2009 Week 3 NFL Ratings/Rankings and Summary

Week 3 of the NFL season is complete and it resulted in some changes in the ratings.  The ratings are below but can always be found at http://sites.google.com/site/computerratings/nfl-football/nfl-ratings.

New Orleans extends the ratings lead cementing their hold on #1 with over a 6 point advantage over #2 Baltimore and #3 New York Jets.  Denver does make a big jump to #4 after a second convincing win in 2 weeks.  Minnesota also moves into the top-5.

These moves were at the expense of the Giants and Eagles who both dropped a few spots, but interestingly the Giants didn't lose ratings points, they just got passed by other teams that improved their ratings more.  Philly suffered a bit by having previous opponent Carolina not do so well against a 1-loss Dallas team last night.

The computer did very well picking games this week going 12-4 against the spread and 11-5 picking winners too.  That puts the computer at a very good 30-17-1 against the spread for the season.

Rank	Team	Rating	Record	Schedule	Change
Rank	Team	Rating	Record	Schedule	Change
1	New Orleans	95.099	3-0	82.543	+0, +4.745
2	Baltimore	88.873	3-0	75.633	+0, +0.228
3	NY Jets	88.816	3-0	79.846	+0, +0.822
4	Denver	87.905	3-0	78.565	+8, +4.549
5	Minnesota	87.487	3-0	79.822	+2, +1.501
6	San Francisco	87.323	2-1	83.600	+0, +1.253
7	NY Giants	87.271	3-0	78.962	-3, +0.192
8	Indianapolis	86.074	3-0	80.117	+5, +3.023
9	Philadelphia	86.036	2-1	80.160	-4, -0.959
10	New England	85.079	2-1	83.503	+4, +2.430
11	Dallas	84.571	2-1	77.462	-2, -0.734
12	San Diego	83.198	2-1	79.776	-1, -0.403
13	Buffalo	82.763	1-2	83.433	+4, +0.326
14	Pittsburgh	82.536	1-2	82.400	-4, -2.441
15	Cincinnati	82.485	2-1	82.565	+8, +3.539
16	Chicago	82.016	2-1	81.488	+2, +1.175
17	Atlanta	81.929	2-1	77.876	-9, -3.707
18	Arizona	81.641	1-2	83.183	-3, -0.996
19	Green Bay	80.255	2-1	76.883	+2, +0.681
20	Tennessee	79.698	0-3	84.037	-4, -2.776
21	Jacksonville	79.152	1-2	82.825	+6, +1.577
22	Seattle	78.673	1-2	78.496	-3, -1.861
23	Houston	77.760	1-2	81.555	-3, -1.895
24	Oakland	76.898	1-2	80.498	+2, -1.047
25	Miami	76.558	0-3	84.734	-1, -1.456
26	Washington	76.194	1-2	78.417	-4, -2.904
27	Detroit	75.831	1-2	85.260	+4, +3.259
28	Carolina	74.992	0-3	85.179	-3, -2.971
29	Kansas City	73.389	0-3	84.935	+0, -1.106
30	Cleveland	73.311	0-3	89.088	+0, +0.187
31	Tampa Bay	73.123	0-3	83.868	-3, -2.396
32	St Louis	69.149	0-3	79.374	+0, -1.890