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
