NBA Rankings - 24 Dec

Many of the top teams have been struggling over the past month, which allowed the hottest team, Memphis, to jump 9 spots to reach #3 overall and take the top spot in the West. Also on fire are Brooklyn and New York, both jumping solidly into the playoffs and the top 10. Here are my full current rankings:

				Record		Proj
Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	Seed
1	2	Boston	-5.088	23	10	56	26	E1
2	1	Cleveland	-4.925	22	12	54	28	E2
3	12	Memphis	-4.493	20	11	54	28	W1
4	4	New Orleans	-3.92	20	12	52	30	W2
5	5	Milwaukee	-3.269	22	10	53	29	E3
6	3	Phoenix	-2.985	19	14	48	34	W3
7	8	Philadelphia	-2.69	19	12	48	34	E5
8	15	Brooklyn	-2.582	21	12	50	32	E4
9	22	New York	-2.332	17	16	46	36	E6
10	10	Dallas	-1.746	17	16	45	37	W6
11	6	Utah	-1.523	19	16	46	36	W5
12	16	Denver	-1.402	20	11	48	34	W4
13	9	Sacramento	-1.343	17	14	45	37	W7
14	11	Portland	-0.485	17	16	43	39	W8
15	14	Toronto	-0.403	15	18	40	42	E9
16	7	Chicago	-0.135	15	17	41	41	E7
17	19	Golden State	0.0354	15	18	40	42	W9
18	13	Atlanta	0.3372	17	16	41	41	E8
19	17	Indiana	0.9276	17	16	39	43	E10
20	23	Oklahoma City	0.9854	14	19	37	45
21	24	LA Clippers	1.1237	19	15	40	42	W10
22	20	Minnesota	1.3265	16	17	38	44	OUT
23	21	Washington	1.5236	13	21	35	47	OUT
24	18	Miami	1.8448	16	17	36	46
25	26	LA Lakers	2.2877	13	19	33	49
26	25	Orlando	2.7583	13	21	32	50
27	28	Houston	5.6493	9	23	24	58
28	29	Detroit	5.7667	8	27	23	59
29	27	Charlotte	5.961	9	24	24	58
30	30	San Antonio	8.187	10	22	21	61

Playoff Picks

Play In

(7) Bulls over (8) Hawks

(9) Raptors over (10) Pacers

(8) Hawks over (9) Raptors

(7) Kings over (8) Trail Blazers

(9) Warriors over (10) Clippers

(8) Trail Blazers over (9) Warriors

First Round

(1) Celtics over (8) Hawks

(2) Cavaliers over (7) Bulls

(3) Bucks over (6) Knicks

(4) Nets over (5) 76ers

(1) Grizzlies over (8) Trail Blazers

(2) Pelicans over (7) Kings

(3) Suns over (6) Mavericks

(4) Nuggets over (5) Jazz

Second Round

(1) Celtics over (4) Nets

(2) Cavaliers over (3) Bucks

(1) Grizzlies over (4) Nuggets

(2) Pelicans over (3) Suns

Conference Finals

(1) Celtics over (2) Cavaliers

(1) Grizzlies over (2) Pelicans

NBA Finals

(1) Celtics over (1) Grizzlies

NFL Rankings - 22 Dec

The top 8 teams all stayed in the same spots this week, though half of them did not play well last weekend, with 3 of them losing in upsets. Jacksonville replaced Tennessee as the favorite to win the AFC South, Cincinnati passed Baltimore in the AFC North, and the LA Chargers grabbed a playoff spot away from the Patriots, while Detroit moved ahead of Washington in the race for the final NFC playoff spot. Here are my full current rankings and playoff picks:

				Actual		Proj
Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	Seed
1	1	Buffalo	-9.785	11	3	13	4	A1
2	2	Philadelphia	-8.483	13	1	15	2	N1
3	3	Dallas	-6.608	10	4	12	5	N5
4	4	Cincinnati	-6.249	10	4	12	5	A3
5	5	San Francisco	-5.633	10	4	12	5	N3
6	6	Kansas City	-5.34	11	3	13	4	A2
7	7	Baltimore	-3.748	9	5	11	6	A5
8	8	NY Jets	-3.441	7	7	9	8
9	11	Miami	-2.523	8	6	10	7	A7
10	9	New England	-2.504	7	7	8	9	OUT
11	12	Detroit	-2.294	7	7	9	8	N7
12	10	Minnesota	-1.852	11	3	13	4	N2
13	14	Cleveland	-0.313	6	8	8	9
14	16	Jacksonville	-0.106	6	8	8	9	A4
15	13	Washington	0.5709	7.5	6.5	8.5	8.5	OUT
16	15	Green Bay	0.7232	6	8	7	10
17	20	NY Giants	1.4156	8.5	5.5	9.5	7.5	N6
18	18	Pittsburgh	1.4769	6	8	7	10
19	17	Tennessee	1.6442	7	7	8	9	OUT
20	19	Seattle	2.1684	7	7	8	9
21	23	Las Vegas	2.1939	6	8	7	10
22	22	LA Chargers	2.4198	8	6	10	7	A6
23	21	Tampa Bay	2.5999	6	8	8	9	N4
24	27	Chicago	3.479	3	11	4	13
25	24	Atlanta	3.5347	5	9	6	11
26	25	New Orleans	3.5707	5	9	6	11
27	28	Denver	3.7021	4	10	5	12
28	26	Carolina	4.1674	5	9	6	11
29	30	Indianapolis	5.0275	4.5	9.5	5.5	11.5
30	29	Arizona	6.1178	4	10	5	12
31	31	LA Rams	6.4908	4	10	5	12
32	32	Houston	7.5772	1.5	12.5	2.5	14.5

Playoff Picks

Wild Card

(2) Chiefs over (7) Dolphins

(3) Bengals over (6) Chargers

(5) Ravens over (4) Jaguars

(2) Vikings over (7) Lions

(3) 49ers over (6) Giants

(5) Cowboys over (4) Buccaneers

Divisional

(1) Bills over (5) Ravens

(2) Chiefs over (3) Bengals

(1) Eagles over (5) Cowboys

(3) 49ers over (2) Vikings

Conference

(1) Bills over (2) Chiefs

(1) Eagles over (3) 49ers

Super Bowl

(1) Bills over (1) Eagles