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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 Four 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 9/27/2005)
Rank
Team
W-L
DC
PBP
RZ
Comment
Bodog
Odds
1   Indianapolis 3-0 5 4 9  Have to like the defensive effort with Simon on board 16/5
2   Cincinnati 3-0 1 2 15  Opposition hasn't been top notch, but results count 14/1
3   New England 2-1 19 7 23  Can't cruise through th regular season in the NFL, but… 5/1
4   Tampa Bay 3-0 4 8 2  Preseason Sleeper pick for big turnaround has come out strong 17/1
5   Philadelphia 2-1 3 1 6  Have some kinks to work out in the next few weeks 13/2
6   Pittsburgh 2-1 2 3 5  Big game and a certain air of resignation afterwards 10/1
7   Denver 2-1 17 9 27  Back to back solid efforts at home, rankings moving up 28/1
8   Seattle 2-1 8 5 17  Starting to look sharp, could be dangerous later in the year 25/1
9   Atlanta 2-1 13 23 11  Maybe Vick really does know how to win 11/1
10   Carolina 1-2 12 17 10  Saints loss more acceptable than the Dolphins one 20/1
11   St. Louis 2-1 10 10 16  Confident and Martz underrated as a coach 33/1
12   Jacksonville 2-1 7 11 21  Battle hard with their leader Leftwich a shining example 20/1
13   Dallas 2-1 9 6 7  Parcells needed big comeback on heels of MNF failure 28/1
14   Kansas City 2-1 15 19 13  Exposed somewhat in mile high air 16/1
15   San Diego 1-2 6 12 8  NE, Pit, Oak, Phi next four means a 2-5 start is very possible 30/1
16   Miami 2-1 11 15 14  Okay, one win could be a fluke, two at home not so 60/1
17   N.Y. Giants 2-1 28 20 30  Eli has been impressive, suddenly a contender 50/1
18   N.Y. Jets 1-2 27 21 20  Pennington loss may not be a big deal, Testaverde's better? 50/1
19   Washington 2-0 16 13 31  Gibbs magic returns with wild MNF win? 40/1
20   Buffalo 1-2 21 18 32  Losman break-in period is hurting the team 50/1
21   Detroit 1-1 20 28 12  Ugly preseason, and needed bye to figure out QB options 40/1
22   Minnesota 0-2 29 22 25  Tice's job saved temporarily 25/1
23   Oakland 0-3 22 27 24  Nice try in Philly but season of coming up short awaits 80/1
24   Tennessee 1-2 25 26 28  Many areas for them to improve 125/1
25   Baltimore 0-2 26 29 19  Offensive question marks abound, will the bye help 33/1
26   Chicago 1-2 18 14 1  Defense, Thomas Jones, but no passing game 75/1
27   New Orleans 1-2 14 16 3  Have a feeling the situation has caught up to them 100/1
28   Cleveland 1-2 24 25 22  Dilfer shows touch and leadership, team can be respectable 200/1
29   Arizona 0-3 30 30 26  Tough beginning and now a home game in Mexico City 125/1
30   Green Bay 0-3 23 24 29  The Pack are in deep trouble already 100/1
31   San Francisco 1-2 31 31 18  Playing hard at home, could be a 'covering' team 200/1
32   Houston 0-2 32 32 4  Texans taking huge step back 125/1

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

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

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    NFL Power Rankings page last update on 9/27/2005
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