What this is
A comparison of APR's Week 12 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:
We seem to have reached the late-season agreement phase earlier than usual this year.
- On the Bubble:
- Chiefs (+7), Redskins (+6), Raiders (+6)
Teams APR likes more than ESPN:
- On the bubble: Jaguars (-8)
- Jack Del Rio (finally) fired as head coach today. The Jaguars have had 3 winning seasons in the last 12.
- On the bubble: Dolphins (-8)
- ESPN's comment for the Dolphins is priceless:
Miami is the type of scrappy team no playoff contender wants to face. (Walker)
While the Dolphins are probably better than their 3-8 record, they're not that much better. The fact that the Cowboys needed a last-second field goal to beat them by 1 point says more about the Cowboys than it does about the Dolphins. - Any playoff contender worth the name has to be thinking "the Dolphins are the kind of team we need to be able to steamroll early and often".
