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NFL 2014 Ratings through results of OCTOBER 20 MONDAY - Week #7
this output has three parts: (1) teams listed by RATING top-to-bottom
(2) DIVISION AVERAGES
(listed top-to-bottom & by conference)
(3) teams listed by DIVISION
(listed in order within divisions)
The SCHEDULE ratings represent what the rating would have to be for a
hypothetical team to have a mathematical expectation of winning precisely 50%
of their games against the schedule played by the team in question in the games
that it has played so far. The schedule difficulty of each given game takes
into account the rating of the opponent and the location of the game. This
is the same concept that is used in computing the WIN50% conference ratings.
To make predictions for upcoming games, simply compare the RATINGS of
the teams in question and allow an ADDITIONAL 3 points for the home
team. Thus, for example, a HOME team with a rating of 27 would be
favored by 5 points over a VISITING team having a rating of 25.
Or a VISITING team with a rating of 24 would be favored by 7 points
over a HOME team having a rating of 14.
NOTE: Use whatever home advantage is listed in the output below.
In the example just above, a home edge of 3 was shown for
illustrative purposes. The home edge will vary during the season.
Several different home edges are shown, one for each of the several different type of ratings
directly over their respective columns.
The numbers to the right of a team's schedule strength are its rank of
schedule - (in parentheses) - and its record versus teams in these
rating's CURRENT top 10 and CURRENT top 16 respectively.
Teams that appear to be tied to two decimal places in a given column are actually
different when carried to more decimal places in the computer's internal arithmetic.
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GOLDEN_MEAN is completely SCORE BASED but with a different algorithm than the PURE POINTS
and thus should be a good match for the PURE POINTS in terms of predictive accuracy for upcoming games.
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In ELO_SCORE, the score determines what fraction of a victory was attained but since the maximum
fraction is ONE(1.00), no matter how big the score is, it prevents running up the score to be that advantageous;
It is slightly less accurate in its predictions for upcoming games than is the PURE POINTS or GOLDEN_MEAN,
in which the score is the only thing that matters. PURE POINTS is also known as PREDICTOR,
BALLANTINE, RHEINGOLD, WHITE OWL and is a very good PREDICTOR of future games.
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The overall RATING is a synthesis of the three different methods, with more total weight
to the two completely SCORE-BASED methods and thus should be a good predictor in its own right.
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NFL 2014 through games of October 20 Monday - Week #7
RATING W L T SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 | GOLDEN_MEAN | PURE POINTS | ELO_SCORE
HOME ADVANTAGE=[ 2.97] [ 2.76] [ 3.36] [ 2.75]
1 Denver Broncos = 31.14 5 1 0 22.40( 5) 4 1 0 | 4 1 0 | 29.49 1 | 30.40 1 | 29.06 1
2 Indianapolis Colts = 26.80 5 2 0 19.98( 17) 1 2 0 | 2 2 0 | 25.88 3 | 28.44 2 | 23.97 8
3 Seattle Seahawks = 26.77 3 3 0 22.57( 4) 2 1 0 | 2 2 0 | 25.98 2 | 25.82 6 | 25.76 2
4 Green Bay Packers = 25.99 5 2 0 19.88( 18) 0 1 0 | 1 2 0 | 24.86 4 | 25.93 5 | 24.70 5
5 Philadelphia Eagles = 25.03 5 1 0 16.96( 32) 1 1 0 | 1 1 0 | 23.49 9 | 24.98 7 | 24.73 4
6 San Francisco 49ers = 24.79 4 3 0 23.52( 2) 2 2 0 | 3 2 0 | 24.24 5 | 23.17 13 | 25.24 3
7 San Diego Chargers = 24.65 5 2 0 17.93( 28) 1 2 0 | 1 2 0 | 23.66 7 | 26.15 4 | 22.63 10
8 Baltimore Ravens = 24.54 5 2 0 17.90( 29) 0 1 0 | 0 2 0 | 23.60 8 | 27.00 3 | 22.01 13
9 Kansas City Chiefs = 24.41 3 3 0 24.27( 1) 1 2 0 | 3 2 0 | 23.74 6 | 24.80 8 | 22.91 9
10 Arizona Cardinals = 24.11 5 1 0 20.41( 10) 2 1 0 | 2 1 0 | 22.93 10 | 23.62 10 | 24.23 6
NFL 2014 through games of October 20 Monday - Week #7
RATING W L T SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 | GOLDEN_MEAN | PURE POINTS | ELO_SCORE
HOME ADVANTAGE=[ 2.97] [ 2.76] [ 3.36] [ 2.75]
11 New England Patriots = 23.92 5 2 0 18.05( 27) 0 1 0 | 1 2 0 | 22.53 11 | 23.60 11 | 24.23 7
12 Detroit Lions = 22.90 5 2 0 18.20( 26) 1 0 0 | 2 0 0 | 22.18 13 | 23.49 12 | 21.92 14
13 Dallas Cowboys = 22.90 6 1 0 19.27( 21) 1 1 0 | 2 1 0 | 21.25 14 | 24.08 9 | 22.56 11
14 New Orleans Saints = 21.49 2 4 0 18.67( 25) 0 0 0 | 0 2 0 | 22.45 12 | 19.94 16 | 21.24 15
15 Cincinnati Bengals = 21.36 3 2 1 20.60( 9) 1 1 0 | 1 2 0 | 21.02 15 | 20.29 15 | 22.17 12
16 Miami Dolphins = 19.83 3 3 0 20.04( 16) 0 2 0 | 1 2 0 | 19.64 16 | 20.35 14 | 19.60 16
17 Chicago Bears = 19.10 3 4 0 19.86( 19) 1 1 0 | 1 2 0 | 18.99 19 | 19.35 18 | 19.33 19
18 Carolina Panthers = 18.81 3 3 1 21.07( 6) 0 2 0 | 1 2 1 | 19.32 18 | 17.85 20 | 19.55 17
19 Houston Texans = 18.65 3 4 0 18.87( 24) 0 1 0 | 0 2 0 | 19.34 17 | 19.50 17 | 17.49 22
20 Buffalo Bills = 17.94 4 3 0 20.21( 14) 0 1 0 | 2 2 0 | 17.59 23 | 18.79 19 | 18.35 21
NFL 2014 through games of October 20 Monday - Week #7
RATING W L T SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 | GOLDEN_MEAN | PURE POINTS | ELO_SCORE
HOME ADVANTAGE=[ 2.97] [ 2.76] [ 3.36] [ 2.75]
21 New York Giants = 17.90 3 4 0 21.06( 7) 0 2 0 | 0 4 0 | 17.92 21 | 17.58 21 | 19.02 20
22 Pittsburgh Steelers = 17.88 4 3 0 17.21( 31) 0 1 0 | 0 1 0 | 18.38 20 | 16.51 23 | 19.36 18
23 Cleveland Browns = 16.68 3 3 0 17.60( 30) 0 1 0 | 1 1 0 | 17.27 24 | 16.87 22 | 17.20 23
24 St. Louis Rams = 15.92 2 4 0 20.29( 13) 1 2 0 | 1 3 0 | 17.65 22 | 14.17 28 | 16.98 24
25 Atlanta Falcons = 15.44 2 5 0 19.33( 20) 0 1 0 | 1 2 0 | 15.83 26 | 15.85 24 | 16.51 25
26 Washington Redskins = 15.07 2 5 0 19.25( 22) 0 3 0 | 0 3 0 | 16.26 25 | 15.12 25 | 15.73 26
27 Minnesota Vikings = 14.62 2 5 0 20.95( 8) 0 1 0 | 0 4 0 | 15.31 28 | 15.01 26 | 15.72 27
28 New York Jets = 13.83 1 6 0 22.66( 3) 0 3 0 | 0 5 0 | 15.20 29 | 14.36 27 | 14.26 30
29 Tennessee Titans = 13.82 2 5 0 20.20( 15) 1 1 0 | 1 3 0 | 14.80 30 | 13.84 29 | 15.29 28
30 Tampa Bay Buccaneers = 13.25 1 5 0 19.04( 23) 0 1 0 | 0 2 0 | 15.33 27 | 11.35 30 | 15.02 29
NFL 2014 through games of October 20 Monday - Week #7
RATING W L T SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 | GOLDEN_MEAN | PURE POINTS | ELO_SCORE
HOME ADVANTAGE=[ 2.97] [ 2.76] [ 3.36] [ 2.75]
31 Oakland Raiders = 10.55 0 6 0 20.30( 12) 0 2 0 | 0 4 0 | 12.66 31 | 11.11 31 | 11.38 32
32 Jacksonville Jaguars = 9.90 1 6 0 20.33( 11) 0 3 0 | 0 3 0 | 11.18 32 | 10.67 32 | 11.81 31
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Divisional Rankings
There are three group ratings, the "central mean", the
"simple average" (also known as the "arithmetic mean",)
and the WIN50%.
The "central mean" gives the most weight to the middle team(s)
in the group and progressively less weight to teams as you go
away from the middle in either direction, up or down.
This tends to smooth out the effect of anomalous teams that are rated
much higher and lower than the middle team(s) in the group. The
"simple average" ("arithmetic mean") weights each team equally
no matter where they are relative to the middle.
Here are a few examples of how the "central mean" is computed.
4-team group ___ the weights are 1-2-2-1
5-team group ___ the weights are 1-2-3-2-1
6-team group ___ the weights are 1-2-3-3-2-1
7-team group ___ the weights are 1-2-3-4-3-2-1
8-team group ___ the weights are 1-2-3-4-4-3-2-1
9-team group ___ the weights are 1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1
10-team group ___ the weights are 1-2-3-4-5-5-4-3-2-1
11-team group ___ the weights are 1-2-3-4-5-6-5-4-3-2-1
12-team group ___ the weights are 1-2-3-4-5-6-6-5-4-3-2-1
13-team group ___ the weights are 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-6-5-4-3-2-1
This is an expanded version of the "tri-mean".
The WIN50% is the rating required to win 50% of the games if playing an
infinite number of round-robins in the given group at a neutral location.
DIVISION CENTRAL MEAN SIMPLE AVERAGE TEAMS WIN50%
1 (NFC WEST) = 23.42 22.90 ( 1) 4 23.03 ( 2)
2 (afc west) = 23.30 22.69 ( 2) 4 23.13 ( 1)
3 (NFC NORTH) = 20.77 20.65 ( 3) 4 20.68 ( 3)
4 (NFC EAST) = 20.28 20.23 ( 4) 4 20.23 ( 4)
5 (afc north) = 19.95 20.11 ( 5) 4 20.10 ( 5)
6 (afc east) = 18.88 18.88 ( 6) 4 18.88 ( 6)
7 (NFC SOUTH) = 17.21 17.25 ( 8) 4 17.24 ( 7)
8 (afc south) = 16.94 17.29 ( 7) 4 17.12 ( 8)
DIVISION CENTRAL MEAN SIMPLE AVERAGE TEAMS WIN50%
4 (NFC EAST) = 20.28 20.23 ( 4) 4 20.23 ( 4)
3 (NFC NORTH) = 20.77 20.65 ( 3) 4 20.68 ( 3)
7 (NFC SOUTH) = 17.21 17.25 ( 8) 4 17.24 ( 7)
1 (NFC WEST) = 23.42 22.90 ( 1) 4 23.03 ( 2)
6 (afc east) = 18.88 18.88 ( 6) 4 18.88 ( 6)
5 (afc north) = 19.95 20.11 ( 5) 4 20.10 ( 5)
8 (afc south) = 16.94 17.29 ( 7) 4 17.12 ( 8)
2 (afc west) = 23.30 22.69 ( 2) 4 23.13 ( 1)
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By Division
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4 (NFC EAST) = 20.28 20.23 ( 4) TEAMS= 4 20.23 ( 4)
NFL 2014 through games of October 20 Monday - Week #7
RATING W L T SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 | GOLDEN_MEAN | PURE POINTS | ELO_SCORE
HOME ADVANTAGE=[ 2.97] [ 2.76] [ 3.36] [ 2.75]
5 Philadelphia Eagles = 25.03 5 1 0 16.96( 32) 1 1 0 | 1 1 0 | 23.49 9 | 24.98 7 | 24.73 4
13 Dallas Cowboys = 22.90 6 1 0 19.27( 21) 1 1 0 | 2 1 0 | 21.25 14 | 24.08 9 | 22.56 11
21 New York Giants = 17.90 3 4 0 21.06( 7) 0 2 0 | 0 4 0 | 17.92 21 | 17.58 21 | 19.02 20
26 Washington Redskins = 15.07 2 5 0 19.25( 22) 0 3 0 | 0 3 0 | 16.26 25 | 15.12 25 | 15.73 26
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3 (NFC NORTH) = 20.77 20.65 ( 3) TEAMS= 4 20.68 ( 3)
NFL 2014 through games of October 20 Monday - Week #7
RATING W L T SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 | GOLDEN_MEAN | PURE POINTS | ELO_SCORE
HOME ADVANTAGE=[ 2.97] [ 2.76] [ 3.36] [ 2.75]
4 Green Bay Packers = 25.99 5 2 0 19.88( 18) 0 1 0 | 1 2 0 | 24.86 4 | 25.93 5 | 24.70 5
12 Detroit Lions = 22.90 5 2 0 18.20( 26) 1 0 0 | 2 0 0 | 22.18 13 | 23.49 12 | 21.92 14
17 Chicago Bears = 19.10 3 4 0 19.86( 19) 1 1 0 | 1 2 0 | 18.99 19 | 19.35 18 | 19.33 19
27 Minnesota Vikings = 14.62 2 5 0 20.95( 8) 0 1 0 | 0 4 0 | 15.31 28 | 15.01 26 | 15.72 27
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7 (NFC SOUTH) = 17.21 17.25 ( 8) TEAMS= 4 17.24 ( 7)
NFL 2014 through games of October 20 Monday - Week #7
RATING W L T SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 | GOLDEN_MEAN | PURE POINTS | ELO_SCORE
HOME ADVANTAGE=[ 2.97] [ 2.76] [ 3.36] [ 2.75]
14 New Orleans Saints = 21.49 2 4 0 18.67( 25) 0 0 0 | 0 2 0 | 22.45 12 | 19.94 16 | 21.24 15
18 Carolina Panthers = 18.81 3 3 1 21.07( 6) 0 2 0 | 1 2 1 | 19.32 18 | 17.85 20 | 19.55 17
25 Atlanta Falcons = 15.44 2 5 0 19.33( 20) 0 1 0 | 1 2 0 | 15.83 26 | 15.85 24 | 16.51 25
30 Tampa Bay Buccaneers = 13.25 1 5 0 19.04( 23) 0 1 0 | 0 2 0 | 15.33 27 | 11.35 30 | 15.02 29
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1 (NFC WEST) = 23.42 22.90 ( 1) TEAMS= 4 23.03 ( 2)
NFL 2014 through games of October 20 Monday - Week #7
RATING W L T SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 | GOLDEN_MEAN | PURE POINTS | ELO_SCORE
HOME ADVANTAGE=[ 2.97] [ 2.76] [ 3.36] [ 2.75]
3 Seattle Seahawks = 26.77 3 3 0 22.57( 4) 2 1 0 | 2 2 0 | 25.98 2 | 25.82 6 | 25.76 2
6 San Francisco 49ers = 24.79 4 3 0 23.52( 2) 2 2 0 | 3 2 0 | 24.24 5 | 23.17 13 | 25.24 3
10 Arizona Cardinals = 24.11 5 1 0 20.41( 10) 2 1 0 | 2 1 0 | 22.93 10 | 23.62 10 | 24.23 6
24 St. Louis Rams = 15.92 2 4 0 20.29( 13) 1 2 0 | 1 3 0 | 17.65 22 | 14.17 28 | 16.98 24
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6 (afc east) = 18.88 18.88 ( 6) TEAMS= 4 18.88 ( 6)
NFL 2014 through games of October 20 Monday - Week #7
RATING W L T SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 | GOLDEN_MEAN | PURE POINTS | ELO_SCORE
HOME ADVANTAGE=[ 2.97] [ 2.76] [ 3.36] [ 2.75]
11 New England Patriots = 23.92 5 2 0 18.05( 27) 0 1 0 | 1 2 0 | 22.53 11 | 23.60 11 | 24.23 7
16 Miami Dolphins = 19.83 3 3 0 20.04( 16) 0 2 0 | 1 2 0 | 19.64 16 | 20.35 14 | 19.60 16
20 Buffalo Bills = 17.94 4 3 0 20.21( 14) 0 1 0 | 2 2 0 | 17.59 23 | 18.79 19 | 18.35 21
28 New York Jets = 13.83 1 6 0 22.66( 3) 0 3 0 | 0 5 0 | 15.20 29 | 14.36 27 | 14.26 30
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5 (afc north) = 19.95 20.11 ( 5) TEAMS= 4 20.10 ( 5)
NFL 2014 through games of October 20 Monday - Week #7
RATING W L T SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 | GOLDEN_MEAN | PURE POINTS | ELO_SCORE
HOME ADVANTAGE=[ 2.97] [ 2.76] [ 3.36] [ 2.75]
8 Baltimore Ravens = 24.54 5 2 0 17.90( 29) 0 1 0 | 0 2 0 | 23.60 8 | 27.00 3 | 22.01 13
15 Cincinnati Bengals = 21.36 3 2 1 20.60( 9) 1 1 0 | 1 2 0 | 21.02 15 | 20.29 15 | 22.17 12
22 Pittsburgh Steelers = 17.88 4 3 0 17.21( 31) 0 1 0 | 0 1 0 | 18.38 20 | 16.51 23 | 19.36 18
23 Cleveland Browns = 16.68 3 3 0 17.60( 30) 0 1 0 | 1 1 0 | 17.27 24 | 16.87 22 | 17.20 23
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8 (afc south) = 16.94 17.29 ( 7) TEAMS= 4 17.12 ( 8)
NFL 2014 through games of October 20 Monday - Week #7
RATING W L T SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 | GOLDEN_MEAN | PURE POINTS | ELO_SCORE
HOME ADVANTAGE=[ 2.97] [ 2.76] [ 3.36] [ 2.75]
2 Indianapolis Colts = 26.80 5 2 0 19.98( 17) 1 2 0 | 2 2 0 | 25.88 3 | 28.44 2 | 23.97 8
19 Houston Texans = 18.65 3 4 0 18.87( 24) 0 1 0 | 0 2 0 | 19.34 17 | 19.50 17 | 17.49 22
29 Tennessee Titans = 13.82 2 5 0 20.20( 15) 1 1 0 | 1 3 0 | 14.80 30 | 13.84 29 | 15.29 28
32 Jacksonville Jaguars = 9.90 1 6 0 20.33( 11) 0 3 0 | 0 3 0 | 11.18 32 | 10.67 32 | 11.81 31
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2 (afc west) = 23.30 22.69 ( 2) TEAMS= 4 23.13 ( 1)
NFL 2014 through games of October 20 Monday - Week #7
RATING W L T SCHEDL(RANK) VS top 10 | VS top 16 | GOLDEN_MEAN | PURE POINTS | ELO_SCORE
HOME ADVANTAGE=[ 2.97] [ 2.76] [ 3.36] [ 2.75]
1 Denver Broncos = 31.14 5 1 0 22.40( 5) 4 1 0 | 4 1 0 | 29.49 1 | 30.40 1 | 29.06 1
7 San Diego Chargers = 24.65 5 2 0 17.93( 28) 1 2 0 | 1 2 0 | 23.66 7 | 26.15 4 | 22.63 10
9 Kansas City Chiefs = 24.41 3 3 0 24.27( 1) 1 2 0 | 3 2 0 | 23.74 6 | 24.80 8 | 22.91 9
31 Oakland Raiders = 10.55 0 6 0 20.30( 12) 0 2 0 | 0 4 0 | 12.66 31 | 11.11 31 | 11.38 32
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