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NFL Power Rankings

Welcome to our NFL power rankings page for the 2005 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!


Final Regular Season NFL power rankings

In a sixteen game season you have to move fast if you want to keep your NFL power rankings up to date. Our "power ranking formula" is based primarily on a number of excellent in-season indicators with a touch of manual adjustment.

NFL Power Rankings Leader
Current Top
Power Ranking
Team:
The Seahawks


NFL Power Rankings (as of 01/04/2006)
Rank
Team
DC
PBP
RZ
Comment
Bodog
Odds
Stat
1   Seattle 2 1 1  All systems go 6/1 1
2   Indianapolis 1 2 3  Heavy emotions carrying into the post season 11/10 2
3   Denver 3 4 10  Solid at home + Shanahan a 2-time champ 15/2 5
4   Pittsburgh 5 3 4  The weather can help them as we've seen 13/1 4
5   Chicago 15 11 7  With Grossman back they may be super tough 10/1 11
6   Jacksonville 7 8 11  A good team period 58/1 8
7   Washington 11 7 6  Hot team of the moment 26/1 9
8   New England 12 13 12  Look ready but DB's are beatable 13/2 12
9   Carolina 4 6 2  Not consistent but rankings are golden 17/1 3
10   Cincinnati 8 10 14  There's resting and then there's what CIN did 23/1 10
11   Tampa Bay 14 14 15  Won the division but more may be tough 25/1 14
12   N.Y. Giants 10 12 30  Talented but maybe a year away? 23/1 15
13   Kansas City 9 5 8  Best of the rest with LJ superb n/a 7
14   San Diego 6 9 5  Loss to KC a killer n/a 6
15   Miami 17 16 22  Talent is shaping up for 2006 run n/a 17
16   Dallas 13 15 13  Will Parcells be back? n/a 13
17   Atlanta 16 17 9  What might have been… n/a 16
18   Minnesota 22 18 18  New coach could do wonders n/a 18
19   Arizona 20 20 31  Like usual offering hope at the end n/a 22
20   Philadelphia 21 19 20  A lost season clearly n/a 19
21   Baltimore 18 24 29  Boller now getting Ravens excited for next yr n/a 21
22   Cleveland 27 21 28  A small step upwards n/a 26
23   Oakland 23 27 21  Another disappointing season n/a 25
24   N.Y. Jets 30 28 24  Some holes to fill n/a 28
25   Detroit 24 26 16  Millen is still with the team? Still? n/a 24
26   Buffalo 28 30 32  Should have been better n/a 30
27   Green Bay 19 23 23  Favre just awful of late n/a 20
28   Tennessee 29 29 26  Titans have many things to fix…changes coming? n/a 29
29   San Francisco 32 32 19  For the lousy record ended on a string of positive n/a 31
30   St. Louis 26 25 25  A shakeup is surely needed n/a 27
31   New Orleans 25 22 17  San Antonio eager to send them back? n/a 23
32   Houston 31 31 27  They better hope a top pick can help n/a 32

Legend:
DC - Drive Chart stats ranking in 2005 regular season
PBP - Play-by-Play ratings in '05
RZ - Red Zone stats in '05
Bodog Odds - odds to win the Super Bowl according to Bodog.com as of the NFL power rankings date
Stat - ranking based on pure stats

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

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  • Also see:
    Football Outsiders Team Efficiency Rankings
    Beat Paths Power Rankings
    ESPN NFL Power Rankings
    SportsLine NFL Power Rankings
    Sagarin NFL Power Rankings
    Massey NFL Power Rankings
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    NFL Power Rankings page last update on 01/04/2006
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