Last week I asked a poll question regarding which of the Harbaugh brothers is more likely to lead his team to the Super Bowl, and the overwhelming winner of the poll was Jim, head coach of the 49ers, and after the events of this weekend, it appears that my readers are correct, as Baltimore could not handle lowly Jacksonville while San Francisco saw its division lead climb to 3 games only 6 games into the season. Here are this week's fresh rankings, with team name followed by overall record, rating, and previous ranking.
TW. Team (Record) Rating (LW)
1. New Orleans (5-2) -15.67 (10)
2. San Francisco (5-1) -14.15 (1)
3. Green Bay (7-0) -13.19 (4)
4. Detroit (5-2) -9.28 (3)
5. Houston (4-3) -7.93 (12)
6. Chicago (4-3) -7.38 (9)
7. New England (5-1) -7.03 (5)
8. Baltimore (4-2) -7.01 (2)
9. Dallas (3-3) -5.98 (6)
10. Atlanta (4-3) -5.72 (16)
11. Buffalo (4-2) -4.98 (7)
12. Philadelphia (2-4) -2.63 (11)
13. NY Jets (4-3) -1.65 (8)
14. Carolina (2-5) -1.34 (23)
15. Pittsburgh (5-2) -1.27 (15)
16. Cincinnati (4-2) 1.08 (14)
17. Tampa Bay (4-3) 1.41 (22)
18. San Diego (4-2) 1.58 (21)
19. Minnesota (1-6) 2.00 (27)
20. NY Giants (4-2) 2.04 (17)
21. Washington (3-3) 3.49 (19)
22. Kansas City (3-3) 3.94 (32)
23. Jacksonville (2-5) 4.14 (25)
24. Seattle (2-4) 5.35 (18)
25. Oakland (4-3) 7.44 (13)
26. Denver (2-4) 7.46 (24)
27. Tennessee (3-3) 8.65 (20)
28. Arizona (1-5) 8.81 (29)
29. Miami (0-6) 10.71 (28)
30. Cleveland (3-3) 12.44 (26)
31. Saint Louis (0-6) 15.57 (31)
32. Indianapolis (0-7) 17.48 (30)
New Orleans was the big winner of the weekend, totally taking apart the Indianapolis Colts and taking over the #1 spot in the overall rankings this week, while the Colts dropped into last place. Their two losses were both in single-possession road games to teams with winning records, one of which is Green Bay, the undefeated defending champs. New Orleans may be poised to retake the Super Bowl title from the Packers, but they will have to go through Green Bay to get there.
Houston shook off two losses that had dropped them to .500 by beating the former Houston team, Tennessee, at their home in Nashville. It was only the second time they've beaten a team who has at least won a game this season, but this one was especially impressive, with a final score of 41-7 after a game that was pretty much decided by halftime.
Atlanta is also getting back into the playoff hunt after 3 wins in 4 games, and their latest win was a great one, getting a win over the Lions, who had only lost once previously this season. The Falcons have two straight bye weeks (if you include the game against Indy) before facing off against the top-rated Saints in an important division game.
Carolina finally pulled out a win over a good team after a series of close calls against Atlanta, Green Bay, Chicago, and New Orleans, and the road is starting to get a little easier for Rookie of the Year favorite Cam Newton and the Panthers, with struggling Detroit as their only opponent with a winning record in the coming month.
Prediction Results
NFL: 8-5 (.615) 66-37 overall (.641)
Upsets: 4-2 (.667) 26-44 overall (.371)
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