Last week’s rankings and playoff projections. The only change in the AFC is that Jets are projected to be back in and Buffalo is out after one week as the projected 6 seed. Green Bay is still the projected 1 seed as they have been since after week 1;  Detroit has been the projected 5…

SITW NFL Rankings after week 6.  (Last weeks NFL rankings) (And check out my NCAA Football Rankings) Rank – After Week 5  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…

SITW NFL Rankings after week 5.  (Last weeks rankings.) No changes in the top 7 this week.  New Orleans and Tampa Bay flip flop at 8 and 9.  The biggest movers were Oakland and Indianapolis, in opposite directions of course.  Oakland is up 5 spots to number 17 after beating Houston and Indianapolis falls 6…

SITW NFL Rankings after week 4.  (Last weeks rankings.)  Team Rank – After Week 4  Rank – After Week 3  Change  New England  1 1 0  Green Bay 2  2 0 Pittsburgh 3 3 0 Baltimore 4 5 1  Atlanta 5  6 1  NY Jets 6  4 -2  Chicago  7  7 0 Tampa Bay 8…

How can I reasonably still have Miami ranked above Buffalo?  I don’t know.  But Buffalo has climbed 10 spots in the SITW rankings this year, so it’s not so crazy.  The reason they aren’t higher is because they did only win 4 games last year.  That’s pretty bad.  They are basically starting from such a…

The ESPN Power Rankings for Week 3 have Houston at number 5; a good reason why I think most sports writers are idiots.  The reason for such a high ranking is because Houston sits at 2-0.  However, they have only beaten lowly Miami and an Indianapolis team without Peyton Manning; not enough for me to…

If other sites get to do an Absurdly Premature Playoff Picture, then so do I. Here are my projected playoff seeds after week 1.  (You can see my projected playoff teams prior to the start of the season here.) Seed AFC NFC 1 New England Green Bay 2 Baltimore Philadelphia 3 Jacksonville Atlanta 4 San…

SITW NFL Rankings after week 1.  Team Preseason Rank  After Week 1 Rank  New England  1 1  Green Bay  3  2  New York Jets  5  3  Baltimore  6  4  Pittsburgh  2  5  Atlanta  4  6  Chicago  7  7  Philadelphia  10  8  New Orleans  9  9  Tampa Bay  8  10  New York Giants  11  11  Miami…