NFL Week 17 Ratings and Rankings - New England finished #1

The ratings after week 17 are now posted and listed below as well.

New England moves back ahead of Denver based primarily on Denver having to play the worst team in the league while the Patriots got to play now 7-9 Miami.  They are only a half point apart so it really is very close.

Behind them, Seattle stays ahead of San Francisco, despite San Francisco beating them out for the NFC West.  Atlanta falls more with their loss than Green Bay does leaving the Packers at #5 and the Falcons at #6.

It will be no solace to Chicago that they are #7 and ahead of Minnesota at #8 because they lost out on tie-breakers to them.  Houston's losing streak dropped them all the way to #9.

The Giants are another team that missed the playoffs but is ranked ahead of teams that made it.  The worst team in the playoffs?  The Colts way down at #21.

We are now on to the playoffs.  Look for more posts shortly.

Rank	Team	Rating	Record	Schedule	Change
Rank	Team	Rating	Record	Schedule	Change
1	New England	88.523	12-4	80.320	+1, +0.357
2	Denver	88.081	13-3	79.177	-1, -0.169
3	Seattle	87.650	11-5	81.924	+0, -0.056
4	San Francisco	87.099	11-4-1	82.150	+0, +0.050
5	Green Bay	85.896	11-5	81.290	+1, -0.274
6	Atlanta	84.958	13-3	79.527	-1, -1.216
7	Chicago	84.060	10-6	81.363	+1, -0.064
8	Minnesota	83.946	10-6	81.484	+1, +0.269
9	Houston	83.794	12-4	79.902	-2, -1.170
10	NY Giants	83.602	9-7	80.989	+0, +0.179
11	Washington	83.021	10-6	80.597	+1, +0.274
12	Baltimore	82.519	10-6	80.111	-1, -0.376
13	Cincinnati	82.382	10-6	78.799	+0, +0.214
14	St Louis	81.614	7-8-1	82.785	+0, +0.136
15	Carolina	81.549	7-9	80.928	+1, +0.627
16	New Orleans	80.560	7-9	81.131	-1, -0.667
17	Tampa Bay	80.338	7-9	80.695	+3, +0.990
18	Pittsburgh	80.311	8-8	79.178	+1, +0.382
19	Dallas	80.100	8-8	81.347	-2, -0.382
20	Miami	79.731	7-9	80.485	-2, -0.357
21	Indianapolis	79.525	11-5	78.955	+2, +1.010
22	San Diego	78.938	7-9	79.111	-1, -0.333
23	Arizona	78.491	5-11	82.889	-1, -0.221
24	Buffalo	77.661	6-10	80.197	+2, +0.931
25	Detroit	77.635	4-12	81.987	+0, -0.145
26	NY Jets	77.269	6-10	81.018	-2, -0.952
27	Cleveland	76.327	5-11	79.939	+0, -0.365
28	Tennessee	75.700	6-10	80.204	+0, +0.503
29	Philadelphia	73.826	4-12	81.157	+0, -0.405
30	Oakland	73.267	4-12	79.700	+0, +0.301
31	Jacksonville	71.327	2-14	80.526	+0, -0.634
32	Kansas City	70.582	2-14	80.419	+0, +0.208