NFL predictive power rankings measure the relative performance of college football teams using objective, unbiased, data driven algorithms.
Our NFL power rankings consider win/loss results, margins of victory, game locations, schedule strength, and other data for every team and game played this season.
Predictive power rankings emphasize scoring and margins of victory and ignore win/loss results. These rankings also strongly discount blowout games. They see a 15 point victory as significantly more impressive than a five point victory, but a 55 point win as not that much better than a 45 point win.
For a basic margin of victory prediction for an upcoming game, simply subtract the predictive power rating (shown in the fourth column of the table at right) of the higher ranked team from the rating of the lower ranked team, and adjust for home advantage if it applies.
