NFL Power Ranks: Week 6

This week saw a pretty incredible stumble by the NFC East, and the beginnings of a rise of the AFC South. The Giants incredible blowout loss last night to the Browns wasn't even the most surprising upset involving a NFC East team. The previously #31 ranked Rams got their first win in #3 Washington. The Cowboys also got beat in Arizona, and the Eagles got a win in San Francisco but were losing in the 4th quarter. These games obviously had an impact on the top and bottom 5.

The Giants first loss cost them the #1 spot, moving the idle and undefeated Titans to the top spot. The Giants were also passed by Tampa Bay, who destroyed previously #4 ranked Carolina. The Giants didn't fall too far, just down to #3, and surprisingly, the Redskins upset only cost them 1 spot, moving down to #4. The idle Steelers moved into the #5 spot after the Cowboys loss.

St. Louis's win jumped them 2 spots to #29, passing the winless Bengals (#31) and the just awful Seahawks (#30). Houston's first win of the year over Miami moved them out of the bottom 5, replaced by the Raiders after their blowout loss in New Orleans.

The Colts had the biggest single week ranking jump since I started doing these ranks, rising 15 spots from #21 all the way to #6. Why? The Colts finally looked like the team that has been a contender for the last 9 years this week, and their offensive and defensive ranks improved dramatically in their domination of Baltimore. San Diego and Jacksonville each jumped 8 spots for getting a blowout win over the defending AFC Champs and winning at first place Denver, respectively. The biggest losers this week were the losers of the San Diego and Jacksoville games, New England and Denver, each dropping 10 spots. Despite being 4-2 and in first place, the Broncos are ranked #20 because of their horrible defense and turnover ratios. They have also so far had a pretty weak schedule in a weak division. The Panthers also dropped 9 spots when the Bucs made them look like pretenders (at least for this week). On to the ranks...

1. Titans - 84.71 - +1
2. Buccaneers - 70.93 - +6
3. Giants - 70.04 - -2
4. Redskins - 68.34 - -1
5. Steelers - 66.37 - +1
6. Colts - 65.17 - +15
7. Falcons - 64.16 - +4
8. Bills - 63.80 - -1
9. Chargers - 62.41 - +8
10. Eagles - 61.61 - +6
11. Jaguars - 58.95 - +8
12. Cowboys - 58.47 - -7
13. Panthers - 57.46 - -9
14. Cardinals - 56.97 - -1
15. Jets - 55.21 - Even
16. Bears - 54.47 - -4
17. Saints - 53.75 - +6
18. Dolphins - 53.56 - -4
19. Patriots - 50.43 - -10
20. Broncos - 49.85 - -10
21. Browns - 49.09 - +4
22. Packers - 47.23 - Even
23. Vikings - 43.62 - -3
24. Ravens - 36.62 - -6
25. 49ers - 30.62 - -1
26. Texans - 29.45 - +3
27. Chiefs - 28.62 - Even
28. Raiders - 28.36 - -2
29. Rams - 24.90 - +2
30. Seahawks - 24.23 - -2
31. Bengals - 16.91 - -1
32. Lions - 10.90 - Even