2014 NFL Team Rankings: Week 16 (Dec 18-22)
Mathematically-derived, based on regular-season game scores. Compare with the ESPN Power Rankings and the Fox Sports NFL Power Rankings and the USA Today NFL Power Rankings. .
Computed Ranks for Week: 3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10 . 11 . 12 . 13 . 14 . 15 . 16 . 17 . Wildcard . Divisional . Conference . Superbowl
Predictions vs Results for Week: 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10 . 11 . 12 . 13 . 14 . 15 . 16 . 17 . Wildcard . Divisional . Conference . Superbowl
(Click on a column header to sort by that column. Color coding: AFC South Houston Texans Most over-rated Most under-rated )
| Scores and Standings |
| High | Low | Wk3 | Wk4 | Wk5 | Wk6 | Wk7 | Wk8 | Wk9 | Wk10 | Wk11 | Wk12 | Wk13 | Wk14 | Wk15 | +/- | Rank | Team | W-L-T | Div | Conf | Off | Def | Strength | USA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 | 20 | 28 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | New England Patriots | 12-3-0 | AFC_East | AFC | 63.2 | 36.8 | 100.0 | 1 |
| 2 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | Seattle Seahawks | 11-4-0 | NFC_West | NFC | 57.8 | 40.5 | 98.3 | 1 |
| 2 | 23 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Green Bay Packers | 11-4-0 | NFC_North | NFC | 62.1 | 34.2 | 96.3 | 3 |
| 1 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | -2 | 4 | Denver Broncos | 11-4-0 | AFC_West | AFC | 62.2 | 32.1 | 94.3 | 4 |
| 5 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys | 11-4-0 | NFC_East | NFC | 60.7 | 33.2 | 93.8 | 5 |
| 5 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | -1 | 6 | Buffalo Bills | 8-7-0 | AFC_East | AFC | 54.7 | 36.8 | 91.5 | 17 |
| 2 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 6 | -1 | 7 | Kansas City Chiefs | 8-7-0 | AFC_West | AFC | 54.0 | 37.2 | 91.2 | 15 |
| 5 | 28 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 28 | 24 | 16 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 8 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-5-0 | AFC_North | AFC | 60.2 | 30.8 | 91.0 | 7 |
| 5 | 27 | 27 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 9 | Philadelphia Eagles | 9-6-0 | NFC_East | NFC | 61.1 | 29.0 | 90.2 | 12 |
| 2 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | -2 | 10 | Baltimore Ravens | 9-6-0 | AFC_North | AFC | 56.5 | 33.6 | 90.1 | 14 |
| 11 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 11 | Houston Texans | 8-7-0 | AFC_South | AFC | 54.3 | 35.7 | 90.0 | 13 |
| 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 18 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 6 | 12 | Cincinnati Bengals | 10-4-1 | AFC_North | AFC | 55.7 | 33.6 | 89.3 | 9 |
| 10 | 31 | 31 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 23 | 30 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 10 | -3 | 13 | St. Louis Rams | 6-9-0 | NFC_West | NFC | 54.9 | 34.4 | 89.3 | 25 |
| 2 | 26 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 7 | -7 | 14 | Indianapolis Colts | 10-5-0 | AFC_South | AFC | 58.9 | 30.3 | 89.2 | 8 |
| 2 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -4 | 15 | Miami Dolphins | 8-7-0 | AFC_East | AFC | 57.5 | 31.6 | 89.0 | 18 |
| 9 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 17 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | -3 | 16 | Detroit Lions | 11-4-0 | NFC_North | NFC | 51.5 | 37.4 | 89.0 | 6 |
| 2 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 9 | -8 | 17 | Arizona Cardinals | 11-4-0 | NFC_West | NFC | 51.8 | 37.1 | 88.8 | 10 |
| 3 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 15 | -3 | 18 | San Diego Chargers | 9-6-0 | AFC_West | AFC | 55.8 | 31.8 | 87.7 | 11 |
| 7 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 23 | 22 | 3 | 19 | NY Giants | 6-9-0 | NFC_East | NFC | 57.2 | 30.3 | 87.5 | 24 |
| 3 | 31 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 26 | 31 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 0 | 20 | Atlanta Falcons | 6-9-0 | NFC_South | NFC | 57.4 | 29.8 | 87.1 | 19 |
| 17 | 29 | 21 | 22 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 17 | 19 | -2 | 21 | Minnesota Vikings | 6-9-0 | NFC_North | NFC | 55.1 | 31.4 | 86.5 | 23 |
| 10 | 23 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 1 | 22 | San Francisco 49ers | 7-8-0 | NFC_West | NFC | 51.1 | 33.7 | 84.7 | 16 |
| 7 | 27 | 7 | 19 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 18 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 25 | 21 | -2 | 23 | New Orleans Saints | 6-9-0 | NFC_South | NFC | 55.5 | 27.6 | 83.2 | 22 |
| 12 | 29 | 12 | 26 | 24 | 22 | 28 | 23 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 24 | Carolina Panthers | 6-8-1 | NFC_South | NFC | 51.9 | 31.3 | 83.2 | 20 |
| 4 | 25 | 4 | 14 | 22 | 19 | 22 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 0 | 25 | Cleveland Browns | 7-8-0 | AFC_North | AFC | 48.7 | 33.1 | 81.9 | 21 |
| 21 | 29 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 21 | 29 | 28 | 22 | 22 | 27 | 25 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 26 | NY Jets | 3-12-0 | AFC_East | AFC | 49.0 | 32.7 | 81.7 | 28 |
| 23 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 23 | 31 | 28 | 27 | 0 | 27 | Oakland Raiders | 3-12-0 | AFC_West | AFC | 51.7 | 27.6 | 79.3 | 29 |
| 11 | 31 | 11 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 25 | 24 | 31 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 28 | 0 | 28 | Chicago Bears | 5-10-0 | NFC_North | NFC | 52.9 | 26.2 | 79.1 | 26 |
| 27 | 32 | 29 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 27 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 29 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2-13-0 | NFC_South | NFC | 47.7 | 31.0 | 78.7 | 30 |
| 19 | 31 | 28 | 25 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 22 | 22 | 21 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 1 | 30 | Washington Redskins | 4-11-0 | NFC_East | NFC | 49.5 | 28.9 | 78.4 | 27 |
| 30 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 31 | 30 | -1 | 31 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 3-12-0 | AFC_South | AFC | 46.9 | 31.3 | 78.1 | 31 |
| 16 | 32 | 16 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 30 | 28 | 28 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 32 | Tennessee Titans | 2-13-0 | AFC_South | AFC | 47.7 | 25.8 | 73.5 | 32 |