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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 Five NFL power rankings

We have 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 and won't settle down for another couple of weeks.

NFL Power Rankings Leader Current Top
Power Ranking:
The Chargers


NFL Power Rankings (as of 10/03/2006)
Rank
Team
Off.
Drive
Def.
Drive
Drive
Net
Off.
Rush
Off.
Pass
Def.
Rush
Def.
Pass
Red
Zone
Comment
1
 San Diego
4
2
2
15
4
4
1
4
 Lost a game they had in hand
2
 Chicago
2
1
1
27
1
6
2
6
 Very impressive win over Seattle
3
 Philadelphia
3
14
6
3
2
23
19
2
 McNabb making early MVP noise
4
 New England
7
8
8
6
10
9
25
4
 Real Patriots showed up in week four
5
 Dallas
5
7
3
8
14
9
10
26
 Parcells may just get this circus to the grand stage
6
 Baltimore
17
3
4
26
27
3
2
1
 Defensive minded football working for now
7
 Kansas City
15
5
9
19
14
16
4
9
 Must do more than beat bad teams to warrant respect
8
 New Orleans
12
10
10
17
7
21
6
13
 Obvious letdown but should bounce back this week
9
 Atlanta
20
4
7
2
25
11
5
25
 On target again
10
 Jacksonville
14
10
11
18
18
12
10
16
 Should have figured out that WAS danger was the big play
11
 Cincinnati
8
21
13
13
12
31
8
6
 A setback but still have the clear path to the playoffs
12
 Indianapolis
1
25
5
7
3
30
22
20
 Piling up the wins in understated fashion
13
 St.Louis
9
18
12
21
8
24
12
10
 Could give Seattle a run in the NFC West
14
 Denver
29
5
14
10
23
16
16
3
 Off the bye
15
 New York Giants
6
29
24
1
8
8
29
12
 Defensive problems abounding
16
 Carolina
23
17
21
3
17
19
21
8
 Back to 2-2 but it's been a struggle
17
 Washington
9
24
18
9
11
7
25
27
 If they can pass AND have Portis rolling…
18
 Buffalo
21
9
15
14
16
26
6
29
 Losman has been better than expected
19
 Miami
26
13
20
11
30
5
19
23
 Gloomy days right now in Miami
20
 New York Jets
9
22
17
25
5
29
24
17
 All things considered have to be pleased so far
21
 Seattle
16
16
16
23
29
16
15
20
 Bears clearly leap in front for NFC lead
22
 Pittsburgh
27
14
22
21
26
1
13
31
 Bus is gone and so is the spirit?
23
 Cleveland
21
19
23
15
23
22
14
20
 Escaped versus lowly Raiders
24
 Detroit
18
28
26
11
13
2
32
27
 Headed for another bad year
25
 Minnesota
25
12
19
30
20
15
17
24
 Slipped a bit in the last two weeks
26
 Arizona
24
22
25
27
20
24
17
11
 New Stadium better help more than this
27
 Houston
13
32
30
23
6
32
31
13
 Problem areas yes but look better
28
 Green Bay
28
26
27
27
18
12
30
13
 Not likely to be a great finale for Brett Favre
29
 San Francisco
18
30
29
5
22
20
27
30
 Suddenly looking helpless again
30
 Oakland
32
27
31
20
32
14
9
32
 Just giving games away right now
31
 Tampa Bay
31
20
28
32
31
28
22
17
 Rookie QB doesn't help confidence
32
 Tennessee
30
31
32
30
28
27
28
19
 Disaster central in every way

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.

- Week 4 Power Rankings
- Week 3 Power Rankings
- Week 2 Power Rankings
- 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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