[net.sport.football] rankings & Super Bowl prediction

jeff@dciem.UUCP (Jeff Richardson) (01/08/85)

Here's how the Richardson rankings look going into the Super Bowl.  Things
have turned out ideally:  the two top-ranked teams are in the Super Bowl and
the winner will claim the final number one ranking (too bad College football
can't work out that way).  I've listed only the top 13 here, but I'll list all
28 in the final rankings after the Super Bowl.

Last This                                                              CONF FIN
Week Week TEAM       (DIV)     GP   W   L   T    PCT  GOOD   BAD RATING  RESULT
  1   1  SAN FRANCISCO  (NW)   18  17   1   0  0.944  14.5   0.9  0.879  W SFra
  2   2  MIAMI        (AE)     18  16   2   0  0.889  14.1   1.6  0.847  W Pitt
  3   3  DENVER      (AW)      17  13   4   0  0.765  12.4   3.0  0.776
  4   4  SEATTLE     (AW)      18  13   5   0  0.722  12.6   3.2  0.762
  5   5  LA RAIDERS  (AW)      17  11   6   0  0.647  10.3   3.5  0.700
  6   6  WASHINGTON   (NE)     17  11   6   0  0.647   9.1   4.1  0.648
  7   7  CHICAGO       (NC)    18  11   7   0  0.611   9.6   5.2  0.623  L SFra
  8   8  NY GIANTS    (NE)     18  10   8   0  0.556   9.9   6.4  0.599
  9   9  DALLAS       (NE)     16   9   7   0  0.563   8.8   5.8  0.595
 10  10  ST. LOUIS    (NE)     16   9   7   0  0.563   8.6   5.6  0.595
 11  11  LA RAMS        (NW)   17  10   7   0  0.588   8.5   5.5  0.588
 13  12  NEW ENGLAND  (AE)     16   9   7   0  0.563   6.3   4.5  0.555
 12  13  PITTSBURGH (AC)       18  10   8   0  0.556  10.0   8.2  0.551  L Miam

My prediction:  Miami.  Marino's amazing and the Dolphins look unbeatable.
The 49ers have lost only one game (to Pittsburgh), but they did it with the
easiest schedule in the league.  Miami will be the first team that they've
played that's ranked in the top 5, and they haven't yet faced an offence
that's anywhere near as good as the Dolphins', at least in the passing
department anyway.
-- 
Jeff Richardson, DCIEM, Toronto  (416) 635-2073
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