jeff@dciem.UUCP (Jeff Richardson) (12/18/84)
Here are the Richardson Rankings at the end of the regular season.
However, this is not the final edition of the rankings. I'll continue to rank
the playoff teams right up until the end of the playoffs, since the system still
works even if not all teams have the same number of games played.
Last This WEEK 16
Week Week TEAM (DIV) GP W L T PCT GOOD BAD RATING RESULT
2 1 SAN FRANCISCO (NW) 16 15 1 0 0.938 12.1 1.0 0.849 W Rams
3 2 DENVER (AW) 16 13 3 0 0.813 12.6 2.1 0.829 W Seat
1 3 MIAMI (AE) 16 14 2 0 0.875 11.3 1.5 0.807 W Dall
4 4 SEATTLE (AW) 16 12 4 0 0.750 11.4 2.7 0.773 L Denv
5 5 LA RAIDERS (AW) 16 11 5 0 0.688 10.3 2.9 0.733 L Pitt
6 6 WASHINGTON (NE) 16 11 5 0 0.688 9.0 3.5 0.674 W St.L
10 7 CHICAGO (NC) 16 10 6 0 0.625 8.5 4.8 0.615 W Detr
11 8 LA RAMS (NW) 16 10 6 0 0.625 8.4 4.9 0.609 L SFra
9 9 DALLAS (NE) 16 9 7 0 0.563 8.8 5.8 0.593 L Miam
7 10 ST. LOUIS (NE) 16 9 7 0 0.563 8.6 5.6 0.593 L Wash
8 11 NY GIANTS (NE) 16 9 7 0 0.563 8.8 6.1 0.583 L NOrl
12 12 NEW ENGLAND (AE) 16 9 7 0 0.563 6.2 4.5 0.552 W Indi
14 13 KANSAS CITY (AW) 16 8 8 0 0.500 8.5 6.8 0.552 W SDie
17 14 PITTSBURGH (AC) 16 9 7 0 0.563 8.5 8.0 0.515 W Raid
13 15 SAN DIEGO (AW) 16 7 9 0 0.438 5.8 5.4 0.511 L Kans
15 16 GREEN BAY (NC) 16 8 8 0 0.500 6.7 6.6 0.504 W Minn
18 17 CINCINNATI (AC) 16 8 8 0 0.500 4.6 5.9 0.460 W Buff
20 18 NEW ORLEANS (NW) 16 7 9 0 0.438 5.5 7.3 0.442 W NYGi
16 19 PHILADELPHIA (NE) 16 6 9 1 0.406 5.2 7.6 0.424 L Atla
19 20 NY JETS (AE) 16 7 9 0 0.438 4.9 8.8 0.377 L Tamp
22 21 TAMPA BAY (NC) 16 6 10 0 0.375 4.5 9.4 0.346 W NYJe
21 22 DETROIT (NC) 16 4 11 1 0.281 3.0 9.2 0.307 L Chic
24 23 CLEVELAND (AC) 16 5 11 0 0.313 2.6 9.2 0.294 W Hous
23 24 INDIANAPOLIS (AE) 16 4 12 0 0.250 2.5 10.4 0.252 L NEng
28 25 ATLANTA (NW) 16 4 12 0 0.250 3.3 11.7 0.238 W Phil
25 26 MINNESOTA (NC) 16 3 13 0 0.188 1.8 10.6 0.223 L GBay
27 27 HOUSTON (AC) 16 3 13 0 0.188 2.9 13.1 0.182 L Clev
26 28 BUFFALO (AE) 16 2 14 0 0.125 1.7 12.5 0.163 L Cinc
Now, for those of you who may be wondering why my rating system has been
discriminating against the 49ers until now, here are the teams listed according
to who had the toughest schedule this season. (ranked from toughest to weakest)
1 SAN DIEGO .572 11 DETROIT .518 20 HOUSTON .484
2 LA RAIDERS .553 12 PHILADELPHIA .515 21 ATLANTA .479
3 KANSAS CITY .552 13 GREEN BAY .504 22 CLEVELAND .475
4 DALLAS .533 14 NEW ORLEANS .503 23 TAMPA BAY .467
ST. LOUIS .533 15 CHICAGO .494 24 CINCINNATI .460
6 SEATTLE .532 16 WASHINGTON .494 25 PITTSBURGH .455
7 DENVER .528 17 INDIANAPOLIS .493 26 MIAMI .445
8 MINNESOTA .525 18 NEW ENGLAND .492 27 NY JETS .438
9 BUFFALO .525 19 LA RAMS .488 28 SAN FRANCISCO .428
10 NY GIANTS .523
(The strength of schedule statistic is based on the average Richardson rating of
the team's opponents. In a balanced schedule, i.e. where everybody plays
everybody else the same number of times, it would work out to .500 for every
team. For more details, mail me.)
Enjoy the playoffs.
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Jeff Richardson, DCIEM, Toronto (416) 635-2073
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