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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!


Week Sixteen 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 and we will settle for being close for now with the understanding that shortly with more games played we will be honing in on true NFL team ability rankings.

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


NFL Power Rankings (as of 12/21/2005)
Rank
Team
DC
PBP
RZ
Comment
Bodog
Odds
Stat
1   Indianapolis 1 1 3  Now they can rest for the ones that count… 5/8 1
2   Seattle 2 2 4  Battle with the Bears for the prize looming? 7/1 2
3   Cincinnati 4 4 13  Resounding success of a season 12/1 5
4   Chicago 10 10 6  With Grossman back they may be super tough 15/1 8
5   Denver 6 3 12  Won't have home field in playoffs 12/1 7
6   San Diego 3 7 1  A danger indeed if they get in 40/1 3
7   Pittsburgh 7 5 5  The weather can help them as we've seen 33/1 6
8   New England 15 13 10  Okay, now they look ready to rumble 15/2 15
9   N.Y. Giants 8 11 27  Talented but maybe a year away? 13/1 13
10   Jacksonville 9 12 15  Not exciting us, but accept they're a good team 35/1 10
11   Tampa Bay 16 14 17  Cold weather throwout but can play in the NFC 25/1 16
12   Carolina 5 8 2  Fallible and not consistent 15/1 4
13   Washington 12 6 8  A 'wrong team won' game against Arizona 60/1 9
14   Kansas City 14 9 7  LJ superb but not enough elsewhere 200/1 11
15   Atlanta 13 16 9  Must win at Tampa a true test 95/1 14
16   Miami 17 19 31  Talent is shaping up for 2006 run n/a 18
17   Dallas 11 15 11  Falling like a rock 80/1 12
18   Cleveland 23 17 30  Clinched the season wins 'over' n/a 23
19   Philadelphia 22 18 20  Riding out with class but a lost season clearly n/a 19
20   Minnesota 27 20 21  Looking like a fluke 75/1 26
21   Baltimore 19 26 29  Boller showing a few signs to like n/a 25
22   Oakland 20 24 18  Another disappointing season…bring on T.O. n/a 20
23   Arizona 21 23 26  Warner posts some big passing yards n/a 22
24   Tennessee 25 28 23  McNair and Brown provide some star power n/a 27
25   Houston 31 31 28  More amazing last second losses n/a 32
26   Buffalo 29 30 32  Going going gone n/a 31
27   St. Louis 28 27 24  A shakeup is surely needed n/a 28
28   N.Y. Jets 30 29 25  Another of the lost teams of 2005 n/a 29
29   Green Bay 18 21 22  Horrendous lack of effort on Monday n/a 17
30   Detroit 24 25 14  Millen must go as everyone except owner knows n/a 21
31   New Orleans 26 22 16  San Antonio eager to send them back? n/a 24
32   San Francisco 32 32 19  They were 2-14 in Bill Walsh's first year… n/a 30

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
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    NFL Power Rankings page last update on 12/21/2005
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