jeff@dciem.UUCP (Jeff Richardson) (12/11/84)
Here are the Richardson Rankings following the games of week 15. The top 4 teams' ratings are so close that you almost have to consider it a 4-way tie. The winner of the Denver-Seattle game will probably end up on top, since a win against a team in the top 4 is worth more than a win against the 9th or 11th ranked team (Miami & San Fran's week 16 opponents, respectively). Miami and San Francisco will probably end up 2nd and 3rd respectively if they both win, but what happens in the other games may also effect the top 4. For example, if Pittsburgh beats the Raiders, San Francisco or Miami could end up on top because, since Pittsburgh's rating will go up, the 49ers won't get as many bad points for their loss to Pittsburgh while, since the Raiders' rating will drop, the AFC West teams will get fewer good points or more bad points for their two games each against the Raiders. Miami's rating will not be affected as much since they played both Pittsburgh and the Raiders once each. Last This WEEK 15 Week Week TEAM (DIV) GP W L T PCT GOOD BAD RATING RESULT 3 1 MIAMI (AE) 15 13 2 0 0.867 10.7 1.3 0.811 2 2 SAN FRANCISCO (NW) 15 14 1 0 0.933 10.4 1.1 0.809 4 3 DENVER (AW) 15 12 3 0 0.800 11.3 2.1 0.806 1 4 SEATTLE (AW) 15 12 3 0 0.800 11.4 2.3 0.806 5 5 LA RAIDERS (AW) 15 11 4 0 0.733 10.6 2.0 0.787 9 6 WASHINGTON (NE) 15 10 5 0 0.667 8.3 3.2 0.668 10 7 ST. LOUIS (NE) 15 9 6 0 0.600 9.1 4.9 0.639 7 8 NY GIANTS (NE) 15 9 6 0 0.600 8.9 5.0 0.632 6 9 DALLAS (NE) 15 9 6 0 0.600 9.1 5.1 0.631 8 10 CHICAGO (NC) 15 9 6 0 0.600 7.7 4.6 0.604 11 11 LA RAMS (NW) 15 10 5 0 0.667 7.9 4.9 0.600 12 12 NEW ENGLAND (AE) 15 8 7 0 0.533 5.9 4.3 0.555 13 13 SAN DIEGO (AW) 15 7 8 0 0.467 5.9 4.4 0.547 14 14 KANSAS CITY (AW) 15 7 8 0 0.467 7.2 6.3 0.527 15 15 GREEN BAY (NC) 15 7 8 0 0.467 6.1 6.4 0.492 16 16 PHILADELPHIA (NE) 15 6 8 1 0.433 5.5 5.8 0.490 17 17 PITTSBURGH (AC) 15 8 7 0 0.533 6.8 8.3 0.450 19 18 CINCINNATI (AC) 15 7 8 0 0.467 3.7 6.1 0.422 20 19 NY JETS (AE) 15 7 8 0 0.467 4.8 7.4 0.412 18 20 NEW ORLEANS (NW) 15 6 9 0 0.400 4.0 7.7 0.375 21 21 DETROIT (NC) 15 4 10 1 0.300 2.9 8.4 0.316 23 22 TAMPA BAY (NC) 15 5 10 0 0.333 3.7 9.6 0.303 22 23 INDIANAPOLIS (AE) 15 4 11 0 0.267 2.5 8.9 0.286 24 24 CLEVELAND (AC) 15 4 11 0 0.267 2.0 9.6 0.246 25 25 MINNESOTA (NC) 15 3 12 0 0.200 1.6 9.5 0.235 26 26 BUFFALO (AE) 15 2 13 0 0.133 1.8 11.0 0.194 28 27 HOUSTON (AC) 15 3 12 0 0.200 2.8 12.2 0.188 27 28 ATLANTA (NW) 15 3 12 0 0.200 2.3 12.3 0.169 I've posted my latest playoff comments in a separate article. -- Jeff Richardson, DCIEM, Toronto (416) 635-2073 {linus,ihnp4,uw-beaver,floyd}!utcsrgv!dciem!jeff {allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!dciem!jeff