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Rank | Team | W-L | Power Index | This week |
1 (-) | Pittsburgh Steelers | 15-4 | 1.5362 (LW × 1.002) | won by 4 at Cardinals |
2 (-) | Baltimore Ravens | 13-6 | 1.5309 (LW × 0.999) | Bye |
3 (-) | Philadelphia Eagles | 11-7-1 | 1.4612 (LW × 0.997) | Bye |
4 (-) | Indianapolis Colts | 12-5 | 1.4342 (LW × 1.000) | Bye |
5 (-) | New England Patriots | 11-5 | 1.4269 (LW × 0.997) | Bye |
6 (-) | New York Giants | 12-5 | 1.4198 (LW × 0.997) | Bye |
7 (-) | Tennessee Titans | 13-4 | 1.4131 (LW × 1.000) | Bye |
8 (-) | San Diego Chargers | 9-9 | 1.3751 (LW × 0.999) | Bye |
9 (-) | Arizona Cardinals | 12-8 | 1.3571 (LW × 0.991) | lost by 4 vs Steelers |
10 (-) | Atlanta Falcons | 11-6 | 1.3556 (LW × 0.997) | Bye |
11 (-) | Minnesota Vikings | 10-7 | 1.3392 (LW × 0.997) | Bye |
12 (-) | Carolina Panthers | 12-5 | 1.3301 (LW × 0.997) | Bye |
13 (-) | Miami Dolphins | 11-6 | 1.3008 (LW × 0.998) | Bye |
14 (-) | Dallas Cowboys | 9-7 | 1.2975 (LW × 0.998) | Bye |
15 (-) | Houston Texans | 8-8 | 1.2948 (LW × 0.999) | Bye |
16 (-) | New Orleans Saints | 8-8 | 1.2843 (LW × 0.998) | Bye |
17 (-) | Chicago Bears | 9-7 | 1.2516 (LW × 0.999) | Bye |
18 (-) | New York Jets | 9-7 | 1.2379 (LW × 0.998) | Bye |
19 (-) | Washington Redskins | 8-8 | 1.2322 (LW × 0.998) | Bye |
20 (-) | San Francisco 49ers | 7-9 | 1.2273 (LW × 0.997) | Bye |
21 (-) | Green Bay Packers | 6-10 | 1.2271 (LW × 0.999) | Bye |
22 (-) | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 9-7 | 1.2219 (LW × 0.998) | Bye |
23 (-) | Cincinnati Bengals | 4-11-1 | 1.2063 (LW × 0.999) | Bye |
24 (-) | Buffalo Bills | 7-9 | 1.1896 (LW × 0.998) | Bye |
25 (-) | Oakland Raiders | 5-11 | 1.1895 (LW × 0.999) | Bye |
26 (-) | Seattle Seahawks | 4-12 | 1.1685 (LW × 0.996) | Bye |
27 (-) | Jacksonville Jaguars | 5-11 | 1.1580 (LW × 0.999) | Bye |
28 (-) | Denver Broncos | 8-8 | 1.1494 (LW × 0.999) | Bye |
29 (-) | Cleveland Browns | 4-12 | 1.1292 (LW × 0.999) | Bye |
30 (-) | Kansas City Chiefs | 2-14 | 1.0752 (LW × 0.999) | Bye |
31 (-) | St. Louis Rams | 2-14 | 1.0543 (LW × 0.997) | Bye |
32 (-) | Detroit Lions | 0-16 | 0.9981 (LW × 0.999) | Bye |
Comments:
Nobody moves. Which is at least moderately surprising, as it seems like there's almost always a couple teams close enough that even a tiny change in power index values is enough to shuffle them around.
In spite of all the hand-wringing about weak teams getting into the playoffs, and regular season standings not meaning that much—that was a pretty good game, with the game undecided right until the last play.
That's a lot more than you can say for some of those Super Bowls that were over by half time. For the one game of the year that's watched by more casual fans than any other, that's what you really want, isn't it—a game that holds your viewers until the end?
Epilogue
That's the end of the 2008 season, which means this is the last power ranking, too. I'll probably have at least one more Season Wrapup post in the next week or so, and there may be a few Historical Data posts over the off-season. But mostly, FSPI is going to be pretty quiet for the next seven months.
So... thanks for reading, and thanks to those who have encouraged me. See you in September!