Final 2004 Quality Standings
Final 2004 standings vs. quality opponents. The Cold, Hard Football Facts define a quality opponent as any team that currently has a winning record. In the case of season-ending standings, this refers to any team that ended the season with a winning record. The term "quality win" simply refers to a victory against a quality opponent. Those who ignore the quality wins quotient do so only at the peril of themselves, their reputation and their wallet. Also see final 2004 regular-season standings.
| AFC East | NFC East | ||||||||
| Team | W | L | PF | PA | Team | W | L | PF | PA |
| New England* | 7 | 1 | 24.6 | 14.7 | Philly* | 2 | 1 | 21.7 | 18.0 |
| N.Y. Jets** | 3 | 5 | 17.6 | 18.9 | N.Y. Giants | 1 | 5 | 15.2 | 24.8 |
| Buffalo | 2 | 6 | 17.1 | 20.5 | Dallas | 1 | 5 | 20.2 | 32.5 |
| Miami | 1 | 9 | 16.3 | 25.9 | Washington | 0 | 5 | 10.2 | 23.2 |
| AFC North | NFC North | ||||||||
| Pittsburgh* | 6 | 1 | 22.4 | 15.1 | Chicago | 1 | 4 | 11.4 | 24.6 |
| Baltimore | 3 | 4 | 14.3 | 16.4 | Minnesota** | 1 | 5 | 26.0 | 28.2 |
| Cincinnati | 3 | 6 | 21.9 | 23.9 | Detroit | 1 | 5 | 13.2 | 26.3 |
| Cleveland | 1 | 8 | 14.0 | 25.8 | Green Bay* | 0 | 3 | 24.3 | 40.0 |
| AFC South | NFC South | ||||||||
| Indy* | 4 | 3 | 26.4 | 25.1 | Atlanta* | 2 | 1 | 29.3 | 25.3 |
| Jax | 4 | 3 | 18.4 | 20.0 | New Orleans | 1 | 4 | 16.8 | 27.0 |
| Tennessee | 2 | 5 | 21.7 | 30.6 | Tampa Bay | 1 | 4 | 16.8 | 16.2 |
| Houston | 2 | 6 | 15.25 | 22.6 | Carolina | 0 | 7 | 14.7 | 25.0 |
| AFC West | NFC West | ||||||||
| Kansas City | 4 | 5 | 31.1 | 25.2 | St. Louis** | 4 | 4 | 22.6 | 28.9 |
| Denver** | 2 | 3 | 21.0 | 19.0 | Seattle* | 1 | 3 | 17.7 | 32.7 |
| San Diego* | 2 | 4 | 24.3 | 25.0 | Arizona | 1 | 5 | 13.0 | 20.2 |
| Oakland | 2 | 6 | 14.1 | 25.25 | San Fran | 0 | 6 | 12.3 | 30.2 |
* Division champions
** Wildcard teams
For more on quality wins see:
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Jan. 11, 2005 - We rule the football world
Jan. 18, 2005 - Indy-New England postmortem
Jan. 24, 2005 - Everyone loves a parade
Feb. 3, 2005 - Squinting through our beer-bottle monocle
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