Division Breakdown
Wk 00
Wk 01
Wk 02
Wk 03
NFC E
10.10
9.82
11.61
12.38
AFC E
14.88
14.79
14.14
14.54
NFC N
17.21
16.63
17.07
14.71
AFC N
15.85
15.93
15.55
14.93
AFC S
13.83
15.55
16.88
16.57
NFC S
15.69
17.30
16.48
17.75
AFC W
22.13
21.21
20.66
19.98
NFC W
22.27
20.73
19.55
21.14
NFC AVG
16.32
16.12
16.18
16.50
AFC AVG
16.67
16.87
16.81
16.50
These are the newly updated breakdown of divisions. It is simply an average of the ranking averages for all the teams in the division. The divisions are ordered from strongest to weakest based on the week 3 rankings. [...]
I was actually quite surprised at how many sources already had their post-week-3-games Power Rankings (some call it Week 4) posted before noon.
The list is below. We will update this post with commentary once we’ve got all our sources. Until then, enjoy.
Week 2009.03
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L#
Team
Record
Div
AVG
LAV
Δ
σ
WI
FO
SA
PF
US
CV
As you can see, I was able to create the source accuracy engine. Interestingly, ESPN’s readers currently lead the overall standings, thanks to an impressive 15-1 record in Week 1.
Personally, I’m interested to see who ends up being the most accurate. I’m also toying with the idea of weighting the rankings each week [...]
Division Breakdown
Wk 00
Wk 01
Wk 02
NFC E
10.10
9.82
11.61
AFC E
14.88
14.79
14.14
AFC N
15.85
15.93
15.55
NFC S
15.69
17.30
16.48
AFC S
13.83
15.55
16.88
NFC N
17.21
16.63
17.07
NFC W
22.27
20.73
19.55
AFC W
22.13
21.21
20.66
NFC AVG
16.32
16.12
16.18
AFC AVG
16.67
16.87
16.81
These are the newly updated breakdown of divisions. It is simply an average of the ranking averages for all the teams in the division. The divisions are ordered from strongest to weakest based on the week 2 rankings. [...]
Now that our Week 2 Power Rankings are complete, we can get on with the Power Picks for Week 3. Here they are, sorted by the most interesting matchups.
Week 2009.03
Picks
Visitor
Home
Picks
HFA
Quality
09
ATL
NEP
04
0.69
8.73
00
SFO
MIN
13
-5.46
14.04
10
IND
ARI
03
8.77
19.46
10
CHI
SEA
03
3.77
22.19
11
PIT
CIN
02
9.00
22.73
00
TEN
NYJ
13
-12.46
23.85
13
NOS
BUF
00
15.54
27.15
00
MIA
SDC
13
-11.31
28.81
01
JAC
HOU
12
-7.69
29.92
13
DEN
OAK
00
9.38
30.31
00
CAR
DAL
13
-13.77
33.35
13
WAS
DET
00
8.38
34.27
00
KCC
PHI
13
-18.62
37.92
13
GBP
STL
00
15.38
38.69
13
NYG
TBB
00
25.46
40.73
00
CLE
BAL
13
-24.69
42.12
Best Matchups
Based on our Quality Quotient, the most interesting matchups for Week 3 are:
Falcons @ Pats
Niners @ Vikings
Colts @ Cardinals
Key
Pick
The number of Power Rankings that [...]
I doubt it, but you may be thinking to yourself, man this site is in a state of flux. You are correct, sir. Please bear with us as we introduce some more stylistic evolutions of the site, as well as some automation thanks to PHP and MySQL.
Our hopes are that the [...]
Tuesday is the day for Power Rankings. Park it here while we compile all the biggest rankings from around the web, average them out and give you all that stat goodness you love. We’ll post more commentary once we’ve got more for Week 2 (some call it Week 3):
Week 2009.02
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L#
Team
Record
Div
AVG
LAV
Δ
σ
WI
FO
SA
PF
US
CV
Week 2009.02
Picks
Visitor
Home
Picks
HFA
Quality
07
BAL
SDC
06
-0.62
8.69
03
NOS
PHI
10
-5.08
12.54
11
NYG
DAL
02
5.54
13.31
12
NEP
NYJ
01
10.31
18.38
07
SEA
SFO
06
1.69
18.77
10
ARI
JAC
03
5.00
24.04
13
PIT
CHI
00
14.85
24.58
12
IND
MIA
01
12.23
26.81
03
TBB
BUF
10
-4.31
28.38
01
CAR
ATL
12
-12.00
28.62
10
OAK
KCC
03
1.85
29.31
00
HOU
TEN
13
-13.00
29.42
00
CIN
GBP
13
-14.23
30.96
01
CLE
DEN
12
-7.46
33.12
00
STL
WAS
13
-12.46
37.69
13
MIN
DET
00
21.85
41.77
Here’s how the Power Picks work. If a Power Ranking ranks one team higher than their opponent this week, we count that as a pick by that Power Ranking. No home team advantage. Just if one team is ahead of the other. That’s it.
The “Home Team Favored?” Column represents not a point spread, [...]
Week 3 GameDay
Three Early Projections
Unlike the series of upsets we saw last week, this week the Power Ranking favorites took care of business… for the most part. A quick look at which results from today will have the most interesting effect on Power Rankings:
Detroit 19, Washington 14 (8.50 Power Rank favorites)
I start with the most historic victory [...]