Well, I’ve decided I kinda like my new formula for determining NFL power rankings. I made a small tweak since last week’s rankings but it was only in the math behind it, not in anything you’ll see here. To give a brief explanation, I tried to make all of the pieces a little more balanced and had them weighted into the formula in margins that seemed more fair. I don’t know how much sense that will make, but I don’t know how else to explain it and it was such a slight change that I really don’t think it will matter to anybody. If you’d like a better understanding of the formula as a whole you can either look at last week’s post, leave a comment, send an email or any combination of the three and I’ll be happy to answer most any questions you have. Like I said the last two times, the “Score” column is just the number that my formula spit out. I don’t actually think the Titans are over five times better than the Panthers, the “Score” does not reflect the teams in that way. But here it is:
| Rank | LW | Team | W | L | SOS | PD/G | Avg Rnk | Score |
| 1 | 1 | Tennessee | 7 | 0 | 41.77 | 13.29 | 1.25 | 949.3724 |
| 2 | 2 | NY Giants | 6 | 1 | 43.89 | 10.86 | 1.75 | 558.5418 |
| 3 | 6 | Carolina | 6 | 2 | 49.63 | 5.88 | 4.31 | 181.2574 |
| 4 | 3 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 2 | 48.67 | 6.43 | 4.31 | 173.7495 |
| 5 | 7 | Washington | 6 | 2 | 49.53 | 2.50 | 4.38 | 149.6514 |
| 6 | 5 | Tampa Bay | 5 | 3 | 52.75 | 6.25 | 8.69 | 81.1174 |
| 7 | 4 | Buffalo | 5 | 2 | 44.26 | 3.14 | 7.38 | 78.3085 |
| 8 | 10 | Philadelphia | 4 | 3 | 52.49 | 8.14 | 9.00 | 77.5448 |
| 9 | 14 | Dallas | 5 | 3 | 50.20 | 2.25 | 8.63 | 63.2047 |
| 10 | 11 | New England | 5 | 2 | 42.55 | 3.00 | 8.81 | 62.5101 |
| 11 | 9 | Chicago | 4 | 3 | 49.56 | 6.57 | 13.06 | 47.0387 |
| 12 | 8 | Arizona | 4 | 3 | 54.21 | 4.14 | 13.63 | 43.8065 |
| 13 | 13 | Green Bay | 4 | 3 | 45.51 | 5.00 | 12.13 | 43.1641 |
| 14 | 20 | Baltimore | 4 | 3 | 48.71 | 3.43 | 16.13 | 32.0264 |
| 15 | 19 | New Orleans | 4 | 4 | 50.41 | 2.63 | 16.38 | 27.3215 |
| 16 | 12 | Atlanta | 4 | 3 | 48.02 | -0.14 | 17.00 | 24.1829 |
| 17 | 21 | NY Jets | 4 | 3 | 42.41 | 1.71 | 18.75 | 21.7647 |
| 18 | 18 | Denver | 4 | 3 | 47.08 | -3.14 | 16.50 | 19.5366 |
| 19 | 17 | San Diego | 3 | 5 | 52.75 | 3.13 | 18.94 | 19.0631 |
| 20 | 16 | Indianapolis | 3 | 4 | 53.85 | -1.86 | 16.88 | 18.1454 |
| 21 | 15 | Jacksonville | 3 | 4 | 56.05 | -1.43 | 18.75 | 17.5471 |
| 22 | 23 | Cleveland | 3 | 4 | 54.46 | -1.14 | 20.88 | 15.6332 |
| 23 | 24 | Miami | 3 | 4 | 52.65 | -0.14 | 22.63 | 14.9419 |
| 24 | 22 | Minnesota | 3 | 4 | 52.17 | -1.86 | 22.25 | 13.3326 |
| 25 | 25 | Houston | 3 | 4 | 46.30 | -1.43 | 23.31 | 11.6580 |
| 26 | 28 | Seattle | 2 | 5 | 49.74 | -5.71 | 28.44 | 4.7029 |
| 27 | 26 | San Francisco | 2 | 6 | 47.86 | -7.38 | 27.25 | 3.4029 |
| 28 | 27 | Oakland | 2 | 5 | 48.81 | -10.00 | 27.88 | 2.5640 |
| 29 | 29 | St. Louis | 2 | 5 | 58.00 | -12.71 | 26.06 | 1.5328 |
| 30 | 31 | Kansas City | 1 | 6 | 56.55 | -13.43 | 29.75 | 0.4607 |
| 31 | 30 | Cincinnati | 0 | 8 | 57.89 | -14.13 | 31.31 | 0.0185 |
| 32 | 32 | Detroit | 0 | 7 | 49.70 | -14.00 | 31.63 | 0.0177 |
Legend: W-Wins, L-Losses, SOS-Strength of Schedule, PD/G- Point Differential per Game, Score-The number my formula gave me for each team.
Let me know what you think of my formula.
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