NFL Power Rankings Week 6

NFL Power Rankings

10/7/2008 Rankings

By Paul Bessire, WhatIfSports.com

October 7th, 2008

WhatIfSports.com utilizes its NFL football simulation engine to present the most comprehensive, deterministic and unbiased ranking of all 32 teams. We simulated every possible match-up in the NFL 100 times, and used the winning percentages from those nearly 50,000 games to evaluate all every team. All 32 teams are ranked below with their average points for and against from the simulated games. Simulations are based on strength-of-schedule-adjusted stats and updated depth charts so significant week-to-week changes could occur.

Teams Ranked by Winning Percentage
(everyone plays everyone 100 times)

	Team	Change	Win Pct	PF/G	PA/G
1.	New York Giants	0	95.6%	34.6	8.2
2.	Washington Redskins	+3	81.1%	31.6	13.5
3.	Dallas Cowboys	+1	78.9%	32.0	21.0
4.	Carolina Panthers	+6	76.3%	28.0	12.7
5.	Tennessee Titans	-3	73.8%	24.2	14.5
6.	Chicago Bears	+1	72.0%	25.2	18.3
7.	Miami Dolphins	+8	70.6%	26.8	18.6
8.	Philadelphia Eagles	-2	70.2%	30.4	19.5
9.	New York Jets	+4	65.8%	27.7	20.0
10.	Pittsburgh Steelers	-1	65.6%	26.0	16.8
11.	Buffalo Bills	-8	62.7%	24.0	22.0
12.	Arizona Cardinals	+13	62.1%	27.8	20.4
13.	New Orleans Saints	+1	59.9%	27.5	22.8
14.	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	-3	56.4%	26.5	20.2
15.	Atlanta Falcons	+6	55.9%	25.7	26.3
16.	San Diego Chargers	-8	54.5%	28.2	23.3
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PF/G	PA/G
17.	Denver Broncos	-1	53.9%	25.4	26.0
18.	New England Patriots	+4	49.6%	25.1	25.0
19.	Oakland Raiders	0	49.4%	25.8	26.3
20.	Minnesota Vikings	-2	45.0%	24.0	25.7
21.	Green Bay Packers	-1	42.4%	24.3	29.4
22.	Baltimore Ravens	-5	39.9%	20.6	20.9
23.	Indianapolis Colts	-11	38.7%	23.3	29.7
24.	San Francisco 49ers	+3	38.1%	24.5	27.2
25.	Kansas City Chiefs	-1	25.9%	21.0	33.7
26.	Jacksonville Jaguars	-3	24.0%	19.6	27.9
27.	Cleveland Browns	+1	19.9%	16.4	33.9
28.	Cincinnati Bengals	+3	19.1%	16.0	33.8
29.	Houston Texans	0	18.2%	22.4	32.8
30.	Seattle Seahawks	-4	13.9%	17.8	34.8
31.	Detroit Lions	-1	10.5%	16.4	40.6
32.	St. Louis Rams	0	9.9%	16.4	39.3

Paul Bessire is the Senior Quantitative Analyst and Content Manager for WhatIfSports.com and a member of the Pro Football Writers of America. With any comments, questions or topic suggestions, Paul can be reached at [e-mail]. Thanks!