Week 6 Power Rankings

Based on my NFL ratings system: http://sportsandstats.blogspot.com/2006/10/my-nfl-ratings-system.html

Week 6 Top 10:

The Chicago Bears lost a few points by falling behind San Diego in Points For, but, otherwise, even despite their near loss to Arizona, they still outpace the crowd. The cream is rising to the top though, as San Diego passes up Indianpolis to be the number 2 team. Indy on a bye falls to 3. New Orleans jumps from 7 to 4, and New England held on to 5th.

Rank Team                      Points (100 point system)
1.   Chicago Bears             97.5   (LW: 1st, 99.5)
2.   San Diego Chargers        85.5   (LW: 3rd, 72)
3.   Indianapolis Colts        74.5   (LW: 2nd, 74)
4.   New Orleans Saints        70     (LW: 7th, 58)
5.   New England Patriots      69.5   (LW: 5th, 68.5)
6.   Denver Broncos            62.5   (LW: 8th, 57)
7.   Philadelphia Eagles       61.5   (LW: 4th, 71)
8.   Jacksonville Jaguars      59     (LW: 9th, 56)
9.   Dallas Cowboys            56     (LW: 15th, 35.5)
10.  Baltimore Ravens          55.5   (LW: 6th, 66.5)

Dropped out of top 10: Atlanta Falcons (16th, rating from 52 to 38.5)

The teams they didn't register any points list loses Tampa Bay this week:

Texans, Packers, Browns, Raiders and Titans.

Week 5 NFL Ratings

Based on my NFL ratings system: http://sportsandstats.blogspot.com/2006/10/my-nfl-ratings-system.html

Week 5 Top 10:

The Chicago Bears are about as perfect as you can be considering there is still another undefeated team (so, Chicago has to share the winning pct point with the Colts). Otherwise, they are first in every category. After that the Colts are 2nd, but, they are ranked very closely with the Chargers and Eagles.

Rank Team                      Points (100 point system)
1.   Chicago Bears             99.5
2.   Indianapolis Colts        74
3.   San Diego Chargers        72
4.   Philadelphia Eagles       71
5.   New England Patriots      68.5
6.   Baltimore Ravens          66.5
7.   New Orleans Saints        58
8.   Denver Broncos            57
9.   Jacksonville Jaguars      56
10.  Atlanta Falcons           52

The teams they didn't register any points:

Texans, Packers, Browns, Raiders, Titans and Buccaneers.

Yes, the Lions are not a "bottom of the barrel" team in our rankings, thanks to tieing for 20th in points for. I wouldn't get used to that though Lions fans.

My NFL Ratings System

My NFL team rating system is based on a somewhat simple ranking formula I use, but, I think it looks at the key factors (wins, offensive and defensive points, and some strength of schedule):

I rank the teams 1-20th place in 5 categories:
1. Winning Pct.
2. Points for per game
3. Points against per game
4. PF-PA per game
5. "Weighted Winning Pct." (Teams get the wins of the teams they beat added to their wins column, and the losses of the teams they lost to in their losses column, to determine this pct.)

In each category, the top team gets 20 pts, 2nd gets 19, etc. The bottom 12 get 0 points. Tie's split all points for the places they take up (e.g., a 3-way tie at 3rd, each team would get 17 points - splitting the 18,17,and 16 point positions equally).

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