2009 Week 12 NFL Ratings/Rankings and Summary

Week 12 of the NFL season is complete and there were remarkably few changes in the ratings.  The ratings are below but can always be found at http://sites.google.com/site/computerratings/nfl-football/nfl-ratings.

And there are still 2.  New Orleans wins easily and Indy has to forge a comeback and both stay undefeated and #1 and #2 in the rankings.  New England stays #3 as they were expected to lose by 6 and lost by 17 which dropped their rating nearly a point, but even with Minnesota improving their rating over a point they didn't quite bridge the gap.  Baltimore, San Diego, and Cincinnati all win and stay in their spots as well.

The computer did ok overall going 8-7-1 against the spread this week and beat Vegas going 14-2 straight up compared to 13-3.  And the best picks against the spread went a great 5-1.  Details of the picks in last weeks newsletter.  Full prediction performance here.

Rank	Team	Rating	Record	Schedule	Change
Rank	Team	Rating	Record	Schedule	Change
1	New Orleans	92.154	11-0	78.691	+0, +0.753
2	Indianapolis	89.790	11-0	81.598	+0, +0.223
3	New England	87.221	7-4	82.355	+0, -0.911
4	Minnesota	86.993	10-1	77.605	+0, +1.109
5	Baltimore	85.715	6-5	82.066	+0, +0.229
6	San Diego	84.943	8-3	79.647	+0, +0.245
7	Cincinnati	84.350	8-3	80.182	+0, -0.188
8	Pittsburgh	84.331	6-5	80.975	+1, +0.247
9	Dallas	83.895	8-3	78.528	+2, +0.101
10	Arizona	83.555	7-4	80.169	+0, -0.493
11	Denver	82.634	7-4	81.551	+7, +1.351
12	Houston	82.584	5-6	82.141	+0, -0.169
13	Philadelphia	82.317	6-5	79.472	-5, -1.876
14	Green Bay	81.982	7-4	78.106	+5, +0.748
15	Tennessee	81.917	5-6	82.975	+2, +0.320
16	San Francisco	81.916	5-6	81.099	+4, +1.029
17	NY Jets	81.892	5-6	81.774	-1, +0.003
18	Atlanta	81.806	6-5	81.478	-5, -0.889
19	Miami	80.860	5-6	82.985	-5, -1.723
20	NY Giants	80.590	6-5	81.471	-5, -1.490
21	Buffalo	78.624	4-7	81.330	+3, +1.564
22	Jacksonville	78.615	6-5	80.967	-1, -0.753
23	Carolina	78.265	4-7	81.979	-1, -0.747
24	Chicago	78.234	4-7	80.941	-1, -0.637
25	Seattle	77.335	4-7	80.385	+1, +0.671
26	Washington	77.238	4-7	78.879	+1, +1.624
27	Kansas City	75.828	3-8	81.269	-2, -0.869
28	Tampa Bay	74.622	1-10	82.268	+1, +0.456
29	Oakland	74.188	3-8	81.528	-1, -0.617
30	Cleveland	72.644	1-10	82.914	+1, +0.885
31	St Louis	72.279	1-10	81.276	-1, -0.505
32	Detroit	70.120	2-9	80.833	+0, +0.011