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Power Rankings For Week 5
| Rank | Team | W-L | Power Index | This week |
| 1 (-) | New Orleans Saints | 4-0 | 4.9457 (LW × 0.929) | Bye |
| 2 (-) | Indianapolis Colts | 5-0 | 4.6524 (LW × 0.941) | won by 22 at Titans |
| 3 (↑7) | Atlanta Falcons | 3-1 | 4.6500 (LW × 1.664) | won by 35 at 49ers |
| 4 (↑1) | New England Patriots | 3-2 | 4.2323 (LW × 1.231) | lost by 3 at Broncos |
| 5 (↑2) | Denver Broncos | 5-0 | 4.1802 (LW × 1.341) | won by 3 vs Patriots |
| 6 (↓2) | Minnesota Vikings | 5-0 | 3.6563 (LW × 0.930) | won by 28 at Rams |
| 7 (↓4) | New York Jets | 3-2 | 3.3766 (LW × 0.835) | lost by 4 at Dolphins |
| 8 (↑1) | Cincinnati Bengals | 4-1 | 3.3029 (LW × 1.125) | won by 3 at Ravens |
| 9 (↑2) | Chicago Bears | 3-1 | 3.1349 (LW × 1.170) | Bye |
| 10 (↓2) | San Francisco 49ers | 3-2 | 2.8720 (LW × 0.948) | lost by 35 vs Falcons |
| 11 (↓5) | Arizona Cardinals | 2-2 | 2.7082 (LW × 0.804) | won by 7 vs Texans |
| 12 (↑2) | Green Bay Packers | 2-2 | 2.6314 (LW × 1.126) | Bye |
| 13 (↑5) | Miami Dolphins | 2-3 | 2.5621 (LW × 1.265) | won by 4 vs Jets |
| 14 (↓1) | Baltimore Ravens | 3-2 | 2.5448 (LW × 1.043) | lost by 3 vs Bengals |
| 15 (-) | Pittsburgh Steelers | 3-2 | 2.5275 (LW × 1.109) | won by 8 at Lions |
| 16 (↑7) | Seattle Seahawks | 2-3 | 2.2857 (LW × 1.689) | won by 41 vs Jaguars |
| 17 (-) | San Diego Chargers | 2-2 | 2.2795 (LW × 1.120) | Bye |
| 18 (↓2) | Philadelphia Eagles | 3-1 | 2.2093 (LW × 1.076) | won by 19 vs Buccaneers |
| 19 (-) | New York Giants | 5-0 | 2.1539 (LW × 1.102) | won by 37 vs Raiders |
| 20 (-) | Dallas Cowboys | 3-2 | 2.0111 (LW × 1.191) | won by 6 at Chiefs |
| 21 (↓9) | Jacksonville Jaguars | 2-3 | 1.9800 (LW × 0.741) | lost by 41 at Seahawks |
| 22 (↓1) | Buffalo Bills | 1-4 | 1.5106 (LW × 0.905) | lost by 3 vs Browns |
| 23 (↑3) | Cleveland Browns | 1-4 | 1.4386 (LW × 1.232) | won by 3 at Bills |
| 24 (↓2) | Houston Texans | 2-3 | 1.4216 (LW × 0.904) | lost by 7 at Cardinals |
| 25 (↓1) | Detroit Lions | 1-4 | 1.1903 (LW × 0.913) | lost by 8 vs Steelers |
| 26 (↓1) | Tennessee Titans | 0-5 | 1.1172 (LW × 0.929) | lost by 22 vs Colts |
| 27 (↑3) | Carolina Panthers | 1-3 | 1.0906 (LW × 1.581) | won by 3 vs Redskins |
| 28 (-) | Washington Redskins | 2-3 | 0.9480 (LW × 1.021) | lost by 3 at Panthers |
| 29 (↓2) | Oakland Raiders | 1-4 | 0.9361 (LW × 0.997) | lost by 37 at Giants |
| 30 (↓1) | St. Louis Rams | 0-5 | 0.8187 (LW × 1.173) | lost by 28 vs Vikings |
| 31 (-) | Kansas City Chiefs | 0-5 | 0.7068 (LW × 1.099) | lost by 6 vs Cowboys |
| 32 (-) | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0-5 | 0.5791 (LW × 1.055) | lost by 19 at Eagles |
Comments
In spite of their loss to the Broncos, The Patriots get a big boost via the Falcons stomp-down on the 49ers.
The Giants increase by about 10% on their dominating win of the Raiders, but it's not enough to move up the rankings. If they can beat the Saints next week, they should move up.
The Cowboys, on the other hand, nearly lost to the Chiefs. They had a lot of promising drives stall because of offensive penalties, and that's going to be a problem if it continues the rest of the season.
Teams ESPN likes more than APR:
- Giants (+17)
- Their opponents are now a combined 6-19.
- Eagles (+11)
- The teams the Eagles have beat are a combined 1-13. They don't play anyone that APR has ranked higher than #17 until week 11, so they could be on this list for a while.
Teams APR likes more than ESPN:
- Cardinals (-8)
- APR drops Arizona 5 spots on their unimpressive win over the Texans. The Cardinals have a weak schedule left to play, so APR and ESPN should close together as the season progresses.
