25 Charlotte
(21-21-21)
26 Washington
(24-25-27)
27 Cleveland
(27-28-26)
28 New York
(29-29-28)
29 Atlanta
(28-27-30)
SIXTH TIER
30 Golden State
(30-30-29)
BIGGEST RISERS:
Memphis (6 spots), New Orleans (5 spots), Indiana (3 spots)
BIGGEST
FALLERS: Chicago (5 spots), Brooklyn, Charlotte, Houston (4 spots), Portland (3
spots)
RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE
– 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST
1 WEST 210
2 EAST 255
Monday, January 6, 2020
NHL power rankings for start of January
By Rick Morris
NOTES: Rankings from start of
season are in parentheses.
TOP TIER
1 St. Louis
(3-3)
2 Washington
(2-1)
3 Boston (1-5)
SECOND TIER
4 NY Islanders
(4-4)
5 Pittsburgh
(13-6)
6 Colorado
(7-2)
7 Toronto
(19-17)
8 Dallas (10-8)
9 Carolina
(11-7)
10 Vegas
(16-12)
11 Philadelphia
(6-14)
12 Vancouver
(15-21)
13 Florida
(14-22)
14 Tampa Bay
(24-20)
15 Buffalo
(20-13)
16 Calgary (17-10)
17 Arizona
(8-9)
18 Minnesota
(22-15)
19 Winnipeg
(9-11)
20 NY Rangers
(18-18)
21 Montreal
(21-19)
22 Edmonton
(5-16)
23 Columbus
(25-26)
24 Nashville
(23-24)
25 Chicago
(27-26)
26 San Jose
(12-23)
27 Ottawa
(29-27)
28 Anaheim
(26-25)
29 Los Angeles
(28-29)
30 New Jersey
(30-30)
THIRD TIER
31 Detroit (31-31)
BIGGEST RISERS:
Toronto (10 spots), Florida and Vancouver (9 spots), Tampa Bay (6 spots),
Columbus (3 spots)
BIGGEST
FALLERS: Arizona and Winnipeg (8 spots), Calgary and Edmonton (6 spots),
Colorado (4 spots), Anaheim, Minnesota, Philadelphia and San Jose (3 spots)
RANKINGS BY
DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, DIVIDED BY THE
NUMBER OF TEAMS, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST
1 METROPOLITAN
13
2 CENTRAL 14.43
3 ATLANTIC 16.38
4 PACIFIC 20
RANKINGS BY
CONFERENCE
1 EAST 29.38
2 WEST 34.43
NBA power rankings for start of January
By Rick Morris
NOTES: Rankings from start of
season are in parentheses.
TOP TIER
1 Milwaukee
(2-2)
SECOND TIER
2 LA Lakers
(1-1)
THIRD TIER
3 Denver (4-9)
4 Miami (5-4)
5 Boston (6-6)
6 LA Clippers
(7-5)
FOURTH TIER
7 Houston
(10-10)
8 Toronto (3-8)
9 Utah (12-12)
10 Dallas (9-7)
11 Philadelphia
(8-3)
12 Indiana
(11-11)
FIFTH TIER
13 Oklahoma
City (19-18)
14 Brooklyn
(14-13)
SIXTH TIER
15 San Antonio
(23-20)
16 Portland
(20-22)
17 Orlando
(18-15)
18 Phoenix
(16-14)
19 Chicago
(15-23)
20 Memphis
(25-24)
21 Charlotte
(21-21)
22 Minnesota
(13-19)
23 Sacramento
(17-16)
24 Detroit
(22-17)
25 New Orleans
(26-26)
26 Cleveland
(27-28)
27 Washington
(24-25)
SEVENTH TIER
28 New York
(29-29)
29 Golden State
(30-30)
EIGHTH TIER
30 Atlanta
(28-27)
BIGGEST RISERS:
Denver and Portland (6 spots), Oklahoma City and San Antonio (5 spots), Chicago
and Memphis (4 spots), Houston and Utah (3 spots)
BIGGEST
FALLERS: Philadelphia (8 spots), Detroit and Sacramento (7 spots), Phoenix (4
spots), Dallas and Minnesota (3 spots)
RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE
– 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST
1 WEST 228
2 EAST 247
Wednesday, January 1, 2020
2019 NFL final power rankings and final FDH UQB ratings
By Rick Morris
NOTE: Rankings from the start
of the season are in parentheses.
TOP TIER
1 Baltimore
(23-10-8-6-14-20-18-14-13-7-5-5-3-1-1-1)
2 New Orleans
(13-6-19-9-3-2-2-2-3-3-4-4-4-3-3-2)
3 San Francisco
(15-15-13-10-8-6-3-3-2-1-1-1-1-2-2-6)
4 Kansas City
(3-3-2-2-2-3-8-8-9-9-10-8-9-7-4-3)
5 Green Bay
(6-5-4-4-6-5-5-4-4-5-3-3-6-8-5-4)
6 Seattle
(14-12-6-16-17-7-4-11-12-11-7-6-5-5-6-5)
7 Houston
(12-17-14-7-10-9-6-6-6-4-6-10-8-6-10-9)
SECOND TIER
8 New England
(2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-4-7-7)
9 Buffalo
(29-22-18-13-18-16-16-13-14-14-18-15-10-10-12-10)
10 Minnesota
(16-8-9-8-11-13-9-9-8-10-8-7-7-9-8-8)
11 LA Rams
(4-4-3-3-7-10-13-10-10-12-14-11-13-12-9-11)
12 Tennessee
(18-9-15-19-12-17-23-22-18-22-16-16-11-11-11-14)
13 Philadelphia
(1-2-5-12-4-4-10-15-11-13-11-14-15-17-18-16)
14 Tampa Bay
(25-25-23-26-23-23-24-24-26-26-24-26-24-19-15-12)
15 Atlanta
(10-19-10-17-22-24-28-28-28-28-27-23-25-25-23-20)
16 Denver
(19-23-25-27-28-27-25-25-23-19-20-25-26-21-16-19)
17 Dallas
(11-11-7-5-5-11-14-7-7-8-12-12-14-14-19-15)
18 Pittsburgh
(7-14-21-23-24-28-26-26-24-17-13-17-18-15-13-13)
19 Chicago
(9-16-17-18-9-12-12-16-19-24-19-22-20-16-14-17)
20 New York Jets
(21-30-31-31-31-31-29-29-29-31-29-24-21-27-26-27)
21 Indianapolis
(17-18-12-11-20-8-7-5-5-6-9-9-12-13-17-18)
THIRD TIER
22 Jacksonville
(22-21-22-21-21-21-21-21-17-20-21-21-23-24-25-21)
23 Oakland
(28-28-28-28-27-22-20-20-20-16-15-13-16-18-20-23)
24 LA Chargers
(8-7-11-15-16-18-22-23-25-18-22-20-22-23-22-22)
25 Arizona
(30-24-26-25-26-25-17-18-22-23-26-28-27-28-28-25)
26 Cleveland (5-13-16-20-13-19-19-19-21-25-23-19-17-22-21-26)
27 Miami
(32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-30-28-29-29-26-27-28)
28 Carolina
(20-20-24-22-19-14-11-12-15-15-17-18-19-20-24-24)
FOURTH TIER
29 New York Giants
(31-31-30-24-25-26-27-27-27-27-30-30-31-32-32-30)
30 Detroit
(24-27-20-14-15-15-15-17-16-21-25-27-28-29-29-29)
31 Washington
(27-29-29-29-29-29-30-30-30-29-31-31-30-30-30-31)
32 Cincinnati
(26-26-27-30-30-30-31-31-31-32-32-32-32-31-31-32)
BIGGEST RISERS: New York Jets
(7 spots), Atlanta (5 spots), Denver, Philadelphia and San Francisco (3 spots)
BIGGEST FALLERS: Pittsburgh
(5 spots), Carolina (4 spots), Indianapolis (3 spots)
DIVISIONAL RANKINGS (the
lower the number, the higher the ranking):
2 NFC SOUTH 59
3 AFC SOUTH 62
4 AFC EAST 64
5 AFC WEST 67
6 NFC NORTH 74
7 AFC NORTH 77
8 NFC EAST 90
CONFERENCE RANKINGS:
1 NFC 268
2 AFC 270
Our Ultimate Quantitative
Baseline (UQB) statistic simply adds together the ranking of 13 different
indexes: The FDH Lounge power rankings listed above, strength of schedule based
on our power rankings, a metric combines the power rankings with impressiveness
of victories based on strength of schedule, offensive yards gained, offensive
passing yards, offensive rushing yards, defensive yards allowed, defensive
passing yards, defensive rushing yards, 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 San Francisco 80
2 Baltimore 94
3 New Orleans 106
SECOND TIER Total
4 New England 131
5 Kansas City 145
THIRD TIER Total
6 LA Rams 161
7 Tampa Bay 164
8 Dallas 169
9 Seattle 170
FOURTH TIER Total
10T Minnesota 189
10T Tennessee 189
12 Buffalo 192
13 Philadelphia 194
14 Atlanta 196
FIFTH TIER Total
15 Green Bay 214
16 Indianapolis 215
17T Houston 217
17T LA Chargers 217
19 Pittsburgh 223
20 Oakland 232
21 Chicago 240
22 Cleveland 247
23 Jacksonville 248
24 Denver 249
25 New York Jets 255
25 Arizona 269
27 Carolina 272
SIXTH TIER Total
28 Detroit 291
29 Cincinnati 293
SEVENTH TIER Total
30 New York Giants 310
EIGHTH TIER Total
31 Washington 336
32 Miami 341
Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Lounge on YouTube: The NBA 2010s Review and 2020s Preview
By Rick Morris
The FDH Lounge looks back at the NBA in the 2010s and
ahead to the 2020s.
Lounge on YouTube: The NFL 2010s Review and 2020s Preview
By Rick Morris
The FDH Lounge looks back at the NFL in the 2010s and
ahead to the 2020s.
Monday, December 30, 2019
Lounge on YouTube: 2019 NFL Week 17 preview
By Rick Morris
The FDH Lounge
previews Week 17 of the 2019 NFL season.
Lounge on YouTube: 2019 NFL Week 16 preview
By Rick Morris
The FDH Lounge
previews Week 16 of the 2019 NFL season.
Lounge on YouTube: 2019 NFL Week 15 preview
By Rick Morris
The FDH Lounge
previews Week 15 of the 2019 NFL season.
Lounge on YouTube: 2019-20 college football bowl season preview
By Rick Morris
The FDH Lounge previews the 2019-20
college football bowl season with Fran Stuchbury of OurSports Central.
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