Monday, February 2, 2009

NFL Super Bowl Power Rankings

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RankTeamW-LPower
Index
This week
1 (-)Pittsburgh
Steelers
15-41.5362
(LW × 1.002)
won by 4
at Cardinals
2 (-)Baltimore
Ravens
13-61.5309
(LW × 0.999)
Bye
3 (-)Philadelphia
Eagles
11-7-11.4612
(LW × 0.997)
Bye
4 (-)Indianapolis
Colts
12-51.4342
(LW × 1.000)
Bye
5 (-)New England
Patriots
11-51.4269
(LW × 0.997)
Bye
6 (-)New York
Giants
12-51.4198
(LW × 0.997)
Bye
7 (-)Tennessee
Titans
13-41.4131
(LW × 1.000)
Bye
8 (-)San Diego
Chargers
9-91.3751
(LW × 0.999)
Bye
9 (-)Arizona
Cardinals
12-81.3571
(LW × 0.991)
lost by 4
vs Steelers
10 (-)Atlanta
Falcons
11-61.3556
(LW × 0.997)
Bye
11 (-)Minnesota
Vikings
10-71.3392
(LW × 0.997)
Bye
12 (-)Carolina
Panthers
12-51.3301
(LW × 0.997)
Bye
13 (-)Miami
Dolphins
11-61.3008
(LW × 0.998)
Bye
14 (-)Dallas
Cowboys
9-71.2975
(LW × 0.998)
Bye
15 (-)Houston
Texans
8-81.2948
(LW × 0.999)
Bye
16 (-)New Orleans
Saints
8-81.2843
(LW × 0.998)
Bye
17 (-)Chicago
Bears
9-71.2516
(LW × 0.999)
Bye
18 (-)New York
Jets
9-71.2379
(LW × 0.998)
Bye
19 (-)Washington
Redskins
8-81.2322
(LW × 0.998)
Bye
20 (-)San Francisco
49ers
7-91.2273
(LW × 0.997)
Bye
21 (-)Green Bay
Packers
6-101.2271
(LW × 0.999)
Bye
22 (-)Tampa Bay
Buccaneers
9-71.2219
(LW × 0.998)
Bye
23 (-)Cincinnati
Bengals
4-11-11.2063
(LW × 0.999)
Bye
24 (-)Buffalo
Bills
7-91.1896
(LW × 0.998)
Bye
25 (-)Oakland
Raiders
5-111.1895
(LW × 0.999)
Bye
26 (-)Seattle
Seahawks
4-121.1685
(LW × 0.996)
Bye
27 (-)Jacksonville
Jaguars
5-111.1580
(LW × 0.999)
Bye
28 (-)Denver
Broncos
8-81.1494
(LW × 0.999)
Bye
29 (-)Cleveland
Browns
4-121.1292
(LW × 0.999)
Bye
30 (-)Kansas City
Chiefs
2-141.0752
(LW × 0.999)
Bye
31 (-)St. Louis
Rams
2-141.0543
(LW × 0.997)
Bye
32 (-)Detroit
Lions
0-160.9981
(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!