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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 Seventeen 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 12/28/2005)
Rank
Team
DC
PBP
RZ
Comment
Bodog
Odds
Stat
1   Seattle 2 1 1  Battle with the Bears for the prize looming? 6/1 1
2   Indianapolis 1 2 7  Resting but some chinks in the armor? 10/11 2
3   Denver 6 4 9  Solid at home + Shanahan a 2-time champ 9/1 5
4   Chicago 11 10 6  With Grossman back they may be super tough 17/2 9
5   Pittsburgh 3 3 3  The weather can help them as we've seen 20/1 3
6   Cincinnati 5 5 14  Resounding success of a season 18/1 7
7   New England 14 12 11  Look ready but DB's are beatable 6/1 12
8   Jacksonville 8 11 12  A good team period 40/1 10
9   Tampa Bay 16 14 17  Won the big one but can they beat the best? 25/1 16
10   Washington 10 6 5  Hot team of the moment 35/1 8
11   Kansas City 13 9 8  LJ superb and defense was big against SD 250/1 11
12   San Diego 4 7 4  Loss to KC a killer n/a 4
13   Carolina 7 8 2  Fallible and not consistent 30/1 6
14   N.Y. Giants 9 13 30  Talented but maybe a year away? 20/1 15
15   Dallas 12 15 13  Back in the picture after upset road win 85/1 13
16   Miami 17 17 22  Talent is shaping up for 2006 run n/a 17
17   Atlanta 15 16 10  What might have been… n/a 14
18   Baltimore 18 25 24  Boller now getting Ravens excited for next yr n/a 20
19   Arizona 19 20 29  Like usual offering hope at the end n/a 19
20   Buffalo 29 30 32  Should have been better n/a 31
21   Philadelphia 21 18 18  A lost season clearly n/a 18
22   Cleveland 28 22 31  No effort against Steelers after road win n/a 27
23   Minnesota 26 19 21  Looking like a fluke n/a 25
24   Oakland 22 26 20  Another disappointing season…bring on T.O. n/a 24
25   Detroit 23 24 15  Millen must go as everyone except owner knows n/a 23
26   Tennessee 25 29 27  Titans have many things to fix…changes coming? n/a 26
27   Houston 31 31 28  They better hope a top pick can help n/a 32
28   New Orleans 24 21 16  San Antonio eager to send them back? n/a 22
29   N.Y. Jets 30 28 25  Another of the lost teams of 2005 n/a 29
30   Green Bay 20 23 23  Favre just awful of late n/a 21
31   St. Louis 27 27 26  A shakeup is surely needed n/a 28
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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