The NFL Blog: 2012 Power Rankings (After Week 10)

Power Rankings After Week 10

1. Green Bay 6-3 (4^th)

2. Houston 8-1 (5^th)

3. Atlanta 8-1 (1^st)

4. Baltimore 7-2 (6^th)

5. San Francisco 6-2-1 (3^rd)

6. New York Giants 6-4 (2^nd)

7. Denver 6-3 (8^th)

8. New England 6-3 (7^th)

9. Seattle 6-4 (10^th)

10. Chicago 7-2 (9^th)

11. Tampa Bay 5-4 (13^th)

12. Pittsburgh 6-3 (11^th)

13. Indianapolis 6-3 (14^th)

14. Minnesota 6-4 (15^th)

15. Detroit 4-5 (12^th)

16. Dallas 4-5 (16^th)

17. New Orleans 4-5 (18^th)

18. Cincinnati 4-5 (23^rd)

19. Miami 4-5 (17^th)

20. Philadelphia 3-6 (19^th)

21. Washington 3-6 (20^th)

22. St. Louis 3-5-1 (24^th)

23. New York Jets 3-6 (21^st)

24. Tennessee 4-6 (26^th)

25. Carolina 2-7 (22^nd)

26. San Diego 4-5 (25^th)

27. Buffalo 3-6 (27^th)

28. Arizona 4-5 (30^th)

29. Oakland 3-6 (28^th)

30. Jacksonville 1-8 (29^th)

31. Kansas City 1-8 (32^nd)

32. Cleveland 2-7 (31^st)

Comments: Much more change in my rankings this week. Overall, 30 of 32 spots in my power rankings experienced change this week, with 14 teams moving up in the rankings and 16 teams going down. Of the 14 teams rising in my power rankings, 8 moved up more than 1 spot. Of the 14 teams falling in my rankings this week, 7 dropped more than 1 spot. 

The team making the biggest climb in my power rankings this week was Cincinnati. The Bengals blew out the Giants on the road last Sunday, perhaps saving their season, and they moved up 5 spots in my rankings this week from #23 to #18. Not coincidentally it was the New York Giants who took the biggest tumble in my power rankings this week, dropping 4 spots from #2 to #6. 

I knew I shouldn’t have placed my team atop the power rankings. The Falcons suffered their first loss of the season on Sunday, losing a heartbreaker on the road against their arch rivals the Saints. After just 1 week in the #1 spot, my Falcons fell 2 spots this week, dropping from #1 to #3. 

The Green Bay Packers were idle last week and are just 6-3 on the season but they are the new team atop my power rankings. Green Bay jumped up 3 spots this week, climbing from #4 to #1. 

There’s also a new team at the bottom of the rankings. The Kansas City Chiefs put up a good fight on the road against the Steelers on Monday night and they ended their 2 week run as my #32 team. KC moved up 1 spot this week from #32 to #31. 

The Cleveland Browns were idle last week and this week they find themselves back at the bottom of my rankings after a 2 week break. The Browns dropped 1 spot in my rankings from #31 to take over the #32 spot once again. 

After 10 weeks there are no undefeated or winless teams in the NFL. There are just two 1-loss teams remaining: Houston (#2 in my rankings) and my Atlanta Falcons (#3). There are also two 1-win teams: Kansas City (#31) and Jacksonville (#30). At the moment there are no .500 teams in the NFL, and there are no teams with winning records ranked below teams with losing records in my power rankings.