ESPN's Week 4 Power Rankings

[DirtyLandry]

Originally Posted by SBXVII

Some of the comments on here had me going back and looking at the rankings. When I first looked I presumed the rankings were by wins/losses, then thought maybe it has to do with something else. After looking I'm lost.....how can several 1-2 teams be ahead of 2-1 teams? or for that matter how can 2-1 teams be ahead of 3-0 teams? The Eagles are 2-1 and ranked 3rd? The Skins are ranked 2-1....and at this point I think we can all agree that the Patriots are going to be the Dolphins of last yr. They may win more but with out their star QB and the bad loss I would have guessed they would have taken a hard fall on that list.

I believe most NFL power rankings use a formula that factors in many things. Points allowed/surrendered, yards, turnover differential, wheather or not a team was home or away, strength of schedule, etc... Much like the GWP thread, these rankings are a good gague, but can not be totally indicative of a teams actual "strength".