Wednesday, November 27, 2019

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

Wednesday, November 20, 2019

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

Tuesday, November 12, 2019

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

Tuesday, November 5, 2019

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