2009 Week 15 NFL Ratings/Rankings and Summary

Week 15 of the NFL season is complete and with some surprising games there is some movements in the rankings.  The ratings are below but can always be found at http://sites.google.com/site/computerratings/nfl-football/nfl-ratings.

And there is only 1.  But remarkably they are not ranked #1!  The Saints did drop over 1.2 ratings points but had a bit lead coming in and the Colts also dropped 0.75 leaving them still about a rating point behind.

Behind them, New England remains #3 but beyond that we finally have some changes.  Minnesota drops all the way to #8 leaving room for the Eagles, Chargers, and Dallas to move up.  In the second 10, Atlanta and the Giants both move up 6 spots while the 49ers, Broncos, and Houston all drop quite a bit.

The computer had a third straight great week against the spread going 10-6 after 12-4 and 11-5 the last 2 weeks.  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	90.327	13-1	80.495	+0, -1.202
2	Indianapolis	89.288	14-0	80.910	+0, -0.756
3	New England	87.253	9-5	82.445	+0, +0.348
4	Philadelphia	86.598	10-4	80.609	+1, +1.212
5	San Diego	85.309	11-3	80.012	+1, +0.277
6	Dallas	85.015	9-5	81.012	+6, +2.114
7	Baltimore	84.231	8-6	79.863	+0, +0.280
8	Minnesota	83.992	11-3	78.197	-4, -2.193
9	Arizona	83.125	9-5	79.751	-1, -0.619
10	NY Jets	82.984	7-7	81.693	-1, -0.282
11	Green Bay	82.871	9-5	78.252	-1, -0.352
12	Atlanta	82.503	7-7	82.997	+6, +1.386
13	NY Giants	82.492	8-6	81.960	+6, +1.686
14	Miami	82.294	7-7	83.643	+3, +0.143
15	Houston	82.183	7-7	80.798	-4, -0.811
16	Cincinnati	82.174	9-5	79.723	+0, -0.080
17	Tennessee	82.120	7-7	82.051	-2, -0.379
18	Denver	81.970	8-6	81.314	-4, -0.650
19	San Francisco	81.481	6-8	80.895	-6, -1.189
20	Carolina	81.267	6-8	82.588	+3, +2.290
21	Pittsburgh	80.592	7-7	79.199	-1, -0.051
22	Buffalo	79.331	5-9	81.934	-1, -0.077
23	Jacksonville	78.753	7-7	80.747	-1, -0.402
24	Washington	77.696	4-10	80.396	+0, -0.514
25	Chicago	76.656	5-9	80.032	+0, -0.963
26	Tampa Bay	76.305	2-12	82.854	+3, +2.218
27	Oakland	75.490	5-9	81.563	+1, +1.240
28	Seattle	75.054	5-9	79.522	-2, -2.025
29	Cleveland	74.260	3-11	80.957	+1, +0.656
30	Kansas City	73.798	3-11	80.467	-3, -0.565
31	St Louis	71.213	1-13	80.577	+0, -0.681
32	Detroit	69.479	2-12	80.647	+0, -0.751