FDH 2018 Week 11 NFL power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 LA Rams (2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1)

2 New Orleans (10-17-5-3-3-2-2-2-2)

3 Kansas City (5-3-2-2-2-4-4-4-4)

4 New England (4-7-11-7-5-3-3-3-3)

5 LA Chargers (14-13-14-14-11-8-8-8-6)

6 Pittsburgh (11-14-7-16-7-6-6-6-7)

7 Carolina (8-11-4-4-4-9-7-5-5)

SECOND TIER

8 Minnesota (1-2-6-8-6-5-5-7-8)

9 Chicago (18-18-19-12-12-12-13-10-10)

10 Houston (22-26-28-22-17-18-11-11-11)

11 Philadelphia (3-4-3-5-8-7-9-9-9)

THIRD TIER

12 Washington (21-23-20-20-26-21-15-14-15)

13 Green Bay (6-5-8-9-14-14-14-16-16)

14 Tennessee (23-22-17-13-16-19-22-23-23)

15 Cincinnati (25-10-15-11-9-11-12-13-12)

16 Seattle (20-24-21-19-21-17-18-12-13)

17 Indianapolis (27-21-22-23-24-27-24-20-20)

18 Atlanta (9-9-10-15-15-15-17-17-14)

19 Baltimore (12-12-12-6-13-10-10-15-17)

20 Denver (16-15-18-18-18-20-20-18-18)

21 Dallas (26-25-25-25-28-22-23-24-24)

22 Miami (17-16-9-17-19-16-19-21-21)

23 Jacksonville (7-6-13-10-10-13-16-19-19)

24 Cleveland (28-27-23-24-20-25-27-27-27)

FOURTH TIER

25 Detroit (31-30-26-27-23-24-21-22-22)

26 Tampa Bay (13-8-16-21-22-26-26-26-26)

27 Buffalo (32-32-29-29-27-28-28-28-28)

28 NY Jets (15-20-24-26-25-23-25-25-25)

FIFTH TIER

29 Arizona (30-31-31-32-31-31-31-29-29)

30 NY Giants (24-28-27-30-30-30-30-31-31)

31 San Francisco (19-19-30-31-32-29-29-30-30)

32 Oakland (29-29-32-28-29-32-32-32-32)

BIGGEST RISERS: Tennessee (9 spots), Cleveland, Dallas, Indianapolis and Washington (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Atlanta and Jacksonville (4 spots), Cincinnati, Detroit, NY Jets and Seattle (3 spots)

RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM

1 NFC South 53

2 NFC North 55

3 AFC West 60

4 AFC North 64

4T AFC South 64

6 NFC East 74

7 NFC West 77

8 AFC East 81

NFC 259

AFC 269

Lounge on YouTube: 2018 Week 10 fantasy football preview

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FDH Lounge Mini-Episode #1061 previews Week 10 of the 2018 NFL season.

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Lounge on YouTube: 2018 midterm elections review

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FDH Lounge Mini-Episode #1060 reviews the 2018 midterm elections with epolitics.com proprietor Colin Delany.

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FDH Top 4 and Next 4 for College Football Playoff Week 12

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

1 Alabama (1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1)

2 Clemson (4-3-3-7-5-4-3-2-2)

3 Notre Dame (OUT-7-7-6-3-2-3-3)

4 Michigan (OUT-OUT-OUT-OUT-OUT-7-5-5-4)

5 Georgia (3-2-2-4-4-8-7-6-5)

6 Oklahoma (5-5-5-OUT-OUT-OUT-8-7-6)

7 West Virginia (OUT-OUT-OUT-8-6-OUT-OUT-7)

8 Washington State (OUT-OUT-OUT-OUT-OUT-OUT-OUT-8)

2018 FDH Week 11 college football predictions

By Rick Morris

NOTE: 4-4-2 last week, 35-43-2 overall this year

Ohio State – 3 ½ over Michigan State

Florida -6 ½ over South Carolina

Kentucky -5 ½ over Tennessee

Alabama -23 ½ over Mississippi State

Auburn +14 over Georgia

FDH Top 4 and Next 4 for College Football Playoff Week 11

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

1 Alabama (1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1)

2 Clemson (4-3-3-7-5-4-3-2)

3 Notre Dame (OUT-7-7-6-3-2-3)

4 Michigan (OUT-OUT-OUT-OUT-OUT-7-5-5)

5 Georgia (3-2-2-4-4-8-7-6)

6 Oklahoma (5-5-5-OUT-OUT-OUT-8-7)

7 West Virginia (OUT-OUT-OUT-8-6-OUT-OUT)

8 Washington State (OUT-OUT-OUT-OUT-OUT-OUT-OUT)

NHL power rankings for start of November

By Rick Morris

1 Nashville

2 Tampa Bay

3 Winnipeg

4 Toronto

5 Minnesota

6 Vancouver

7 Edmonton

8 Colorado

9 Calgary

10 Boston

11 NY Islanders

12 Pittsburgh

13 Montreal

14 Columbus

15 Buffalo

16 San Jose

17 Washington

18 Dallas

19 Carolina

20 Chicago

21 Anaheim

22 Arizona

23 Ottawa

24 Philadelphia

25 Vegas

26 St. Louis

27 New Jersey

28 New York Rangers

29 Detroit

30 Florida

31 Los Angeles

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

1 CENTRAL 11.57

2 ATLANTIC 15.75

3 PACIFIC 17.13

4 METROPOLITAN 19

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 WEST 28.70

2 EAST 34.75

Lounge on YouTube: 2018 Week 9 fantasy football preview

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THE FANTASYDRAFTHELP.COM INSIDER previews Week 9 of the 2018 NFL season.

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FDH Lounge Mini-Episode #1058 previews Week 9 of the 2018 NFL season.

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2018 FDH Week 10 college football predictions

By Rick Morris

NOTE: 3-7 last week, 31-39 overall this year

Ohio State -18 over Nebraska

Georgia -9 over Kentucky

Texas -2 over West Virginia

Michigan -12 ½ over Penn State

Notre Dame -10 over Northwestern

LSU +14 ½ over Alabama

Iowa +2 ½ over Purdue

Stanford +10 over Washington

Michigan State -3 over Maryland

Florida -6 ½ over Missouri

2018 FDH Midseason NFL UQB Rankings

By Rick Morris

This is the updated midseason version of The FDH Lounge’s Ultimate Quantitative Baseline rankings for 2018.  It’s a mashup of the following rankings: our updated power rankings, a metric that is ½ of our power rankings and ½ strength of schedule, offensive yards, defensive yards, DVOA, offensive DVOA, defensive DVOA and special teams DVOA.  These rankings are counterintuitive in many ways in terms of a surface view, but they offer a comprehensive look at where every team is at midseason.

 

	TOP TIER
1	LA Rams	43
	SECOND TIER
2	Kansas City	68
3	Carolina	77
	THIRD TIER
4T	Chicago	89
4T	Baltimore	89
6	New England	94
7T	New Orleans	95
7T	Seattle	95
9	Pittsburgh	97
10	Denver	103
11	Houston	106
12	LA Chargers	107
13	Jacksonville	109
14	Washington	114
	FOURTH TIER
15	Minnesota	124
16	Green Bay	125
17	Dallas	137
18	Cincinnati	139
19T	Philadelphia	143
19T	Indianapoilis	143
21	Atlanta	145
	FIFTH TIER
22T	Miami	159
22T	Buffalo	159
24	Tennessee	167
25	NY Jets	170
26	Detroit	174
27	NY Giants	177
28	Tampa Bay	184
29	Arizona	186
30	Oakland	192
31	Cleveland	195
32	San Francisco	198