And There Were Two - Colts vs Saints

We now know the Superbowl contestants and with form holding, which it rarely does, we have the top 2 teams from the regular season in each conference facing off. And while they weren't #1 and #2 coming in to this weekend (#1 and #5), they were every meaningful week of the season since week 5 and are once again in the week 20 rankings below.  As usual, the current rankings can always be found here.

The computer did pick the winners in both championship games, but had the wrong side of the spread in the Indy game with the Jets inability to score in the second half letting that margin grow too large and got a push in the New Orleans game where they simply let the Vikings have try after try to tie the score keeping that one too close.  That drops the post reason record to 5-4-1 against the spread but increases the picks on winners to 7-3.  See this page for details.

Look for a Superbowl preview soon, and as usual newsletter subscribers will get a detailed preview this week including some "what if" scenarios of what the prediction would be if Indy and NO hadn't shut things down.

Rank	Team	Rating	Record	Schedule	Change
Rank	Team	Rating	Record	Schedule	Change
1	New Orleans	87.906	15-3	80.664	+0, -0.154
2	Indianapolis	86.548	16-2	80.619	+3, +0.663
3	Minnesota	85.969	13-5	79.763	+0, +0.062
4	Dallas	85.840	12-6	81.133	+0, -0.056
5	New England	85.586	10-7	82.233	+1, -0.048
6	NY Jets	85.462	11-8	82.582	-4, -0.585
7	San Diego	84.931	13-4	79.766	+0, -0.065
8	Baltimore	84.815	10-8	81.295	+0, +0.063
9	Green Bay	84.750	11-6	79.329	+0, +0.019
10	Philadelphia	84.119	11-6	81.362	+0, -0.047
11	Carolina	83.923	8-8	82.880	+0, -0.095
12	Atlanta	83.820	9-7	82.390	+0, -0.103
13	Houston	82.787	9-7	80.331	+0, +0.058
14	Pittsburgh	82.139	9-7	79.998	+0, -0.014
15	Arizona	81.847	11-7	79.724	+0, +0.052
16	San Francisco	81.324	8-8	79.202	+1, +0.060
17	Cincinnati	81.275	10-7	80.638	-1, -0.093
18	Miami	80.929	7-9	83.163	+0, -0.059
19	Tennessee	80.637	8-8	81.302	+0, +0.066
20	Buffalo	80.400	6-10	82.456	+0, -0.049
21	NY Giants	80.209	8-8	81.886	+0, -0.052
22	Denver	80.109	8-8	80.860	+0, -0.009
23	Chicago	78.455	7-9	80.051	+0, +0.010
24	Tampa Bay	77.621	3-13	83.317	+0, -0.104
25	Jacksonville	77.402	7-9	80.746	+0, +0.039
26	Washington	77.022	4-12	80.536	+0, -0.056
27	Cleveland	76.182	5-11	80.507	+0, -0.013
28	Kansas City	75.521	4-12	80.538	+0, -0.038
29	Oakland	74.563	5-11	81.311	+0, -0.060
30	Seattle	74.459	5-11	79.780	+0, +0.058
31	St Louis	70.285	1-15	80.393	+0, +0.072
32	Detroit	69.560	2-14	80.975	+0, +0.015