Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Final Power Rankings (and Playoff Picks)

Below serve my final power rankings of the year.  I decided to take into account week 17 games, there were a number of teams resting their starters at points, but no big swings in win / losses (Jets losing to Buffalo or Atlanta losing to Carolina, for instance).

Rank Team Power Ranking
1 New England Patriots 1.000
2 Atlanta Falcons 0.874
3 Chicago Bears 0.839
4 New York Jets 0.826
5 Baltimore Ravens 0.821
6 Pittsburgh Steelers 0.817
7 Green Bay Packers 0.797
8 Philadelphia Eagles 0.756
9 New Orleans Saints 0.708
10 Indianapolis Colts 0.701
11 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 0.687
12 New York Giants 0.684
13 Kansas City Chiefs 0.654
14 San Diego Chargers 0.654
15 Miami Dolphins 0.652
16 Tennessee Titans 0.643
17 Cleveland Browns 0.640
18 Oakland Raiders 0.629
19 Jacksonville Jaguars 0.629
20 Minnesota Vikings 0.614
21 Detroit Lions 0.613
22 St. Louis Rams 0.597
23 Washington Redskins 0.594
24 Seattle Seahawks 0.586
25 Dallas Cowboys 0.586
26 Houston Texans 0.583
27 San Francisco 49ers 0.558
28 Arizona Cardinals 0.535
29 Buffalo Bills 0.535
30 Cincinnati Bengals 0.529
31 Denver Broncos 0.519
32 Carolina Panthers 0.442


As for playoff picks: I'm basing this solely on power rankings.  No previous years' experience, no home field advantage, no resting of starters, etc.

Saints over Seahawks
Jets over Colts
Packers over Eagles
Ravens over Chiefs

All visiting teams wins, book it.