NFL Team Rankings 2015-12-07
by Robert Del Vicario
New team rankings are up and interestingly the Patriots have reclaimed the #1 spot. Why they have recliamed the #1 spot isn't clear to me yet (ran the model with both quantile and linear regression with similar results), but I suspect the Pats schedule is starting to look tougher than it previously did. Despite their #1 rank I suspect the Pats are in trouble unless they start getting some of their injured players back (i.e., Gronk & Edelman). The Bengal's fall to #2 despite a blowout win over Cleveland is a bit weird, and likely reflects a schedule that looks increasingly soft. Anyway rankings below. Edit: Found a bug in my code where I was dropping the most recent game played. As expected New England is no longer in the #1 spot and Cincinnati holds the #1 spot.