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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 Eight 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 10/26/2005)
Rank
Team
DC
PBP
RZ
Comment
Bodog
Odds
Stat
1   Indianapolis 1 1 4  Playing casual, still winning going away 7/4 1
2   Pittsburgh 2 5 3  Okay, the CIN win was impressive 7/1 2
3   Denver 10 11 26  Passed Patriots test with flying colors 14/1 13
4   Tampa Bay 7 9 10  Chance for offense to explode vs SF 16/1 9
5   Seattle 3 2 6  Got lucky vs Dallas 16/1 3
6   Philadelphia 15 6 11  Huge break vs SD, at Denver could be trouble 8/1 11
7   San Diego 4 10 9  Ouch! Tough schedule means they can't afford mistakes 16/1 4
8   Carolina 8 12 2  Could be fierce post bye 12/1 7
9   Cincinnati 5 4 19  Strength of schedule was/is the question mark 12/1 5
10   Washington 6 3 20  Brunell has turned their outlook around 28/1 6
11   Atlanta 11 22 8  Old school football: run the ball! 10/1 14
12   Dallas 9 7 7  In every game, but blunders wearing team down 25/1 8
13   Jacksonville 14 14 21  Surprise us again and again with gutsy wins 25/1 16
14   N.Y. Giants 19 18 28  Eli shining knight in NYG armor 30/1 20
15   Kansas City 13 15 12  Respect them more if defense shuts down good teams 16/1 12
16   New England 26 17 30  Looking like the typical post Super Bowl team now 7/1 23
17   Chicago 12 8 1  Defense, Thomas Jones, no passing game 66/1 10
18   Detroit 17 19 5  Garcia a plus, NFC North there for the taking 50/1 15
19   St. Louis 24 21 15  Not impressed by the last victory 70/1 21
20   Oakland 18 20 14  Jordan could be top fantasy stud from here on 90/1 18
21   Green Bay 16 16 23  Blowing 17-0 lead not a good omen… 125/1 17
22   Buffalo 25 27 24  Iffy offense means the defense has to be stellar 60/1 27
23   Miami 20 25 22  Early season aura is gone, new QB needed 125/1 22
24   Baltimore 23 23 29  Defense only takes you so far 100/1 24
25   Tennessee 27 28 25  One thing after another… 500/1 28
26   Arizona 21 26 32  Outgained 2-1 by TEN…Lucky! 150/1 25
27   Minnesota 30 29 31  Tice earns another week 60/1 32
28   New Orleans 22 13 17  Expect total inconsistency 500/1 19
29   N.Y. Jets 29 24 18  Vinny experiment a failure 150/1 26
30   Cleveland 28 30 27  Last was a dud. Offense bleak. 500/1 31
31   Houston 32 31 13  Ugly scene and more firings may happen soon 2000/1 29
32   San Francisco 31 32 16  Rock bottom, things can only get better? 2000/1 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
    ESPN NFL Power Rankings
    SportsLine NFL Power Rankings
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    NFL Power Rankings page last update on 10/26/2005
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