2018 NFL rankings for impressiveness of victories

By Rick Morris

NOTE: These rankings are based on our final NFL power rankings for the 2018 season and our strength of schedule rankings.  The highest scores are the best ones.  Each number is composed by adding the strength of schedule rating to a stat strictly based on the number of victories attained by each team.  Playoff teams are denoted with an X.

1	New Orleans-X
2	Tennessee
3	LA Rams-X
4	Pittsburgh
5	Cincinnati
6	Philadelphia-X
7	Kansas City-X
8	LA Chargers-X
8	New England-X
10	Minnesota-X
11	Baltimore-X
11	Jacksonville
13	Dallas-X
14	Houston-X
15	Tampa Bay
16	Buffalo
17	Oakland
18	Cleveland
19	Detroit
20	Carolina
21	Seattle-X
21	Denver
23	NY Giants
24	Washington
25	Green Bay
25	NY Jets
27	Atlanta
28	Indianapoilis
29	Arizona
30	Chicago-X
31	San Francisco
32	Miami

2018 NFL strength of schedule rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: These rankings are based on our final NFL power rankings for the 2018 season.  Playoff teams are denoted with an X.

1	Cincinnati
2	Oakland
3	Jacksonville
4	Tampa Bay
5	Tennessee
6	Buffalo
7	NY Giants
8	Arizona
9	Detroit
10	NY Jets
11	Pittsburgh
11	Denver
13	Philadelphia-X
14	Carolina
15	Minnesota
15	Cleveland
17	San Francisco
18	Green Bay
18	Washington
20	New Orleans-X
21	Baltimore-X
22	Dallas-X
23	Atlanta
24	New England-X
25	LA Rams-X
26	Houston-X
27	Kansas City-X
27	Seattle-X
29	LA Chargers-X
30	Miami
31	Indianapoilis-X
32	Chicago-X

FDH 2018 end of regular season power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 New Orleans (10-17-5-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1)

2 Chicago (18-18-19-12-12-12-13-10-10-9-7-5-7-5-2-2)

3 LA Rams (2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-3)

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

5 LA Chargers (14-13-14-14-11-8-8-8-6-5-6-6-6-6-3-6)

6 Baltimore (12-12-12-6-13-10-10-15-17-19-13-14-13-11-9-5)

7 New England (4-7-11-7-5-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-3-4-6-7)

8 Seattle (20-24-21-19-21-17-18-12-13-16-11-10-9-8-10-8)

9 Houston (22-26-28-22-17-18-11-11-11-10-8-7-5-7-7-9)

10 Indianapolis (27-21-22-23-24-27-24-20-20-17-12-12-15-10-8-10)

11 Dallas (26-25-25-25-28-22-23-24-24-21-15-15-11-9-11-12)

12 Philadelphia (3-4-3-5-8-7-9-9-9-11-14-13-10-14-12-11)

SECOND TIER

13 Minnesota (1-2-6-8-6-5-5-7-8-8-9-9-12-15-14-13)

14 Cleveland (28-27-23-24-20-25-27-27-27-24-23-17-19-16-15-14)

15 Pittsburgh (11-14-7-16-7-6-6-6-7-6-5-8-8-13-13-15)

16 Tennessee (23-22-17-13-16-19-22-23-23-14-18-19-18-17-16-16)

THIRD TIER

17 Carolina (8-11-4-4-4-9-7-5-5-7-10-11-16-19-18-19)

18 Atlanta (9-9-10-15-15-15-17-17-14-18-20-20-22-28-28-25)

19 Buffalo (32-32-29-29-27-28-28-28-28-27-28-24-26-26-23-22)

20 Miami (17-16-9-17-19-16-19-21-21-22-22-22-17-12-17-18)

21 Green Bay (6-5-8-9-14-14-14-16-16-13-16-18-21-20-20-17)

22 Washington (21-23-20-20-26-21-15-14-15-12-21-23-24-25-21-23)

23 Denver (16-15-18-18-18-20-20-18-18-20-19-16-14-18-19-21)

24 NY Giants (24-28-27-30-30-30-30-31-31-30-26-28-28-23-26-24)

25 Jacksonville (7-6-13-10-10-13-16-19-19-23-25-27-20-21-22-20)

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

27 Cincinnati (25-10-15-11-9-11-12-13-12-15-17-21-23-27-24-26)

28 Tampa Bay (13-8-16-21-22-26-26-26-26-26-27-25-25-24-27-28)

29 NY Jets (15-20-24-26-25-23-25-25-25-28-29-29-30-29-29-29)

FOURTH TIER

30 Oakland (29-29-32-28-29-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-31-31-30)

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

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Atlanta (7 spots), Buffalo (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Jacksonville (5 spots), Green Bay (4 spots)

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

1 AFC South 60

2T NFC North 62

2T AFC North 62

2T AFC West 62

5 NFC South 64

6 NFC East 69

7 NFC West 74

8 AFC East 75

AFC 259

NFC 269

NBA power rankings for start of January

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Milwaukee (3-2-3)

2 Toronto (2-1-1)

SECOND TIER

3 Indiana (9-13-5)

4 Denver (8-5-2)

5 Golden State (1-7-4)

6 Philadelphia (10-6-6)

7 Oklahoma City (6-4-7)

THIRD TIER

8 Houston (14-15-17)

9 Portland (4-12-13)

10 San Antonio (15-20-18)

11 Boston (11-11-9)

12 LA Clippers (5-3-10)

13 LA Lakers (13-8-8)

14 Sacramento (19-18-16)

FOURTH TIER

15 Charlotte (20-21-21)

16 Miami (24-23-23)

17 Utah (18-22-20)

18 Dallas (21-14-11)

19 Memphis (7-10-12)

20 Detroit (16-9-14)

21 Minnesota (22-17-22)

FIFTH TIER

22 Brooklyn (23-26-24)

23 Orlando (17-19-19)

24 New Orleans (12-16-15)

SIXTH TIER

25 Washington (25-24-25)

SEVENTH TIER

26 Atlanta (29-27-29)

EIGHTH TIER

27 Chicago (26-28-27)

28 Phoenix (28-30-30)

29 New York (27-25-26)

30 Cleveland (30-29-28)

BIGGEST RISERS: Houston (9 spots), San Antonio (8 spots), Miami (7 spots), Charlotte (6 spots), Portland (4 spots), Atlanta and Utah (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: New Orleans (9 spots), Dallas and Memphis (7 spots), Detroit (6 spots), LA Lakers (5 spots), Orlando (4 spots), New York (3 spots)

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

1 WEST 199

2 EAST 256

NHL power rankings for start of January

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Tampa Bay (2-2-1-1)

SECOND TIER

2 Toronto (4-3-2-4)

3 Washington (17-17-8-6)

4 Winnipeg (3-4-6-3)

5 Vegas (25-28-22-8)

6 Calgary (9-9-7-2)

7 San Jose (16-12-13-11)

8 Pittsburgh (12-30-25-15)

9 Columbus (14-7-9-14)

10 Nashville (1-1-3-5)

11 New York Islanders (11-11-14-20)

12 Montreal (13-13-17-12)

13 Vancouver (6-15-27-19)

14 Boston (10-10-12-16)

15 Buffalo (15-5-4-9)

16 Colorado (8-16-5-10)

17 Anaheim (21-23-10-7)

18 Dallas (18-8-11-17)

THIRD TIER

19 Edmonton (7-21-21-13)

20 Chicago (20-25-29)

21 Minnesota (5-6-16-18)

22 New York Rangers (28-14-15-21)

23 Carolina (19-24-18-22)

24 St. Louis (26-27-31)

25 Florida (30-26-26-25)

26 New Jersey (27-29-28)

27 Arizona (22-22-23-26)

28 Los Angeles (31-31-30)

29 Detroit (29-18-19-23)

30 Ottawa (23-20-20-24)

31 Philadelphia (24-19-24)

BIGGEST RISERS: Chicago and New York Islanders (9 spots), Pittsburgh (7 spots), Vancouver (6 spots), Columbus (5 spots), San Jose (4 spots), Vegas and Washington (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Anaheim (10 spots), Philadelphia and St. Louis (7 spots), Buffalo, Colorado, Detroit, Edmonton and Ottawa (6 spots), Nashville (5 spots), Calgary (4 spots), Minnesota (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 ATLANTIC 12.88

2 PACIFIC 15.25

3 CENTRAL 16.14

4 METROPOLITAN 16.63

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 EAST 29.51

2 WEST 31.39