NHL power rankings for mid-November

By Rick Morris

 

TOP TIER

1 Montreal

2 Anaheim

3 Pittsburgh

4 St. Louis

5 Tampa Bay

6 Vancouver

7 New York Islanders

8 Boston

9 Nashville

10 Calgary

11 Los Angeles

12 Detroit

13 Toronto

14 Ottawa

15 Winnipeg

16 San Jose

17 Chicago

18 Minnesota

19 New Jersey

20 New York Rangers

21 Philadelphia

22 Washington

23 Florida

24 Dallas

25 Arizona

26 Colorado

27 Edmonton

28 Carolina

29 Columbus

SECOND TIER

30 Buffalo

Picks for Week 12 NCAA football

By Rick Morris

 

NOTE: 6-4 last week, 34-40-1 for the season

 

Ohio State -13 ½ over Minnesota

Nebraska +6 ½ over Wisconsin

LSU +1 over Arkansas

Auburn +2 ½ over Georgia

Florida -7 over South Carolina

Florida State -2 ½ over Miami

Missouri +3 ½ over Texas A&M

Arizona State -7 over Oregon State

Mississippi State +9 ½ over Alabama

Georgia Tech +2 ½ over Clemson

NFL Week 11 power rankings

By Rick Morris

 

NOTES: Numbers in parenthesis reflect rankings from the start of the season to the present.

 

TOP TIER

1 Arizona (22-19-9-4-4-5-5-2-2-1)

2 New England (3-12-7-9-15-12-10-11-4-2)

3 Seattle (1-1-1-1-1-1-3-8-3-3)

4 Denver (6-3-3-3-3-2-1-1-1-4)

5 Philadelphia (15-16-8-6-10-8-7-4-5-5)

6 Indianapolis (10-5-18-18-12-10-11-9-10-6)

7 Detroit (12-8-19-13-9-17-13-12-12-7)

8 Green Bay (4-4-4-16-8-7-8-6-9-10)

9 Dallas (19-24-24-20-14-9-6-3-6-9)

10 San Francisco (2-2-2-7-6-4-4-7-7-13)

SECOND TIER

11 Baltimore (9-10-10-10-7-11-9-10-11-11)

12 Kansas City (23-31-31-28-24-23-23-15-14-14)

13 Cleveland (26-26-22-23-23-22-16-21-21-19)

14 Pittsburgh (14-15-16-12-16-15-20-14-13-8)

15 Miami (30-13-20-24-22-24-24-16-16-12)

16 San Diego (7-11-6-5-5-3-2-5-8-15)

17 Buffalo (18-14-11-14-20-14-19-13-15-16)

18 New Orleans (5-7-17-17-19-18-18-19-18-17)

19 Cincinnati (11-6-5-2-2-6-12-18-17-18)

20 Houston (16-18-12-15-11-20-21-20-20-20)

THIRD TIER

21 Atlanta (13-9-15-11-17-21-22-25-26-27)

22 Minnesota (28-21-25-26-25-26-28-27-23-21)

23 Washington (20-25-21-22-26-25-27-26-22-24)

24 New York Giants (24-28-28-21-18-13-15-17-19-22)

25 St. Louis (21-30-27-29-29-27-25-22-27-23)

26 Carolina (17-17-14-19-21-16-17-23-24-25)

27 Tennessee (29-22-26-27-28-28-26-28-28-28)

28 Chicago (8-20-13-8-13-19-14-24-25-26)

FOURTH TIER

29 New York Jets (27-23-23-25-27-29-29-30-31-31)

30 Jacksonville (31-27-29-30-31-31-30-29-29-29)

31 Tampa Bay (25-29-30-32-30-30-31-31-30-30)

32 Oakland (32-32-32-31-32-32-32-32-32-32)

 

BIGGEST RISERS: Atlanta and Cleveland (6 spots), San Francisco (3 spots)

 

BIGGEST FALLERS: Pittsburgh (6 spots), Miami (3 spots)

 

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

1 NFC West 39

2 AFC North 57

3 NFC East 61

4 AFC East 63

5 AFC West 64

6 NFC North 65

7 AFC South 83

8 NFC South 96

 

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 261

2 AFC 267

 

Lounge on YouTube: 2014 Week 10 fantasy football preview

By Rick Morris

Here is Mini-Episode #488 of THE FDH LOUNGE, an edition of THE FANTASYDRAFTHELP.COM INSIDER, presenting Week 10 of our fantasy football coverage for 2014.

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Lounge on YouTube: Mini-Episode #487 – 2014 fall TV analysis

By Rick Morris                                          

As we referenced previously, our pals at Sportsology are hooking us up for live segments that we’re doing with guests and remote FDH Lounge Dignitaries these days.  We’re happy to report that we’ve been able to produce many segments on our own, but we’re thrilled for the help on some of these with guests and the thanks all go to our great friend Russ Cohen.

Mini-Episode #487 features analysis of the 2014 fall TV season with FDH Lounge Dignitaries Simon Applebaum and Lloyd Carroll.

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Lounge on YouTube: 2014 NFC midseason analysis

By Rick Morris

Here is Mini-Episode #486 of THE FDH LOUNGE, examining the NFC at midseason with FDH Lounge Dignitary and Vegas handicapping veteran Kyle Ross.

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Lounge on YouTube: 2014 AFC midseason analysis

By Rick Morris

Here is Mini-Episode #485 of THE FDH LOUNGE, examining the AFC at midseason with FDH Lounge Dignitary and Vegas handicapping veteran Kyle Ross.

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Lounge on YouTube: 2014 NFL Week 10 preview

By Rick Morris

Here is Mini-Episode #484 of THE FDH LOUNGE, previewing Week 10 of the 2014 NFL season with FDH Lounge Dignitary and Vegas handicapping veteran Kyle Ross.

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Picks for Week 11 NCAA football

By Rick Morris

 

NOTE: 3-2 last week, 28-36-1 for the season

 

Oklahoma -5 ½ over Baylor

Arizona State -2 ½ over Notre Dame

TCU -6 ½ over Kansas State

Michigan State -4 over Ohio State

LSU +6 ½ over Alabama

Oregon -8 over Utah

Georgia -10 over Kentucky

Texas A&M +23 ½ over Auburn

West Virginia -3 over Texas

Virginia +20 ½ over Florida State

NFL Week 10 power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Numbers in parenthesis reflect rankings from the start of the season to the present.

TOP TIER

1 Arizona (22-19-9-4-4-5-5-2-2)

2 New England (3-12-7-9-15-12-10-11-4)

3 Seattle (1-1-1-1-1-1-3-8-3)

4 Denver (6-3-3-3-3-2-1-1-1)

5 Philadelphia (15-16-8-6-10-8-7-4-5)

6 Indianapolis (10-5-18-18-12-10-11-9-10)

7 Detroit (12-8-19-13-9-17-13-12-12)

8 Pittsburgh (14-15-16-12-16-15-20-14-13)

9 Dallas (19-24-24-20-14-9-6-3-6)

10 Green Bay (4-4-4-16-8-7-8-6-9)

11 Baltimore (9-10-10-10-7-11-9-10-11)

12 Miami (30-13-20-24-22-24-24-16-16)

13 San Francisco (2-2-2-7-6-4-4-7-7)

14 Kansas City (23-31-31-28-24-23-23-15-14)

15 San Diego (7-11-6-5-5-3-2-5-8)

16 Buffalo (18-14-11-14-20-14-19-13-15)

SECOND TIER

17 New Orleans (5-7-17-17-19-18-18-19-18)

18 Cincinnati (11-6-5-2-2-6-12-18-17)

19 Cleveland (26-26-22-23-23-22-16-21-21)

20 Houston (16-18-12-15-11-20-21-20-20)

THIRD TIER

21 Minnesota (28-21-25-26-25-26-28-27-23)

22 New York Giants (24-28-28-21-18-13-15-17-19)

23 St. Louis (21-30-27-29-29-27-25-22-27)

24 Washington (20-25-21-22-26-25-27-26-22)

25 Carolina (17-17-14-19-21-16-17-23-24)

26 Chicago (8-20-13-8-13-19-14-24-25)

27 Atlanta (13-9-15-11-17-21-22-25-26)

28 Tennessee (29-22-26-27-28-28-26-28-28)

FOURTH TIER

29 Jacksonville (31-27-29-30-31-31-30-29-29)

30 Tampa Bay (25-29-30-32-30-30-31-31-30) 

31 New York Jets (27-23-23-25-27-29-29-30-31)

32 Oakland (32-32-32-31-32-32-32-32-32)

BIGGEST RISERS: Detroit and Pittsburgh (5 spots), Indianapolis, Miami and St. Louis (4 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: San Diego (7 spots), San Francisco (6 spots), Dallas and Denver and New York Giants (3 spots)

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

1 NFC West 40

2 AFC North 56

3 AFC East 59

4 NFC East 60

5 NFC North 64

6 AFC West 65

7 AFC South 83

8 NFC South 99

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1T NFC 263

1T AFC 263

Lounge on YouTube: 2014 NFL Week 9 preview

By Rick Morris

Here is Mini-Episode #483 of THE FDH LOUNGE, previewing Week 9 of the 2014 NFL season with FDH Lounge Dignitary and Vegas handicapping veteran Kyle Ross.

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