NFL Power Rankings Week 11: Focus on the Pittsburgh Steelers

At my site—www.GuysNation.com—I do a weekly power ranking of all 32 NFL teams. 

It's a hugely subjective process in which I try to account for a team's strength of schedule, margin of victory, good wins and bad losses.

Where do the Pittsburgh Steelers currently rank?

After their Week 8 loss to the Saints, the Steelers were in the second spot.  It was a loss, but the victor was at home, just happened to win the Super Bowl last year and are making a resurgence after a shaky first part of the year.

In Week 9, the Steelers got back on track with a victory, and in an impressive fashion.  A win over a divisional opponent in a road game is big.  I don't care what the records of the teams are; when it comes to division games, you basically flip a coin. 

Though the Steelers did let the Bengals make a comeback in that game, undoubtedly giving some Terrible Towel Wavers some heartburn as they put the game in the hands of Carson Palmer on the last drive in the final minutes of the game.  With the Patriots losing by 20 to the Browns in Week 9, the Steelers had reclaimed the top spot. 

Week 10 had the big showdown between two of the teams I've had in the Top 5 for the majority of the time I've been doing my Power Rankings, and with the loss, obviously the Steelers gave up the #1 ranking. 

Just how far did they drop, though? 

Keep in mind that losses at home are far more devastating than road losses, as elite teams should be determined to win at least the 8 games played that season on their home turf.  The Steelers had the home field advantage and came up short.  With the Falcons winning their game, the Packers having a bye week and the Jets picking up a win, the Top 5 might've shaken up quite a bit.

For the complete rankings and analysis, check out the article on my website, www.GuysNation.com!  Unlike Power Rankings you see elsewhere, your comments could help persuade me to rank your team better after Week 11!

You also might like the dueling NFL Week 11 picks article on GuysNation.com, a new feature where the games on a given week's NFL schedule are debated amongst myself and another author on my site.