NFL Power Rankings - Week 2
The Seahawks barely beat a supposedly inferior team in Miami yet they still are the top team according to the GE model I devised. However, the delta between their GE number and the teams right behind them has diminished greatly so unless Seattle gets it act together quickly, we could see a shakeup in the rankings.
Here are the ranking by overall performance followed by offensive rankings and then defensive rankings. The change in ranking from the prior week is also displayed. FYI, these rankings are partly based on my pre-season projections and what happened during Week 1 of the NFL regular season (doesn't include stats from Thursday night's shootout between the NY Jets and Buffalo Bills).
Week 2
Total Performance
1 Seattle 1.821106615 Same
2 New England 1.688922343 Same
3 Cincinnati 1.368912142 Up 1
4 Kansas City 1.316896859 Down 1
5 Carolina 1.102825224 Up 1
6 Pittsburgh 1.018970294 Up 3
7 Green Bay 0.997439947 Down 2
8 Arizona 0.975222182 Down 1
9 Houston 0.869645139 Down 1
10 Minnesota 0.804268881 Up 1
11 NY Jets 0.511701603 Down 1
12 Dallas 0.339561988 Up 1
13 Buffalo 0.18169244 Down 1
14 Oakland 0.017105228 Up 3
15 NY Giants -0.042290347 Up 1
16 Denver -0.099662824 Down 2
17 Washington -0.286498436 Down 2
18 Detroit -0.287342102 Up 1
19 Baltimore -0.338643843 Up 2
20 Tampa Bay -0.351665766 Down 2
21 Philadelphia -0.499510894 Up 7
22 New Orleans -0.546067992 Same
23 Jacksonville -0.617376086 Up 1
24 Chicago -0.681434525 Down 1
25 San Diego -0.76073437 Same
26 Indianapolis -0.835565559 Up 1
27 San Francisco -0.858832068 Up 3
28 Los Angeles -0.866305602 Down 8
29 Tennessee -1.14686037 Down 3
30 Atlanta -1.22846066 Down 1
31 Miami -1.688849696 Up 1
32 Cleveland -1.878169745 Down 1
Week 2
Offense
1 Green Bay 1.187786234 Up 1
2 New England 1.176080965 Down 1
3 Arizona 0.7672312 Up 1
4 Seattle 0.685793817 Down 1
5 Dallas 0.657107833 Same
6 Kansas City 0.6482376 Up 1
7 Cincinnati 0.602087768 Down 1
8 Pittsburgh 0.537117098 Up 1
9 New Orleans 0.533530209 Up 1
10 Indianapolis 0.380828619 Up 4
11 Carolina 0.265361681 Down 3
12 Oakland 0.164403846 Up 8
13 Detroit 0.139576966 Up 8
14 Baltimore 0.125801635 Down 3
15 Minnesota 0.074434034 Same
16 NY Giants 0.032241781 Down 3
17 Tampa Bay -0.014822207 Same
18 Buffalo -0.016250877 Down 6
19 San Diego -0.04294779 Up 3
20 Washington -0.197752954 Down 4
21 Philadelphia -0.263296363 Up 6
22 Houston -0.34111237 Up 1
23 Chicago -0.343782832 Down 4
24 Jacksonville -0.411778365 Up 2
25 Tennessee -0.423380519 Down 7
26 NY Jets -0.427158421 Down 1
27 Atlanta -0.476805018 Up 2
28 Miami -0.515017184 Down 4
29 Cleveland -0.787587406 Down 1
30 Denver -0.921265603 Same
31 San Francisco -1.273669722 Up 1
32 Los Angeles -1.520993657 Down 1
Week 2
Defense
1 Houston 1.210757508 Same
2 Seattle 1.135312799 Same
3 NY Jets 0.938860025 Same
4 Carolina 0.837463544 Up 4
5 Denver 0.821602779 Same
6 Cincinnati 0.766824374 Same
7 Minnesota 0.729834847 Up 3
8 Kansas City 0.668659258 Down 4
9 Los Angeles 0.654688055 Down 2
10 New England 0.512841377 Down 2
11 Pittsburgh 0.481853196 Same
12 San Francisco 0.414837654 Up 5
13 Arizona 0.207990981 Same
14 Buffalo 0.197943317 Up 1
15 NY Giants -0.074532128 Up 1
16 Washington -0.088745483 Down 4
17 Oakland -0.147298618 Down 3
18 Green Bay -0.190346288 Up 2
19 Jacksonville -0.205597721 Same
20 Philadelphia -0.236214531 Up 4
21 Dallas -0.317545845 Up 2
22 Tampa Bay -0.33684356 Down 1
23 Chicago -0.337651693 Down 1
24 Detroit -0.426919068 Down 6
25 Baltimore -0.464445479 Up 3
26 San Diego -0.71778658 Down 1
27 Tennessee -0.723479851 Same
28 Atlanta -0.751655641 Down 2
29 New Orleans -1.079598201 Same
30 Cleveland -1.090582339 Up 1
31 Miami -1.173832512 Up 1
32 Indianapolis -1.216394178 Down 2
Not too many big surprises but Philly and the 49ers did move up quite a bit. We still expect teams like Green Bay, New England, Houston, Pittsburgh, Carolina, and Cincinnati to be near the top. Teams like the Lambs, Browns, Falcons, Titans, and Dolphins will probably continue to struggle.