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NFL Power Rankings

Welcome to our NFL power rankings page for the 2006 pro football season. Our power rankings use a variety of statistical indicators, including drive charts, play-by-play data, red zone performance and more to come up with our supercharged power rating numbers.

There is no shortage of sites posting NFL Power Rankings, but we like to think that the TwoMinuteWarning NFL power rankings have a little something special added in!


Week Two NFL power rankings

One week has been played which gives us some stats to assess for NFL power rankings, although admittedly a tendency to over-react. Our "power ranking formula" draws heavily on a team's drive stats, play-by-play rankings and red zone data.

NFL Power Rankings Leader Current Top
Power Ranking:
The Chargers


NFL Power Rankings (as of 09/13/2006)
Rank
Team
Off.
Drive
Def.
Drive
Drive
Net
Off.
Rush
Off.
Pass
Def.
Rush
Def.
Pass
Red
Zone
Comment
1
 San Diego
4
3
1
20
1
19
2
1
 Looked sharp…of course Oak has issues
2
 Baltimore
9
1
2
25
17
3
1
2
 Defense is ON again
3
 Philadelphia
2
11
4
7
3
18
23
3
 Eagles out to erase last year's glitch
4
 Atlanta
15
4
5
6
8
24
7
6
 Under-rated team, defense impressive in opener
5
 Chicago
13
2
3
32
4
22
4
8
 We expected the offense to struggle
6
 Jacksonville
10
13
12
21
11
15
8
5
 Quiet power in the AFC, test vs PIT ahead
7
 Cincinnati
8
8
6
19
13
21
6
18
 America's Team of the moment
8
 New York Giants
5
30
18
1
9
10
21
7
 Piled up the yards vs IND
9
 New England
14
9
10
4
20
17
19
10
 Erratic start but got the Win
10
 Pittsburgh
7
14
11
29
5
9
9
23
 Batch able to hold them over until Ben R. back
11
 Minnesota
11
15
14
26
6
16
15
12
 New era under new coach
12
 New York Jets
12
10
9
27
2
25
12
20
 Healthy Pennington makes all the difference
13
 New Orleans
17
12
13
13
16
28
5
19
 On the road again, but have a home to go to
14
 Arizona
1
27
8
22
7
31
18
11
 Shaky start vs lowly Niners
15
 St.Louis
16
7
7
10
23
30
3
29
 Big upset win can set the tone
16
 Seattle
27
5
16
31
19
5
11
17
 Winner but SB Curse persists?
17
 Detroit
28
6
17
28
22
2
14
16
 New offense: lots of passes to RB's
18
 San Francisco
6
32
24
2
15
11
26
22
 A.Smith looked MUCH better
19
 Denver
26
17
26
3
30
23
10
4
 Plummer under pressure now
20
 Cleveland
21
16
20
5
28
20
17
15
 Could be a long year
21
 Tennessee
23
23
25
8
21
6
31
13
 Vince Young days looming
22
 Washington
18
24
19
17
18
7
27
21
 Must bounce back vs Dallas
23
 Miami
20
26
22
24
24
4
28
9
 Should take care of the Bills
24
 Buffalo
24
19
23
14
14
29
13
24
 Good effort, but maybe one in a line of coming up short
25
 Indianapolis
3
28
15
23
12
32
24
26
 Defense was way too soft, running game poor
26
 Kansas City
25
25
27
12
27
14
20
14
 Ouch! Lost and lost Green for a while
27
 Dallas
19
21
21
18
25
12
22
28
 Owens looked great…rest of the team not so
28
 Green Bay
30
20
30
11
29
1
29
25
 Horrible opener but maybe Bears are really that good
29
 Carolina
29
18
28
9
26
27
25
27
 Not what was expected
30
 Houston
22
31
29
16
10
26
30
30
 Bright spots on offense
31
 Tampa Bay
32
22
31
30
32
8
16
31
 Ugly beginning, will need to change quickly
32
 Oakland
31
29
32
15
31
13
32
32
 Chaos in Oakland continues (worse than ever?)

Legend:
Drive - ranking (offense/defense) in points per drive in the 2006 regular season
Rush - rushing play-by-play effectiveness ranking in '06
Pass - passing play-by-play effectiveness ranking in '06
Red Zone - ranking in net pts/red zone drive

We will update these NFL power rankings on a weekly basis in season and the rankings will reflect the latest statistical information.

- Preseason Power Rankings



Also see:
Football Outsiders Team Efficiency Rankings
ESPN NFL Power Rankings
SportsLine NFL Power Rankings
TwoMinuteWarning NFL 2005 Power Rankings

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