Friday, September 18, 2009

Week 02: Power Ranks and Best Bets

Power ranks are super compressed - the difference between the top ranked team (SD) and the middle ranked team (STL... yes, it's still early, so STL) is a meager 17% difference. Week 3 will be much more informative. Here are the ranks and best bets:

Power Ranks ▲▼ %FromTop W/L/T ATS
1 SD 0% 1 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 0
2 IND 2% 1 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 0
3 NE 5% 1 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 0
4 PIT ▲1 6% 1 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 0
5 MIN ▲3 7% 1 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
6 JAC 8% 0 - 1 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
7 BAL ▲2 8% 1 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
8 SEA ▲3 9% 1 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
9 CHI ▼5 9% 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0
10 TEN ▼3 9% 0 - 1 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
11 PHI ▲1 9% 1 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
12 NYG ▼2 10% 1 - 0 - 0 0 - 1 - 0
13 DAL ▲2 14% 1 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
14 NO ▲6 16% 1 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
15 GB ▲3 17% 1 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
16 STL ▼3 17% 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0
17 CIN 18% 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0
18 KC ▼2 19% 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0
19 WAS 19% 0 - 1 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
20 OAK ▲6 22% 0 - 1 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
21 ATL ▲6 22% 1 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
22 CAR ▼8 22% 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0
23 NYJ ▲5 22% 1 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
24 CLE ▼1 23% 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0
25 MIA ▼1 23% 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0
26 HOU ▼4 23% 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0
27 TB ▼2 23% 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0
28 ARI ▲1 25% 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0
29 DET ▼8 25% 0 - 1 - 0 0 - 1 - 0
30 SF 26% 1 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
31 DEN 27% 1 - 0 - 0 1 - 0 - 0
32 BUF 29% 0 - 1 - 0 1 - 0 - 0

and the best bets for Week 02 (loving some of these picks, especially the number one):

Rank Pick Vs Spd
1 SEA @ SF +1.5
2 PHI v. NO 0
3 TB @ BUF +5
4 CLE @ DEN +3
5 NYG @ DAL +3
6 CHI v. PIT +3
7 STL @ WAS +9.5
8 CAR @ ATL +6
9 CIN @ GB +9
10 OAK @ KC +3
11 SD v. BAL -3
12 HOU @ TEN +6.5
13 JAC v. ARI -3
14 NE @ NYJ -3.5
15 DET v. MIN +10
16 IND @ MIA -3

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