What this is
A comparison of APR's Week 7 power rankings with ESPN's rankings for the same week of games. This acts as a sanity check (both ways) to see what teams are over- or underrated.
Only teams that are at least 9 positions apart are listed. The number in parentheses is the difference between APR's rank and ESPN's rank.
Teams ESPN likes more than APR:
- Buccaneers (+9)
- ESPN's ranking of the Bucs at #14 is flat-out ridiculous. They have 5 wins, all against bottom-rung teams, and only one by a margin more than 3 points.
- On the bubble:
- Nobody, really. The Jaguars are closest at (+6).
Teams APR likes more than ESPN:
- Lions (-11)
- I'm inclined to agree with APR on this one. In spite of their 2-5 record, the Lions seem much improved over last year. Given their remaining schedule, I don't think 7 wins is out of reach (if Stafford &c can remain healthy).
- Vikings (-9)
- The Vikings drop in ESPN's power rankings has to be mostly due to the Randy Moss fiasco. So far, all APR sees is that the Vikings have lost a lot of close games, some to high ranked teams.
- Chargers (-9)
- Another team with a lot of close losses. They do seem pretty good at home. If they could just win on the road...
- On the bubble:
- No one else closer than (-3).
