Buc Central’s POW-R’-ANKINGS: Week 16

Patriots rank as number one team after the numbers are calculated.

Buc Central’s POW-R’-ANKINGS; The power rankings are the product of a simple mathematical formula, using points for and points against. The rankings have predicted 10 of the last 19 Super Bowl winners. Further, 14 of the last 19 Super Bowl winners finished the regular season No. 1 or No. 2 in the POW-R’-ANKINGS system. Unlike with other, lesser rating systems, which are based on the authors opinion or some sort of biased towards a team they have a rooting interest in, no opinion is involved what so ever in formulating these rankings. None. Teams are ranked on a percentile scale, with 1.000 representing the NFL’s strongest team and 0.000 its weakest. If you don’t like where your perspective team is ranked, blame the evolution of mathematical science. (Key: WK 15 = Last weeks rankings; WK 16 = This week’s rankings, based solely on stats from weeks 1 through 16 performances)

After losing their first game of the season, the Colts drop from the number one spot and finally land at number four. The Patriots jump up from number five to take this weeks top spot.

WK 16	WK 15	TEAMS	POW-R’-ANKINGS
1	5	Patriots	1.000
2	1	Saints	0.967
3	3	Ravens	0.935
4	2	Colts	0.903
5	9	Packers	0.870
6	8	Chargers	0.838
7	6	Vikings	0.806
8	7	Eagles	0.774
9	10	Cowboys	0.741
10	11	Jets	0.709
11	12	Cardinals	0.677
12	13	Bengals	0.645
13	14	Texans	0.612
14	15	Steelers	0.580
15	17	49ers	0.548
16	18	Falcons	0.516
17	16	Broncos	0.483
18	4	Giants	0.451
19	21	Panthers	0.419
20	19	Dolphins	0.387
21	20	Titans	0.354
22	25	Bears	0.322
23	22	Redskins	0.290
24	23	Jaguars	0.258
25	24	Seahawks	0.225
26	26	Bills	0.193
27	27	Chiefs	0.161
28	29	Browns	0.129
29	28	Bucs	0.096
30	30	Lions	0.064
31	31	Raiders	0.032
32	32	Rams	0.000