NFL Power Rankings: Week 5

This week the Ravens take the lead in a highly contested spot.

Place	Team (1st Place)	Points	Last Week
1	Ravens (3)	220	2
2	Steelers (2)	215	3
3	Jets (2)	214	1
4	Falcons	202	6
5	Colts	194	9
6	Patriots	186	8
7	Bears	178	11
8	Saints	171	5
9	Packers	166	4
10	Giants	162	17
11	Chiefs	150	10
12	Titans	145	16
13	Redskins	142	19
14	Texans	141	7
15	Eagles	130	20
16	Buccaneers	116	25
17	Dolphins	110	14
18	Jaguars	98	23
19	Chargers	96	12
20	Cardinals	92	26
21	Cowboys	87	15
22	Vikings	80	18
23	Bengals	72	13
24	Broncos	70	21
25	Seahawks	51	24
26	Raiders	51	28
27	Rams	45	22
28	Lions	41	30
29	Browns	29	27
30	49ers	20	29
31	Panthers	15	31
32	Bills	7	32

The Bears and Giants are the new additions to the Top 10. They replace the Texans and the Chiefs, who fall to 14th and 11th, respectively. Shuffling in the Top 10 is evident, as the Saints fall a few spots. But the Bengals fell the most–10 spots. And the Bills were unanimously voted for–in last place.

Risers:

Buccaneers	9
Giants	7
Redskins	6
Cardinals	6

Fallers:

Bengals	-10
Texans	-7
Chargers	-7
Cowboys	-6

ProFootballTalk.NbcSports.com, CBSSports.com, FOXSports.com, USATODAY.com, NFL.com, and espn.com were used in the making of these rankings.

Comment on where YOU think the teams should land! Or yell at me because my rankings don’t place your team up high. Enjoy.

NFL Power Rankings: Week 4

Apologies for missing last week’s rankings, but I made sure this week’s were on time! As a bonus, I’ll let you see how I voted.

Place	Team (1st Place)	Points	Me
1	Jets (3)	214	Jets
2	Ravens (3)	212	Steelers
3	Steelers (1)	210	Saints
4	Packers	204	Packers
5	Saints	201	Falcons
6	Falcons	196	Ravens
7	Texans	181	Patriots
8	Patriots	172	Texans
9	Colts	172	Colts
10	Chiefs	161	Bears
11	Bears	148	Chiefs
12	Chargers	143	Chargers
13	Bengals	118	Bengals
14	Dolphins	138	Titans
15	Cowboys	121	Vikings
16	Titans	117	Giants
17	Giants	114	Redskins
18	Vikings	111	Eagles
19	Redskins	107	Cowboys
20	Eagles	105	Broncos
21	Broncos	81	Dolphins
22	Rams	73	Buccaneers
23	Jaguars	68	Jaguars
24	Seahawks	65	Seahawks
25	Buccaneers	63	Rams
26	Cardinals	52	Cardinals
27	Browns	44	Browns
28	Raiders	32	Raiders
29	49ers	28	49ers
30	Lions	20	Panthers
31	Panthers	18	Lions
32	Bills	7	Bills

The Jets take the lead in a hotly contested race this week. Voters split between the Ravens and the Jets, and one lone dissident proclaimed the Steelers masters of the world. Meanwhile, the Packers, Saints, and Falcons are the best in the NFC. The Texans and Patriots took 7th and 8th respectively. In a surprising move, the Chiefs are now one place ahead of the Colts in the rankings.

Risers:

None this week, because there were no rankings last week!

Fallers:

See above.

ProFootballTalk.NbcSports.com, CBSSports.com, FOXSports.com, USATODAY.com, NFL.com, and espn.com were used in the making of these rankings.

NFL Power Rankings: Week 2

Sorry about the lateness of this week’s rankings.

The Saints were almost unanimously voted into first place, while the Bills were voted unanimously–into last place.

Place	Team (1st Place)	Points	Last Week
1	Saints (6)	223	1
2	Packers (1)	216	2
3	Texans	208	6
4	Steelers	202	7
5	Colts	191	5
6	Dolphins	182	14
7	Jets	176	11
8	Patriots	170	3
9	Bears	156	21
10	Bengals	155	16
11	Falcons	152	15
12	Chargers	151	13
13	Ravens	135	4
14	Titans	125	10
15	Giants	114	12
16	Eagles	114	18
17	Chiefs	113	23
18	Redskins	112	17
19	Buccaneers	103	28
20	Cowboys	94	9
21	Vikings	93	8
22	Broncos	79	25
23	Jaguars	75	20
24	Cardinals	66	19
25	Seahawks	56	22
26	49ers	53	24
27	Raiders	45	29
28	Panthers	34	26
29	Lions	32	27
30	Browns	21	30
31	Rams	18	31
32	Bills	7	32

The Saints stayed in first, while the Packers stayed put in second. behind them are the Texans, who moved up a few with their defeat of the Redskins last week. Then come the Steelers and the Colts. After them, the Dolphins, Jets, and Patriots, all from the AFC East. The Bears and the Bengals finish up the top 10, with only a point separating them.

Risers

Bears	12
Buccaneers	9
Dolphins	8
Bengals	6
Chiefs	6

Fallers

Vikings	-13
Cowboys	-11
Ravens	-9
Patriots	-5
Titans	-4

The Bears fly up the rankings, from 21st all the way to ninth. The Buccaneers go from 28th to 19th. The Vikings, Cowboys, and Ravens all fall hard, with the Vikings down to 21st, the Cowboys to 20th, and the Ravens to 13th.

NBCSports.com, CBSSports.com, FOXSports.com, USATODAY.com, NFL.com, and espn.com were used in the making of these rankings.

NFL Power Rankings: Week 1

This week the Saints stay on top despite an interesting twist:

Place	Team (1st Place)	Points	Last Week
1	Saints (3)	221	1
2	Packers (4)	217	3
3	Patriots	206	9
4	Ravens	203	5
5	Colts	189	2
6	Texans	182	13
7	Steelers	175	14
8	Vikings	172	6
9	Cowboys	162	4
10	Titans	158	18
11	Jets	155	8
12	Giants	153	17
13	Chargers	145	7
14	Dolphins	130	12
15	Falcons	129	10
16	Bengals	125	11
17	Redskins	120	19
18	Eagles	105	15
19	Cardinals	90	20
20	Jaguars	86	24
21	Bears	85	22
22	Seahawks	84	25
23	Chiefs	77	27
24	49ers	61	16
25	Broncos	55	21
26	Panthers	45	23
27	Lions	43	28
28	Buccaneers	42	30
29	Raiders	33	29
30	Browns	21	26
31	Rams	18	32
32	Bills	9	31

Even though the Packers had 4 first-place votes, they did not place well enough in the other 3 rankings to take the top spot from the Saints. The Colts only fell 3 spots, while the Patriots moved up 6 spots. The Texans and Steelers are new entries into the top 10, as are the Titans, who round it out.

High Risers:

Titans	8
Steelers	7
Texans	7
Patriots	6

Low Fallers:

49ers	-8
Cowboys	-5
Falcons	-5
Bengals	-5

NBCSports.com, CBSSports.com, FOXSports.com, USATODAY.com, NFL.com, and espn.com were used in the making of these rankings.

NFL Power Rankings: Preseason

It’s that time again! Time for weekly NFL rankings of all the teams.

This week:

Place	Team (1st Place)	Points
1	Saints (3)	220
2	Colts (2)	219
3	Packers (2)	203
4	Cowboys	200
5	Ravens	194
6	Vikings	190
7	Chargers	178
8	Jets	176
9	Patriots	173
10	Falcons	160
11	Bengals	159
12	Dolphins	136
13	Texans	136
14	Steelers	131
15	Eagles	127
16	49ers	122
17	Giants	117
18	Titans	111
19	Redskins	95
20	Cardinals	87
21	Broncos	80
22	Bears	79
23	Panthers	68
24	Jaguars	68
25	Seahawks	46
26	Browns	44
27	Chiefs	41
28	Lions	33
29	Raiders	31
30	Buccaneers	17
31	Bills	15
32	Rams	14

The Saints are on top like last year, and the Colts behind by only 1 point. Packers and Cowboys are fighting for the number 3 spot, and the Ravens round out the top 5. The Vikings are right behind them, as the Chargers Jets and Patriots are all separated by 5 points. The Falcons finish up at 10th.

This is still the preseason (until tomorrow night), so these rankings are loose, and have not been based on actual performance. True, there were the preseason games, but those mainly had backups playing, and did not offer a full glance at a starting lineup on a team.

Leave comments below on where you would have ranked the teams.

NBC Sports, CBS Sports.com, nfl.com, espn.com, usatoday.com, and foxsports.com were all used to make these Power Rankings.

Congratulations!

I would like to congratulate the New Orleans Saints on their recent Super Bowl win, as well as the city of New Orleans. They have finally received the confidence boost that they have needed for so long. Congratulations again, and I already can’t wait for next season!

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2009-10 NFL Preview

‘Twas the night before football and all through the house,

Not a creature was stirring, not even a fantasy football-exhausted computer mouse,

The father and sons slept with dreams of footballs in their heads,

The remotes were cleaned and the TV was shined,

Extra batteries by their chairs, chips and burgers smelled divine,

When all of a sudden… “Bwoooooooop”,

Power outage! Wait, it was just a dream. Well, here we are once again. The start of another amazing football season. A chance for the slate to be wiped clean. (I bet the Detroit Lions couldn’t wait.) And once again it’s time for my NFL Preview Post “Fake studio applause”. I’m your host, thisoldsoul.

AFC East: I will take the Patriots here. They would have won the division last year, had it not been for Tom Brady’s injury. The Jets, Dolphins, and Bills just can’t contest this year. Possible wild card for 1 of those 3.

AFC North: This will be contested between the Steelers and Ravens. The Bengals will fight valiantly but lose out, and the Browns will acknowledge another poor season. Steelers will most likely win, with Ravens being in the lead for a wild card.

AFC South: Titans vs. Colts here, with the Jaguars and Texans slipping in here and there.  Tough call but whatever team doesn’t win the division will win a wild card. Best guess: Titans. Texans may have a possible wild card.

AFC West: Plain and simple: Chargers. They may be slightly contested by the Broncos, but the Chiefs and Raiders will not even pose a threat.

AFC Wild Cards:  Colts and Ravens.

NFC East:  Quite possibly the strongest division in the NFL at this point. I will take the Giants here with Eagles and Cowboys, and quite possibly the Redskins in wild card contention.

NFC North: I’ll take the Packers, with the Vikings and Bears lurking in the wild card and possible division contention again. The Lions should pop champagne if they get one win, celebrate by going out to eat if there are two, and if they win three, they should sit around and just stare in amazement. Give them a clap. Or two if they deserve it.

NFC South: Falcons will most likely win, but Buccaneers, Panthers, and Saints should all contend also. Expect those four to fight to the finish.

NFC West: Flat out Cardinals here. Rams, Seahawks and 49ers will not even contend for anything. Except possibly first pick in next year’s draft.

NFC Wild Cards: Eagles and Vikings.

AFC Championship: Patriots over the Steelers. (Sorry, pal.)

NFC Championship: Eagles over the Giants.

Super Bowl: Patriots over the Eagles.