Power Ranking

[Sibelius Hindemith]

Did someone rank KC at #1? DId I read that correctly? Probably guys at PFF who are out-of-the-closet Swifties.

No need ta wunder inny more, it's raght here...

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https://www.espn.com/nfl/fpi

[douche]

I find the power rankings fun to look at but they typically don't hold much merit.

SI has the Hawks at No.1, as does the Bleacher Report and Yahoo sports. They tend to focus solely on Darnold's play.

From Bleacher Report:

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[Michael K.]

I find the power rankings fun to look at but they typically don't hold much merit.

SI has the Hawks at No.1, as does the Bleacher Report and Yahoo sports. They tend to focus solely on Darnold's play.

From Bleacher Report:


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Any Power Ranking that comes out before every team has played seems a bit stupid to me. Are they saying if the Colts beat the Niners, nothing in their rankings will change? What if the 49ers dominate? That doesn't move them up? I realize that Power Rankings mean nothing, but publishing them before all the games have been played is pretty dumb. Tell me you realize your rankings don't mean shit without telling me your rankings don't mean shit. LOL

[Sibelius Hindemith]

The football Power Index...

[Sibelius Hindemith]

The Seahawks' strength of schedule has gone from 26th to 16th over the past three weeks. The Rams' has gone from 13th to 3rd . Probably due to how well the Jags and Texans have been playing along withSEA and LAR playing each other.

[douche]

Any Power Ranking that comes out before every team has played seems a bit stupid to me. Are they saying if the Colts beat the Niners, nothing in their rankings will change? What if the 49ers dominate? That doesn't move them up? I realize that Power Rankings mean nothing, but publishing them before all the games have been played is pretty dumb. Tell me you realize your rankings don't mean shit without telling me your rankings don't mean shit. LOL

Agreed.

[Captain 97]

Whats up with the Ravens? They lose to the Patriots and they move up 3 spots? They have lost 3 of their last 4 all to teams that are below them in this ranking. Also Denver loses to Jacksonville and moves up 2 spots while Jacksonville only moves up 1 spot. Something is flawed in the algorithm.

[Sibelius Hindemith]

Power rankings are just some guy's opinion and usually put too much weight on w/l records rather than underlying measures of performance.

[Sibelius Hindemith]

Whats up with the Ravens? They lose to the Patriots and they move up 3 spots? They have lost 3 of their last 4 all to teams that are below them in this ranking. Also Denver loses to Jacksonville and moves up 2 spots while Jacksonville only moves up 1 spot. Something is flawed in the algorithm.

Denver moved up because KC and Green Bay fell below them.

[Captain 97]

Power rankings are just some guy's opinion and usually put too much weight on w/l records rather than underlying measures of performance.

Pretty sure that the FPI is an algorithm based on record, statistics and strength of schedule. I don't believe it has any opinion component.