Week 7 NFL Ratings Posted - Green Bay remains #1

The NFL ratings after week 7 are now posted here and below.

Green Bay stays #1 but the idle 49ers swap spots with the idle Patriots to get to #2.  New Orleans makes a strong move to get the #4 and now struggling Detroit drops to #5.

In the fight for the worst team, the three winless teams are "led" by St. Louis.

Why did the 49ers move ahead of New England when both teams were idle?  The Patriots prior opponents didn't do so well, Miami losing at home to a bad Denver team and Oakland losing very badly to Kansas City and so their rating dropped over a point, while San Francisco's did about what was expected and their rating stayed about where it was.  Now, perhaps the Oakland result is an aberration due to injuries and if so, that will settle out as the season moves on, and the Oakland result for New England will begin to carry less weight as well.

The computer went a so-so 7-5-1 against the spread overall but went a good 2-1 in best picks and 2-0 in locks.  See prediction performance here.

Rank	Team	Rating	Record	Schedule	Change
Rank	Team	Rating	Record	Schedule	Change
1	Green Bay	92.547	7-0	80.820	+0, +1.216
2	San Francisco	89.969	5-1	82.716	+1, -0.020
3	New England	88.979	5-1	81.463	-1, -1.128
4	New Orleans	87.642	5-2	82.198	+3, +1.984
5	Detroit	87.222	5-2	83.279	-1, -1.418
6	Buffalo	85.739	4-2	82.395	+0, -0.015
7	Baltimore	85.632	4-2	79.209	-2, -2.634
8	Chicago	85.432	4-3	83.735	+2, +2.332
9	Dallas	84.797	3-3	82.567	-1, -0.830
10	Atlanta	84.434	4-3	84.065	+9, +3.897
11	Cincinnati	83.612	4-2	79.524	+1, +0.562
12	Houston	83.594	4-3	80.690	+2, +1.585
13	Pittsburgh	82.987	5-2	79.021	+0, +0.445
14	NY Jets	82.543	4-3	81.351	-3, -0.514
15	Tampa Bay	82.020	4-3	82.751	+2, +0.735
16	San Diego	81.639	4-2	80.230	+0, -0.223
17	Oakland	81.313	4-3	81.527	-8, -3.557
18	Philadelphia	80.737	2-4	81.992	+0, +0.106
19	Kansas City	80.611	3-3	82.078	+6, +3.962
20	Tennessee	79.644	3-3	80.297	-5, -2.360
21	Carolina	79.587	2-5	82.302	+5, +3.496
22	NY Giants	79.118	4-2	77.540	-1, -0.448
23	Minnesota	78.692	1-6	82.947	+1, +1.585
24	Seattle	77.910	2-4	81.847	-1, -0.095
25	Denver	77.809	2-4	81.917	-3, -0.583
26	Washington	77.553	3-3	77.923	-6, -2.231
27	Jacksonville	77.346	2-5	82.664	+0, +2.882
28	Cleveland	74.417	3-3	76.848	+1, +0.291
29	Arizona	74.160	1-5	79.308	-1, -0.172
30	Miami	72.747	0-6	81.497	+0, -0.531
31	Indianapolis	71.864	0-7	82.555	+0, +1.278
32	St Louis	69.140	0-6	83.397	+0, -0.909