Designed solely for predictive purposes, our current ratings improved upon our original ratings in several ways, most notably by incorporating a preseason rating (or "prior") for each team. Using preseason ratings improves the overall predictive accuracy of the system, although the impact of a team's preseason rating decreases over time.

Rating name Best Worst
Predictive Rating Detroit Carolina
Home Rating Buffalo Dallas
Away Rating Detroit Carolina
Home Advantage NY Jets Dallas
Strength Of Schedule Baltimore New Orleans
Future SOS Kansas City New Orleans
Season SOS Baltimore New Orleans
SOS - Basic LA Rams Miami
In-Div SOS Chicago Tampa Bay
Non-Div SOS Baltimore Chicago
Last 5 Rating Baltimore Cleveland
Last 10 Rating Philadelphia Cleveland
In-Div Rating Philadelphia Carolina
Non-Div Rating Detroit Cleveland
Luck Rating Kansas City Jacksonville
Consistency Rating Indianapolis Denver
Vs. 1-5 Rating Philadelphia Dallas
Vs. 6-10 Rating LA Rams New England
Vs. 11-16 Rating Philadelphia LA Rams
Vs. 17-22 Rating Buffalo Atlanta
Vs. 23-32 Rating Detroit Cleveland
First Half Rating Detroit Carolina
Second Half Rating Buffalo New Orleans

Do you still use our old rankings for your personal system? See our old rankings.