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NFL Rankings Christmas Edition – 12/22/2011
Rankings updated as of 12/22/2011; Records updated as of 6:22pm 12/24/2011
AFC NFC
Clinched Playoff Berth
Divison Leader Division Champ
Eliminated from Playoffs
| Team | Rank | Change | Record | CHFF Rank |
| New England | 1 | ↑ | 12-3 | 3 |
| Green Bay | 2 | ↓ | 13-1 | 1 |
| Pittsburgh | 3 | – | 11-4 | 7 |
| Baltimore | 4 | – | 11-4 | 6 |
| Atlanta | 5 | – | 9-5 | 8 |
| New Orleans | 6 | ↑ | 11-3 | 2 |
| NY Jets | 7 | ↓ | 8-7 | 11 |
| Chicago | 8 | – | 7-7 | 23 |
| San Francisco | 9 | ↑↑ | 11-3 | 4 |
| NY Giants | 10 | ↓↓ | 8-7 | 14 |
| Detroit | 11 | ↓ | 9-5 | 9 |
| 12 | – | 6-8 | 17 | |
| San Diego | 13 | ↑↑ | 7-7 | 13 |
| 14 | ↓ | 4-11 | 29 | |
| 15 | ↑↑ | 6-9 | 25 | |
| Houston | 16 | ↓↓ | 10-5 | 5 |
| Oakland | 17 | ↓ | 8-7 | 16 |
| Seattle | 18 | ↑↑↑ | 7-7 | 18 |
| 19 | ↓ | 5-10 | 20 | |
| Dallas | 20 | ↑↑ | 8-6 | 10 |
| Cincinnati | 21 | ↓ | 9-6 | 12 |
| Tennessee | 22 | ↓↓↓ | 8-7 | 22 |
| Denver | 23 | – | 8-6 | 15 |
| 24 | – | 6-9 | 26 | |
| 25 | ↑↑↑↑ | 7-8 | 19 | |
| 26 | ↓ | 4-11 | 27 | |
| 27 | ↓ | 4-11 | 28 | |
| 28 | – | 2-13 | 32 | |
| 29 | ↑ | 5-10 | 24 | |
| 30 | ↓↓↓ | 3-12 | 30 | |
| 31 | – | 2-13 | 31 | |
| 32 | – | 6-9 | 21 |
BCS: My offer still stands…….if you want to contact me you can send me a tweet @StatsInTheWild.
Cheers.
SITW Super Bowl Odds
As of 2:22pm on 12/18/2011.
| Team | SITW Odds | WSEX.com Odds |
| Green Bay | 4-1 | 1.5-1 |
| New England | 5-1 | 4.5-1 |
| Pittsburgh | 7-1 | 11-1 |
| Baltimore | 8-1 | 8-1 |
| New Orleans | 9-1 | 6.5-1 |
| Atlanta | 15-1 | 30-1 |
| Houston | 22-1 | 16-1 |
| NY Jets | 23-1 | 35-1 |
| San Francisco | 24-1 | 18-1 |
| NY Giants | 45-1 | 30-1 |
| Detroit | 45-1 | 66-1 |
| Dallas | 70-1 | 45-1 |
| Chicago | 70-1 | 200-1 |
| Oakland | 160-1 | 100-1 |
| Denver | 160-1 | 30-1 |
| Cincinnati | 500-1 | 250-1 |
Cheers.
NFL Playoff Projections After Week 14
| Seed | AFC | NFC |
| 1 | New England | Green Bay |
| 2 | Pittsburgh | New Orleans |
| 3 | Houston | San Francisco |
| 4 | Denver | NY Giants |
| 5 | Baltimore | Atlanta |
| 6 | NY Jets | Detroit |
Cheers.
NFL Rankings After Week 14
No changes at the top.
| Team | Rank – After Week 14 |
| Green Bay | 1 |
| New England | 2 |
| Pittsburgh | 3 |
| Baltimore | 4 |
| Atlanta | 5 |
| NY Jets | 6 |
| New Orleans | 7 |
| Chicago | 8 |
| NY Giants | 9 |
| Detroit | 10 |
| San Francisco | 11 |
| Philadelphia | 12 |
| TampaBay | 13 |
| Houston | 14 |
| San Diego | 15 |
| Oakland | 16 |
| Kansas City | 17 |
| Miami | 18 |
| Tennessee | 19 |
| Cincinnati | 20 |
| Seattle | 21 |
| Dallas | 22 |
| Denver | 23 |
| Buffalo | 24 |
| Cleveland | 25 |
| Jacksonville | 26 |
| Minnesota | 27 |
| Indianapolis | 28 |
| Arizona | 29 |
| Washington | 30 |
| St Louis | 31 |
| Carolina | 32 |
Cheers.
NFL Rankings After Week 11
| Team | Rank – After Week 11 |
| Green Bay | 1 |
| New England | 2 |
| Pittsburgh | 3 |
| Baltimore | 4 |
| Atlanta | 5 |
| NY Jets | 6 |
| Chicago | 7 |
| New Orleans | 8 |
| Tampa Bay | 9 |
| NY Giants | 10 |
| Philadelphia | 11 |
| Detroit | 12 |
| San Diego | 13 |
| San Francisco | 14 |
| Kansas City | 15 |
| Oakland | 16 |
| Cincinnati | 17 |
| Tennessee | 18 |
| Buffalo | 19 |
| Dallas | 20 |
| Houston | 21 |
| Seattle | 22 |
| Miami | 23 |
| Jacksonville | 24 |
| Minnesota | 25 |
| Indianapolis | 26 |
| Cleveland | 27 |
| Washington | 28 |
| Denver | 29 |
| St. Louis | 30 |
| Arizona | 31 |
| Carolina | 32 |
Cheers.
NFL Playoff Projections After Week 11
| Seed | AFC | NFC |
| 1 | Pittsburgh | Green Bay |
| 2 | New England | San Francisco |
| 3 | Houston | New Orleans |
| 4 | Oakland | NY Giants |
| 5 | Cincinnati | Chicago |
| 6 | Baltimore | Dallas |
Cheers.
NFL Playoff Projections After Week 9
New Projected 1 seed in the AFC with Baltimore and New England drops to 2 seed. The AFC North is scheduled to get 3 teams into the playoffs. On the NFC side Green Bay is still projected to be the 1 seed with San Francisco the 2. And, like the AFC, the NFC North is scheduled to get three teams into the playoffs. Has that ever happened before? Two divisons getting 3 teams into the playoffs? I have to guess no.
| Seed | AFC | NFC |
| 1 | Baltimore | Green Bay |
| 2 | New England | San Francisco |
| 3 | Houston | NY Giants |
| 4 | San Diego | Atlanta |
| 5 | Pittsburgh | Detroit |
| 6 | Cincinnati | Chicago |
Cheers.
NFL Rankings After Week 8
SITW NFL Rankings after week 8. (Last weeks NFL rankings) (And check out my NCAA Football Rankings)
Good news. We have heat and electricity back after 5 nights without it. I’ve never before in my life taken a shower where I could see my breath, but that happened twice this week. I assume that’s approximately what it’s like to play a football game in Wisconsin in January. Quite the experience.
Anyway, no changes in the top 7. Tampa Bay and New Orleans swap spots for the 435th time this season. The biggest moves up were Minnesota and Houston who both jumped 4 spots to 22 and 24, respectively. The biggest drop this week was Indianapolis who continues it’s downward spiral to the bottom that will inevitable end up with them ranked 32nd (and Mr. Luck).
Playoff projections to follow….
Cheers.
| Rank – After Week 8 | Change | |
| New England | 1 | 0 |
| Green Bay | 2 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh | 3 | 0 |
| Baltimore | 4 | 0 |
| Atlanta | 5 | 0 |
| NY Jets | 6 | 0 |
| Chicago | 7 | 0 |
| Tampa Bay | 8 | 1 |
| New Orleans | 9 | -1 |
| NY Giants | 10 | 0 |
| Detroit | 11 | 0 |
| Philadelphia | 12 | 0 |
| Buffalo | 13 | 1 |
| Kansas City | 14 | 1 |
| San Diego | 15 | -2 |
| Cincinnati | 16 | 0 |
| San Francisco | 17 | 1 |
| Oakland | 18 | 1 |
| Cleveland | 19 | -2 |
| Tennessee | 20 | 2 |
| Miami | 21 | -1 |
| Minnesota | 22 | 4 |
| Dallas | 23 | -2 |
| Houston | 24 | 4 |
| Washington | 25 | -1 |
| Indianapolis | 26 | -3 |
| Seattle | 27 | -2 |
| Jacksonville | 28 | -1 |
| St. Louis | 29 | 0 |
| Denver | 30 | 0 |
| Carolina | 31 | 0 |
| Arizona | 32 | 0 |
NFL Rankings After Week 7
SITW NFL Rankings after week 7. (Last weeks NFL rankings) (And check out my NCAA Football Rankings)
Well, my survivor season is over thanks to Baltimore’s gutless loss to the Jaguars, and my arch tennis/golf rival was crowned champion.
Anyway, the biggest mover up the rankings this week was Dallas up five spots after its win over winless St. Louis. (How can this happen? Well, my rating are like the BCS, so I don’t have to tell you. If there were transparency, someone might question my method.) The biggest fall this week was Oakland falling 4 spots after losing to Kansas City.
And SITW would like to welcome Arizona to the NFL cellar. Arizona is now 6-16 in the last two seasons. Now 6-16 is not very good, but it is all time bad when you consider they play in the NFC West, which sent a 7-9 team to the playoffs as division champ. This is a team that went to the super bowl in 2009. Things fall apart quickly in the NFL. (See 2011, Colts, Indianapolis)
| Rank – After Week 7 | Change | |
| New England | 1 | 0 |
| Green Bay | 2 | 0 |
| Pittsburgh | 3 | 0 |
| Baltimore | 4 | 0 |
| Atlanta | 5 | 0 |
| NY Jets | 6 | 0 |
| Chicago | 7 | 0 |
| New Orleans | 8 | 1 |
| Tampa Bay | 9 | -1 |
| NY Giants | 10 | 0 |
| Detroit | 11 | 0 |
| Philadelphia | 12 | 0 |
| San Diego | 13 | 0 |
| Buffalo | 14 | 0 |
| Kansas City | 15 | 1 |
| Cincinnati | 16 | 3 |
| Cleveland | 17 | 3 |
| San Francisco | 18 | 0 |
| Oakland | 19 | -4 |
| Miami | 20 | -3 |
| Dallas | 21 | 5 |
| Tennessee | 22 | -1 |
| Indianapolis | 23 | 1 |
| Washington | 24 | -2 |
| Seattle | 25 | -2 |
| Minnesota | 26 | -1 |
| Jacksonville | 27 | 0 |
| Houston | 28 | 0 |
| St. Louis | 29 | 0 |
| Denver | 30 | 1 |
| Carolina | 31 | 1 |
| Arizona | 32 | -2 |
Cheers.
2011 NFL Chernoff Faces
At the end of the 2010 NFL football season I did some Chernoff faces for the teams’ final statistics here.
Here are similar Chernoff faces for the 2011 season through week 6. (And here are my rankings through week 6.)
Offensive yardage affects the size and shape of the face and defensive yardage affect the size and shape of the hair. The number of wins a team has affects the size of the mouth and whether or not the mouth is smiling. The eyes represent penalties, the nose is defensive sacks, and the ears are defensive forced turnovers. The ideal face is found in the lower right corner of the graph.
Two quick comments:
-Oakland has a penalty problem.
-Carolina seems out of place on the graph. The Carolina face is very similar to the New Orleans face; the difference appears to be the eyes (penalties) and the nose (sacks).
Cheers.
Stats in the Wild 