The NFL Blog: 2012 Power Rankings (After Week 11)

Power Rankings After Week 11

1. Green Bay 7-3 (1^st)

2. Houston 9-1 (2^nd)

3. San Francisco 7-2-1 (5^th)

4. Atlanta 9-1 (3^rd)

5. Baltimore 8-2 (4^th)

6. New York Giants 6-4 (6^th)

7. Denver 7-3 (7^th)

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

9. Seattle 6-4 (9^th)

10. Tampa Bay 6-4 (11^th)

11. Chicago 7-3 (10^th)

12. Pittsburgh 6-4 (12^th)

13. Indianapolis 6-4 (13^th)

14. Minnesota 6-4 (14^th)

15. New Orleans 5-5 (17^th)

16. Cincinnati 5-5 (18^th)

17. Washington 4-6 (21^st)

18. Detroit 4-6 (15^th)

19. Dallas 5-5 (16^th)

20. New York Jets 4-6 (23^rd)

21. Miami 4-6 (19^th)

22. Philadelphia 3-7 (20^th)

23. St. Louis 3-6-1 (22^nd)

24. Tennessee 4-6 (24^th)

25. Carolina 2-8 (25^th)

26. San Diego 4-6 (26^th)

27. Buffalo 4-6 (27^th)

28. Arizona 4-6 (28^th)

29. Jacksonville 1-9 (30^th)

30. Cleveland 2-8 (32^nd)

31. Oakland 3-7 (29^th)

32. Kansas City 1-9 (31^st)

Comments: It was a much calmer week for my NFL power rankings. Last week 30 of the 32 spots in my rankings experienced change. This week just 18 of 32 spots changed, with 8 teams going up and 10 teams going down. Of the 8 teams rising in the rankings, 6 moved up more than 1 spot. Of the 10 teams going down, 5 fell by more than 1 spot.

The Washington Redskins made the biggest move up my rankings this week, climbing 4 spots from #21 to #17. The other 2 traditional Thanksgiving teams—Dallas and Detroit—took the biggest fall in my rankings. Detroit moved down 3 spots from #15 to #18, while Dallas dropped 3 spots from #16 to #19.

The Green Bay Packers remain atop my rankings, holding the #1 spot for a second straight week. At the other end, the Browns moved back out of the bottom spot after just a 1 week stay. Cleveland moved up 2 spots in my rankings this week from #32 to #30. Meanwhile, the Chiefs fell back to the bottom, dropping 1 spot from #31 to #32.

All 32 teams have now played 10 games. This would make it very easy to organize and separate the teams based on wins if the Niners and Rams hadn’t fucked everything up by somehow managing to finish tied after a 15 minute overtime session. 14 teams currently have winning records, while 15 teams have losing records. There are 3 teams at .500.

The Skins are my highest ranked team with a losing record at #17; the Vikings are my lowest ranked team with a winning record at #14. The Saints are my highest ranked .500 team at #15, while the Cowboys are my lowest ranked .500 team at #19.