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Ramesh C. Reddy
Pittsburgh Standard

Reddy’s NFL Crazy Rankings are based on a point system. Each team that won their first NFL Game starts out with 10 pts for their win.

The following week, when a team plays their opponent and wins against a winning or losing team, they get the teams winning percentage points of the previous week. If a team keeps beating a winning team, their percentage of points will be higher than if they beat a losing team.

If a team plays an opponent and loses, they do not get any points for that week. Each week the points are tabulated and based on the points, I pick the top 10 teams of the NFL for that week including where all the other teams stand.

If there is a tie in the point system, the net difference in their PF/PA is calculated and the team that has the highest net difference of points breaks the tie unless their record is better than the other teams with the same point system. If the tie continues, the team that won most games away from home would get the tie breaker. If it continues, it is based on their conference record, and then their division record.

They are called Reddy’s Crazy Rankings, because I am ready to take an undefeated team out of the Top 10 if their wins came against losing teams. Hopefully, these rankings will show who really are in the hunt to be Super Bowl Contenders and who really are in the hunt to be Super Bowl Pretenders as December and January approaches.

© 2003 Pittsburgh Standard

Reddy's Reasonings After Week 3:

Rank

NFL

Team

Record

Pts

Percent

Wk2Rank

RankDiff

Kansas

Chiefs

3,0

180

100%

110

Indianapolis

Colts

3,0

130

100%

Carolina

Panthers

2,0

120

100%

Washington

Redskins

2,1

120

66%

-1

Miami

Dolphins

2,1

120

66%

New York

Giants

2,1

120

66%

Dallas

Cowboys

1,1

110

50%

-11

Green Bay

Packers

1,2

110

33%

-3

St Louis

Rams

1,2

110

33%

-8

-2

New Orleans

Saints

1,2

110

33%

-11

-4

Denver

Broncos

3,0

100%

Seattle

Seahawk

3,0

100%

-3

Minnesota

Vikings

3,0

100%

-1

Bucs

2,1

66%

Tennessee

Titans

2,1

66%

-6

Cleveland

Browns

1,2

33%

-22

Arizona

Cardinals

1,2

33%

-49

Buffalo

Bills

2,1

66%

-8

Pittsburgh

Steelers

2,1

66%

N.E

Patriots

2,1

66%

-3

Baltimore

Ravens

2,1

66%

-51

-3

San Fran

49ers

1,2

33%

-9

Atlanta

Falcons

1,2

33%

-9

-8

Detroit

Lions

1,2

33%

-17

-3

Oakland

Raiders

1,2

33%

-23

-5

Houston

Texans

1,2

33%

-48

-3

Philadelphia

Eagles

0,2

-38

Chicago

Bears

0,2

-53

New York

Jets

0,3

-21

-4

Jacksonvile

Jaguars

0,3

-32

-4

Cincinnati

Bengals

0,3

-30

-3

San Diego

Chargers

0,3

-51

-3

The Arizona Cardinals made the best improvement in their ranking by beating the Green Bay Packers. Their win moved them up by 15 from last place (#32) to #17.

The Miami Dolphins moved up by 11 by beating the undefeated Buffalo Bills to take #5 ranking dropping the Bills from the top 10. They fell from #10 to #18.

The New York Giants also moved by by 11 by beating the undefeated Washington Redskins in overtime to take #6 ranking. This loss however did not affect the Redskins much as they only dropped 1 place from #3 to #4 because of their strength of schedule wins.

Dolphins and Giants were the only two new teams to make the top 10. Bills and Seattle Seahawks dropping from the top 10. The Seahawks 3-0 record did not help them to stay in the top 10 because of their victories against weak opponents at the time.

Kansas City Chiefs and Indianapolis Colts from the AFC continue to be #1 and #2 in week 3.

Game to watch:
#2: Indianapolis Colts v.s #10: New Orleans Saints

Reddy's crazy 2003 NFL Rankings after week 2! (Sept 24,03)

Reddy's crazy 2003 NFL Rankings after week 1! (Sept 21,03)

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