What this is
A comparison of APR's Week 15 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 with the widest differential are listed. The number in parentheses is the difference between APR's rank and ESPN's rank.
Teams ESPN likes more than APR:
- Colts (+8)
- ESPN holds the Colts steady after their "expected" 2-score loss to the Texans, while APR drops them 3 spots. APR is probably also dropping them because their wins over the Vikings and Packers are getting less weight, and all the other Colts wins are over teams with losing records.
- On the bubble
- Nodbody closer than the Texans (+5)
Teams APR likes more than ESPN:
- Panthers (-11)
- Here we go again. The Panthers are 5-9, and well out of the playoffs. On the other hand, they are 3-1 in their last 4, including a solid win over the conference-leading Atlanta Falcons. (The Panthers also get a nice indirect boost because of how the Falcons dismantled the Giants this week.)
- Saints (-8)
- The Saints are another team benefitting from the Falcons rise in power, along with a dominating win over the Bucs.
- On the bubble
- Nobody closer than the Giants (-5)
