Final Regular Season Power Rankings

Here we go with the final rankings of the season. 20 of the teams are completely gone now.

1. Seattle Seahawks (1.09)

Number 1 since week 11, while the offense has been having troubles of late, the defense has been as good as ever, if not better. Combined with home field advantage in both NFC playoff games, this team is the favorite to win the Superbowl.

2. Philadelphia Eagles (.998)

They barely squeaked into the playoffs, but now they're a 3 seed and a huge threat to go all the way. They're 7-1 since Foles came back and lit up the Raiders for 7 touchdowns.

3. Denver Broncos (.980)

Peyton Manning has been as good this year as any quarterback ever. And even the defense has been playing a lot better recently. They've gotten to 11th in my rankings. Given how awful the AFC is, they almost have as good a shot as the Seahawks to win it all.

3.5 Arizona Cardinals

This will be my one mention of a non-playoff team. In any other division, this team goes 12-4 and gets a first round bye. Maybe better in the other conference. May we always remember this Cardinals team that had to suffer the terrible luck of missing the playoffs with a top 4 squad in the entire NFL.

4. San Francisco 49ers (.810)

They didn't get the division, leaving them with a tough road, but this is an elite team (top 10 O and D) with a good shot to beat anybody else in the league.

5. Cincinnati Bengals (.807)

Clear second best in the AFC. I mean, half that conference is worse than league average. Unfortunately, they get a first round matchup with the one other non-bye team that isn't awful. But then they get a matchup against a Patriots team they completely shut down earlier in the year. Look to see the Bengals in the AFC championship. They deserve to be there.

6. New Orleans Saints (.761)

Good teams can get stuck in bad spots. Now they're a 6-seed that has to beat the 2nd best team in the NFL on the road followed by the best just to make the conference championship.

7. Carolina Panthers (.625)

They've been carried by their defense to a first round bye, and despite not being as good as most of their NFC competition, they still have the best chance in the conference to make the Super Bowl of teams that aren't top 2 in the NFL.

8. San Diego Chargers (.611)

What a run to make the playoffs. Now they face the toughest possible road to the Super Bowl of any AFC team, but at least they're in the AFC. I don't know how much of their success is luck, maybe all of it, but if not, watch out for Rivers and co. to keep their winning ways going and even possibly make it to New York (ok, Jersey, but whatever).

9. Green Bay Packers (.534)

They had a pretty bad game against the Bears, but it was good enough, or maybe lucky enough, to give them a home game in the NFC playoffs. Now they just have to run through the NFC west with one of the worst defenses in the league. It's not looking good.

10. New England Patriots (.431)

How does a team this bad get the 2-seed? I guess it's a lot better than the Chiefs getting the 1 seed or the Cowboys making the playoffs. But now they have a pretty easy path to the championship game, only needing to win once at home.

11. Kansas City Chiefs (.387)
12. Indianapolis Colts (.372)

They two awful teams in the playoffs. And they get to play each other. As in, one of THESE teams is actually going to win a playoff game. What is the world coming to?

And with that, I conclude my seasonal power rankings. Look soon for the results of my playoff simulation.