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| Rank | Team | W-L | Power Index | This week |
| 1 (↑2) | New Orleans Saints | 16-3 | 6.8776 (LW × 1.156) | won by 14 at Colts |
| 2 (-) | Carolina Panthers | 8-8 | 6.3478 (LW × 1.054) | Bye |
| 3 (↑2) | Dallas Cowboys | 12-6 | 5.9514 (LW × 1.033) | Bye |
| 4 (-) | New York Jets | 11-8 | 5.8160 (LW × 0.984) | Bye |
| 5 (↓4) | Indianapolis Colts | 16-3 | 5.6848 (LW × 0.907) | lost by 14 vs Saints |
| 6 (-) | Minnesota Vikings | 13-5 | 5.5107 (LW × 1.021) | Bye |
| 7 (-) | New England Patriots | 10-7 | 5.2420 (LW × 0.999) | Bye |
| 8 (-) | San Diego Chargers | 13-4 | 5.1236 (LW × 1.001) | Bye |
| 9 (-) | Atlanta Falcons | 9-7 | 4.9684 (LW × 1.018) | Bye |
| 10 (-) | Green Bay Packers | 11-6 | 4.8731 (LW × 1.005) | Bye |
| 11 (↑2) | Philadelphia Eagles | 11-6 | 4.7361 (LW × 1.016) | Bye |
| 12 (↓1) | Baltimore Ravens | 10-8 | 4.6672 (LW × 0.991) | Bye |
| 13 (↓1) | Buffalo Bills | 6-10 | 4.5583 (LW × 0.974) | Bye |
| 14 (-) | Houston Texans | 9-7 | 4.4101 (LW × 0.986) | Bye |
| 15 (-) | Pittsburgh Steelers | 9-7 | 4.3174 (LW × 0.999) | Bye |
| 16 (-) | Arizona Cardinals | 11-7 | 4.0303 (LW × 1.011) | Bye |
| 17 (-) | Miami Dolphins | 7-9 | 3.7308 (LW × 1.002) | Bye |
| 18 (↑2) | New York Giants | 8-8 | 3.6756 (LW × 1.023) | Bye |
| 19 (-) | Cincinnati Bengals | 10-7 | 3.6120 (LW × 0.996) | Bye |
| 20 (↓2) | Tennessee Titans | 8-8 | 3.5815 (LW × 0.985) | Bye |
| 21 (-) | Denver Broncos | 8-8 | 3.4926 (LW × 1.001) | Bye |
| 22 (-) | San Francisco 49ers | 8-8 | 3.3890 (LW × 0.997) | Bye |
| 23 (↑2) | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 3-13 | 3.1991 (LW × 1.052) | Bye |
| 24 (↓1) | Cleveland Browns | 5-11 | 3.1891 (LW × 0.992) | Bye |
| 25 (↓1) | Chicago Bears | 7-9 | 3.1715 (LW × 1.007) | Bye |
| 26 (-) | Jacksonville Jaguars | 7-9 | 2.9492 (LW × 0.976) | Bye |
| 27 (-) | Kansas City Chiefs | 4-12 | 2.7491 (LW × 0.999) | Bye |
| 28 (-) | Washington Redskins | 4-12 | 2.6800 (LW × 1.024) | Bye |
| 29 (-) | Oakland Raiders | 5-11 | 2.3928 (LW × 1.000) | Bye |
| 30 (-) | Seattle Seahawks | 5-11 | 1.9869 (LW × 0.998) | Bye |
| 31 (-) | St. Louis Rams | 1-15 | 1.4323 (LW × 1.012) | Bye |
| 32 (-) | Detroit Lions | 2-14 | 1.4049 (LW × 1.007) | Bye |
Comments
The Saints get a big boost from their 2-score win and retake the top spot.
The top 10 looks pretty reasonable... except for the Panthers at #2. They did have some good wins to end the season. But how that translates into a death-grip on the #2 spot, I can't say.
The Colts seemed to have a bit of a down year on offense, scoring 416 points in the regular season. Except for last year (when Manning had knee issues), you have to go back to 2001 to find a year with lower production.
416 is only 9 points off their total for 2006, when they won Super Bowl XLI, but they faced a much weaker opponent then, too.
There's already talk of the Colts as favorites to win the next Super Bowl. One thing to watch next season will be their point totals. The NFC is likely to send another high-scoring team to the Super Bowl next year, and if the Colts aren't on pace to score at least 430 points over the regular season, they could end up short again.
Epilogue
That's the end of another season, and the final power ranking until September. There will be some more season wrapup posts in the next week or so, and at least a couple historical data posts (I've got the regular season tie frequency post nearly ready).
But after next week, FSPI will be pretty quiet until August or so (you can check out what it was like last year by looking at the "Blog Archive" links on the left).
Once again, thanks for reading. See you in September.
