Tennessee Titans Have Something To Shout About: No. 1 Spot in My Power Poll

There are many Power Polls that attempt to rank the NFL teams from 1-32, but most of these do not use any kind of formula to rank the teams. That's why I devised my own Power Poll, which takes into account the quality of wins (or losses) to determine each team's Adjusted Winning Percentage (AWP).

The AWP is determined by adding the number of wins of each team a particular team has beaten, and then you add the number of losses for each team a particular team has lost to. This gives you a team's opponents win-loss record.

For example, the 12 teams that the New York Giants have beaten have a combined 89 wins.

The three teams they lost to have 23.5 losses. That gives the Giants an opponents win-loss record of 89-23.5. As a final calculation, I then add a team's number of wins to its opponents number of wins and divide that figure by 200 to get a win adjustment ranking.

I add the Opponents win-loss percentage to the adjustment factor to come up with the AWP: Adjusted Winning Percentage.

Key: OW - Opponents Wins; OL - Opponents losses; AW - Average No. of wins of defeated opponents; AL - Average number of losses of opponents lost to; OWP - OW/(OW OL); Winadj. - OW/200; AWP - OWP Win adj.

Teepack's takes: Showdown Sunday did not disappoint, as the Giants and Titans scored major victories to give each team home field advantage throughout the playoffs.

Even though the Titans have moved back atop the Power Poll, I think that the eventual AFC champion is going to have to contend with the Indianapolis Colts at some point in the playoffs, and that can't be a pleasant thought - even for Tennessee. The Colts have battled injuries to key offensive players—Peyton Manning, Jeff Saturday, Joseph Addai and Marvin Harrison—throughout the season, but are starting to put it together at just the right time.

The Colts have quietly put together a championship-caliber defense, too—even with Bob Sanders being in and out of the lineup. Indianapolis ranks eighth in points allowed and is 11th in yards allowed.

Don't be surprised if the Super Bowl isn't a rematch of the 1958 NFL championship game between the Colts and Giants, a contest that is considered by many the greatest game ever played and is credited with creating great fan interest in the NFL.

I couldn't get the code to work, so I'll just post the link to where I keep the entire poll on my Web site. Check it out and let me know what you think.

Teepack's Power Poll