The NFL Blog: 2010 Power Rankings (After Week 7)

Power Rankings After Week 7

1. Pittsburgh 5-1 (2nd)
2. New York Jets 5-1 (3rd)
3. Baltimore 5-2 (1st)
4. New England 5-1 (4th)
5. Indianapolis 4-2 (5th)
6. Kansas City 4-2 (7th)
7. Philadelphia 4-3 (6th)
8. Atlanta 5-2 (8th)
9. Washington 4-3 (9th)
10. New York Giants 5-2 (10th)
11. Green Bay 4-3 (11th)
12. Houston 4-2 (13th)
13. Miami 3-3 (15th)
14. Tennessee 5-3 (16th)
15. New Orleans 4-3 (12th)
16. Minnesota 2-4 (14th)
17. Tampa Bay 4-2 (17th)
18. Cincinnati 2-4 (19th)
19. St. Louis 3-4 (20th)
20. Detroit 1-5 (23rd)
21. Seattle 4-2 (26th)
22. Chicago 4-3 (18th)
23. Dallas 1-5 (21st)
24. San Diego 2-5 (22nd)
25. Oakland 3-4 (29th)
26. Cleveland 2-5 (30th)
27. Arizona 3-3 (24th)
28. San Francisco 1-6 (27th)
29. Jacksonville 3-4 (28th)
30. Carolina 1-5 (31st)
31. Buffalo 0-6 (32nd)
32. Denver 2-5 (25th)

-Previous week’s rankings in parenthesis;

A New Number One. The Baltimore Ravens won on Sunday to improve to 5-2, but they were very fortunate to come away with an overtime win over the winless Buffalo Bills at home. The Ravens have played a tough schedule and you knew a letdown was possible, but it was still a disappointing effort. Pittsburgh was also very lucky to win last Sunday, but they were playing on the road against a feisty Miami team. Pittsburgh’s only loss came to the Ravens, but that was before Ben Roethlisberger had rejoined the team. I moved the Steelers up a spot from 2nd to 1st this week. I also moved the idle Jets up a spot from 3rd to 2nd. The Jets lost to the Ravens by a point in week 1, but since then they have been the best team in football. I dropped the Ravens down 2 spots from 1st to 3rd.

Seahawks Continue to Climb. Seattle made the biggest move up my rankings this week, jumping 5 spots from 26th to 21st. The Seahawks have made their climb in my rankings these last few weeks simply by not sucking, when so many other teams in the lower half of the rankings have. They have risen from 29th to 21st over the last 2 weeks, beating Chicago on the road and the Cardinals at home in the process.

I Hate the Broncos. Denver took the biggest slide in my rankings this week, plummeting 7 spots from 25th all the way to dead last at #32. Now it might seem like an overreaction, but they lost at home to the Raiders 59-14 to fall to 2-5, so I think it’s absolutely fair to have them ranked as the worst team in the NFL at this point. I picked the Broncos in my Eliminator league last week. I was already pissed that I had to root for them, and then they lost by 44 at home to Oakland. They ruined my whole year, as I had been 6-0 going into last week. I hate them.