NFL Power Rankings Week 12: Focus on the Oakland Raiders

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 Oakland Raiders currently rank?

I'll admit it, I was starting to buy into the Oakland Raiders.  Leading into their bye week, they were on a good three-game streak.  They got a HUGE victory in lopsided fashion against the Broncos in Denver.  They followed that up by getting another lopsided win, this time while hosting the Seahawks.  Their Week 9 victory over the Chiefs wasn't by a large margin, but the Chiefs are a good team.

Following the bye week, I had hoped they would show up better than this against the Pittsburgh Steelers...

but they didn't. 

The Steelers are a top-tier team, so I can't blame many teams for losing to them, especially when the game is played in Pennsylvania, but I had hoped for more than just a field goal for the Silver & Black.  I also had thought the Oakland defense would fare better than allowing 35 points.

So Oakland's not an elite team.  I think we all pretty much assumed that much.  They were at number 11 a week ago and that was probably a little too generous.  Where did they drop to after their lopsided loss to the Steelers?

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 12!