Final 2008 NFL Ratings

Before we start the 2009 NFL season, let's take a look back at 2008.

Pittsburgh won the Super Bowl last year but my ratings insist that Baltimore was the best team due to a strong finish to the season and their loss to Pittsburgh in the playoffs being on the road. It doesn't pass my gut check but the computer's performance against the spread (see below) is hard to argue with.

For those interested in such things, my computer was a very good 152-107-5 against the spread in all the games I had spreads for.  Those games matching my best pick criteria were an outstanding 38-18-3.  And while only 9 games matched my "lock" criteria last year, those games did go 7-2.

Projections for 2009 based on these ratings coming soon.

Rank	Team	Rating	Record	Schedule
Rank	Team	Rating	Record	Schedule
1	Baltimore	88.752	13-6-0	83.337
2	Pittsburgh	88.686	15-4-0	83.027
3	Philadelphia	87.558	11-7-1	82.823
4	Tennessee	86.798	13-4-0	81.314
5	NY Giants	86.759	12-5-0	82.292
6	Indianapolis	86.135	12-5-0	82.296
7	New England	85.018	11-5-0	80.165
8	San Diego	84.204	9-9-0	81.310
9	Carolina	84.121	12-5-0	81.130
10	Atlanta	83.894	11-6-0	80.937
11	Arizona	83.514	12-8-0	81.506
12	Minnesota	83.324	10-7-0	81.711
13	Dallas	82.902	9-7-0	82.385
14	New Orleans	82.778	8-8-0	80.842
15	Tampa Bay	82.006	9-7-0	80.783
16	Miami	81.971	11-6-0	80.575
17	Chicago	81.782	9-7-0	81.117
18	Green Bay	81.480	6-10-0	81.114
19	Houston	81.357	8-8-0	81.964
20	NY Jets	80.845	9-7-0	80.034
21	Washington	80.705	8-8-0	82.076
22	San Francisco	78.649	7-9-0	80.330
23	Buffalo	78.481	7-9-0	79.769
24	Jacksonville	77.907	5-11-0	82.170
25	Cincinnati	77.586	4-11-1	83.457
26	Cleveland	77.511	4-12-0	83.489
27	Oakland	77.291	5-11-0	81.305
28	Denver	77.174	8-8-0	80.401
29	Seattle	76.968	4-12-0	81.124
30	Kansas City	74.450	2-14-0	81.302
31	St Louis	72.968	2-14-0	81.761
32	Detroit	71.369	0-16-0	82.345