Quality Stats Power Rankings

Through Week 12 of the 2012 Regular Season

About our Quality Stats Power Rankings (below). This indicator ranks each team from No. 1 to 32 based upon average ranking across the board in each of our Quality Stats.

It's proven very adept at picking out NFL champs: New Orleans was No. 1 across the board in 2009 and won the Super Bowl; Indianapolis was No. 3 across the board in 2009, the highest-ranked AFC team, and won the AFC title. Green Bay was No. 1 across the board in 2010 and won the Super Bowl; Pittsburgh was No. 2 across the board and won the AFC title. The Texans were No. 1 across the board in 2011 before catastrophic injuries at quarterback derailed the team's likely Super Bowl run.

One caveat: because it is an average ranking, it treats each of our indicators as statistical equals. But as you can see by studying Correlation to Victory and Predictive Rate of Victory, some stats are better than others at identifying winners week in and week out. Still, our Quality Stats Power Rankings are a great way to size up the relative merits top to bottom of each and every team.

Overall = Overall position in Quality Stats Power Rankings
QS = Quality Standings
SCOR = Scoreability
BEND = Bendability
RPYPA = Real Passing Yards Per Attempt
DRPYPA = Defensive Real Passing Yards Per Attempt
QBR = Real Quarterback Rating
DQBR = Defensive Real Quarterback Rating
OPR = Offensive Passer Rating
DPR = Defensive Passer Rating
PRD = Passer Rating Differential
OHI = Offensive Hog Index
DHI = Defensive Hog Index
REL = Relativity Index.

Quality Stats

Rank	Team	Overall	Quality Stats Power Rankings_R	Quality Stats Power Rankings_M	QS	Quality Standings_R	Quality Standings_M	SCOR	Scoreability_R	Scoreability_M	BEND	Bendability_R	Bendability_M	RPYPA	Real Passing Yards per Attempt_R	Real Passing Yards per Attempt_M	DRPYPA	Defensive Real Passing Yards per Attempt_R	Defensive Real Passing Yards per Attempt_M	QBR	Real Quarterback Rating_R	Real Quarterback Rating_M	DQBR	Defensive Real Quarterback Rating_R	Defensive Real Quarterback Rating_M	OPR	Offensive Passer Rating_R	Offensive Passer Rating_M	DPR	Defensive Passer Rating_R	Defensive Passer Rating_M	PRD	Passer Rating Differential_R	Passer Rating Differential_M	OHI	Offensive Hog Index_R	Offensive Hog Index_M	DHI	Defensive Hog Index_R	Defensive Hog Index_M	REL	The Relativity Index_R	The Relativity Index_M
4 ↑ 2	New England	9.15	4	↑ 2	2-2	7	∼	11.78	1	↑ 1	17.59	6	↑ 1	7.34	2	↑ 3	7.22	29	∼	102.00	1	↑ 1	81.50	18	∼	104.88	2	↑ 2	92.97	25	∼	11.91	9	↑ 2	4.33	1	∼	17.67	17	↑ 2	13.83	1	↑ 2
16 ↑ 3	Miami	18.08	16	↑ 3	2-2	10	↑ 17	16.75	22	∼	17.45	8	↓ 2	6.23	19	↑ 3	6.25	16	∼	69.74	26	↑ 1	78.24	14	↓ 2	74.13	29	↑ 1	82.99	12	↓ 2	- 8.85	25	↓ 3	19.67	23	↑ 5	10.00	6	∼	- 5.07	25	∼
24 ↓ 6	Minnesota	20.46	24	↓ 6	1-4	22	↓ 4	14.79	15	↓ 2	14.87	19	↓ 4	5.34	31	↓ 4	5.85	7	↑ 2	74.43	23	↓ 3	86.58	25	↓ 2	82.00	24	↓ 6	92.59	24	↑ 2	- 10.59	26	↓ 3	15.00	13	∼	18.67	21	↓ 5	- 0.04	16	↓ 3
30 ↑ 1	Jacksonville	25.15	30	↑ 1	1-7	28	↓ 2	16.76	23	↑ 1	14.62	21	∼	5.52	28	↑ 2	7.07	28	∼	71.46	25	∼	86.69	26	↑ 1	83.11	22	↑ 1	89.62	19	↑ 4	- 6.52	20	↑ 6	28.67	31	∼	23.33	26	↑ 1	- 11.81	30	↑ 1
32 ∼	Kansas City	28.92	32	∼	0-6	31	↓ 2	22.97	32	∼	12.64	31	∼	5.44	29	∼	7.40	30	∼	56.01	32	∼	96.51	31	↑ 1	63.14	32	∼	101.41	30	↑ 2	- 38.27	32	∼	17.33	16	↓ 3	17.67	17	↑ 1	- 12.89	31	↑ 1
3 ↓ 2	Houston	6.08	3	↓ 2	3-1	2	∼	13.24	4	↑ 1	16.67	10	↑ 1	6.93	7	↓ 3	5.74	6	∼	87.89	9	↓ 2	70.06	5	↓ 1	92.79	11	↓ 4	78.44	7	∼	14.35	5	∼	10.00	6	↑ 3	7.00	3	↓ 1	9.83	4	∼
26 ↑ 1	Indianapolis	23.15	26	↑ 1	2-2	11	↓ 1	18.46	30	↓ 1	14.30	23	↑ 2	6.43	15	↑ 1	6.63	21	↑ 2	73.13	24	∼	89.56	27	↑ 2	76.74	26	∼	96.65	28	∼	- 19.91	31	∼	13.00	11	∼	25.33	28	∼	- 6.46	26	↑ 1
21 ∼	Detroit	19.23	21	∼	1-6	26	↓ 3	17.01	24	↓ 1	13.51	25	↑ 3	6.53	13	↑ 2	6.02	12	↑ 1	82.12	14	↓ 2	86.17	24	↑ 2	85.26	16	↑ 3	92.42	23	↑ 4	- 7.16	22	↑ 2	10.33	7	↑ 2	22.33	25	↓ 6	- 1.14	19	↑ 2
7 ↓ 3	Green Bay	9.92	7	↓ 3	2-4	15	↓ 3	13.82	9	↓ 2	15.63	14	↓ 2	6.34	17	↑ 1	5.93	9	↓ 2	92.37	6	↓ 2	72.57	9	↓ 3	106.26	1	∼	78.94	8	↓ 2	27.32	1	∼	19.33	21	↓ 2	11.33	10	↓ 3	4.47	9	↓ 3
9 ↑ 3	N.Y. Giants	11.31	9	↑ 3	3-2	5	↓ 1	13.32	5	↑ 4	17.85	5	↑ 3	6.84	10	∼	6.96	25	∼	79.77	17	↑ 4	77.36	12	↑ 1	84.09	18	↑ 4	84.42	13	∼	- 0.33	14	↑ 3	9.00	3	↑ 3	14.67	14	↓ 2	8.29	6	↑ 1
15 ↓ 1	New Orleans	15.92	15	↓ 1	2-3	14	↓ 6	13.65	8	∼	16.46	11	↓ 1	6.89	9	↓ 6	7.68	31	↑ 1	92.64	5	↑ 1	92.70	29	↓ 1	98.61	6	↓ 1	100.77	29	↑ 2	- 2.16	16	↓ 1	9.33	4	↓ 1	26.00	30	↓ 4	0.14	15	∼
27 ↓ 2	N.Y. Jets	23.54	27	↓ 2	1-6	27	↓ 3	15.47	17	∼	13.43	28	↓ 4	5.76	25	↑ 3	6.33	18	↓ 8	66.69	30	↓ 1	79.04	15	↓ 5	76.06	27	↑ 2	84.82	15	↓ 6	- 8.77	24	↓ 5	21.67	26	↑ 1	27.33	31	↓ 1	- 3.44	23	↓ 1
31 ↓ 1	Oakland	27.23	31	↓ 1	1-5	24	↓ 2	17.94	29	↓ 2	11.72	32	∼	6.32	18	↓ 5	7.01	26	∼	75.93	21	↓ 5	97.72	32	↓ 1	83.98	19	↓ 3	101.92	32	↓ 2	- 17.93	28	↓ 1	22.67	29	∼	28.67	32	∼	- 13.00	32	↓ 2
29 ∼	Philadelphia	24.54	29	∼	2-2	9	∼	21.35	31	∼	13.48	26	↑ 1	5.59	26	∼	6.80	23	↓ 1	68.64	27	↓ 1	90.91	28	↓ 4	75.85	28	↓ 1	94.53	26	↓ 4	- 18.69	29	↑ 1	15.33	14	↑ 3	20.00	23	↑ 1	- 9.02	29	∼
11 ∼	Pittsburgh	12.23	11	∼	2-2	8	↑ 7	16.19	21	↓ 1	13.47	27	↓ 1	6.14	20	∼	5.15	2	↑ 1	82.95	12	↓ 2	71.27	8	↑ 1	88.72	12	↓ 1	77.74	6	↑ 2	10.98	10	↓ 4	12.33	9	↓ 4	10.00	6	↑ 5	- 0.59	18	↓ 2
22 ↓ 1	San Diego	19.69	22	↓ 1	0-5	29	↑ 1	14.56	13	↓ 2	15.54	15	↑ 3	6.06	22	↓ 3	6.31	17	↑ 2	75.33	22	↑ 1	84.64	21	↑ 1	87.95	13	↑ 1	91.02	22	↓ 1	- 3.07	17	↑ 1	22.33	28	↓ 5	18.33	20	↑ 2	- 0.53	17	↑ 1
2 ↑ 1	San Francisco	5.46	2	↑ 1	3-2	6	∼	14.58	14	↑ 2	19.75	1	∼	6.91	8	↑ 3	5.12	1	∼	95.89	4	↑ 1	71.13	7	∼	103.61	4	↓ 1	76.76	4	∼	26.86	2	∼	17.33	16	↑ 2	5.00	2	↑ 1	12.03	2	↓ 1
6 ↑ 2	Seattle	9.62	6	↑ 2	3-1	3	∼	15.91	19	∼	18.39	4	∼	6.48	14	↑ 3	5.43	5	↓ 3	84.75	11	↑ 3	69.23	3	∼	95.74	8	↑ 4	75.36	3	∼	20.38	4	∼	18.67	19	↑ 5	19.33	22	∼	3.83	10	↓ 1
17 ↑ 6	St. Louis	18.54	17	↑ 6	1-3	23	↓ 2	17.75	27	↑ 3	14.76	20	↑ 2	6.11	21	↑ 2	6.07	14	∼	76.14	20	↑ 2	80.60	17	↑ 4	84.34	17	↑ 4	84.76	14	↑ 5	- 0.42	15	↑ 6	20.00	24	↓ 4	11.00	8	↑ 1	- 2.18	21	↑ 2
8 ↓ 1	Baltimore	10.08	8	↓ 1	3-1	4	↑ 1	13.53	6	↓ 3	18.74	3	∼	6.43	16	↓ 2	6.18	15	↑ 3	81.19	15	↓ 2	70.16	6	↓ 1	86.89	15	∼	77.50	5	∼	9.39	11	↓ 2	16.67	15	↑ 1	14.00	12	↑ 7	5.36	7	↑ 1
5 ∼	Atlanta	9.31	5	∼	2-0	1	∼	14.44	12	↓ 2	17.56	7	↓ 2	7.28	4	↑ 2	6.49	20	↓ 3	89.97	7	↑ 1	75.45	10	↑ 1	96.15	7	↑ 1	82.15	10	↑ 1	13.99	7	∼	13.67	12	∼	17.00	16	∼	4.90	8	↑ 2
1 ↑ 1	Denver	5.38	1	↑ 1	2-3	12	↑ 5	13.55	7	↓ 1	15.35	16	↑ 1	7.42	1	∼	5.30	4	∼	97.53	3	↓ 2	69.95	4	↑ 4	104.52	3	↓ 1	79.73	9	↑ 3	24.79	3	∼	9.33	4	∼	3.00	1	∼	10.85	3	↓ 1
19 ↓ 2	Arizona	19.00	19	↓ 2	2-4	17	↓ 3	17.84	28	↓ 3	15.89	13	∼	4.82	32	∼	6.02	13	↓ 5	60.69	31	∼	65.12	2	∼	70.66	31	↓ 3	74.27	2	∼	- 3.61	18	↓ 4	31.33	32	∼	7.67	4	∼	- 3.71	24	↓ 4
12 ↓ 2	Tampa Bay	13.46	12	↓ 2	1-2	18	↓ 7	12.96	3	↑ 1	17.20	9	∼	7.32	3	↓ 1	7.78	32	↓ 1	88.64	8	↑ 1	85.17	23	↓ 3	94.57	10	↓ 1	90.74	21	↓ 5	3.83	13	↓ 1	12.33	9	↓ 1	16.67	15	↓ 3	3.66	11	∼
12 ↑ 3	Cincinnati	13.46	12	↑ 3	1-3	21	↓ 1	13.98	10	↑ 2	14.89	18	↑ 1	6.71	11	↓ 2	5.87	8	↑ 7	86.86	10	↑ 1	77.84	13	↑ 4	95.66	9	↑ 1	88.64	17	↑ 3	7.02	12	↑ 1	19.33	21	↑ 9	13.67	11	↑ 4	1.44	13	↑ 4
10 ↓ 1	Chicago	11.38	10	↓ 1	2-3	13	↑ 6	11.88	2	↓ 1	19.31	2	∼	5.37	30	↑ 1	5.24	3	↑ 2	67.15	28	↑ 2	57.92	1	∼	78.60	25	∼	65.13	1	∼	13.46	8	∼	20.33	25	↓ 1	8.67	5	∼	9.03	5	∼
14 ↓ 1	Washington	13.69	14	↓ 1	2-4	16	↓ 3	14.35	11	↑ 3	15.07	17	↓ 1	7.16	5	↑ 2	6.88	24	∼	100.00	2	↑ 1	82.60	19	∼	102.51	5	↑ 1	88.40	16	↑ 1	14.11	6	↑ 4	17.33	16	↓ 1	23.67	27	↓ 2	1.49	12	↑ 2
18 ↑ 2	Carolina	18.85	18	↑ 2	0-7	30	↑ 1	17.47	26	↑ 2	14.41	22	↓ 2	7.08	6	↑ 2	5.96	10	↑ 2	82.77	13	↑ 5	80.57	16	∼	83.25	21	↑ 3	88.93	18	↓ 3	- 5.68	19	↑ 6	21.67	26	↓ 2	17.67	17	↓ 3	- 1.53	20	↓ 1
28 ∼	Tennessee	23.77	28	∼	1-5	25	∼	15.15	16	↓ 1	12.87	30	∼	5.90	24	∼	7.07	27	∼	76.66	19	∼	93.29	30	∼	82.50	23	↓ 3	101.67	31	↓ 2	- 19.17	30	↓ 1	6.67	2	∼	21.67	24	↑ 7	- 8.41	28	∼
25 ↑ 1	Buffalo	21.92	25	↑ 1	0-5	32	∼	15.69	18	∼	13.12	29	∼	6.02	23	↓ 2	6.43	19	↑ 2	77.12	18	↓ 1	84.86	22	↑ 3	83.54	20	↓ 3	90.55	20	↑ 4	- 7.01	21	↓ 1	11.00	8	↓ 1	25.33	28	∼	- 6.84	27	↓ 1
20 ↓ 4	Dallas	19.08	20	↓ 4	2-5	20	↓ 4	17.07	25	↑ 1	13.81	24	↓ 1	6.64	12	∼	6.75	22	↓ 2	79.96	16	↓ 1	84.16	20	↓ 5	87.26	14	↓ 1	94.84	27	↓ 9	- 7.58	23	↓ 7	19.00	20	↑ 1	14.00	12	↓ 4	0.92	14	↓ 2
23 ↑ 1	Cleveland	19.77	23	↑ 1	2-5	19	↑ 9	16.06	20	↑ 1	16.06	12	↑ 2	5.58	27	↓ 2	5.96	11	∼	66.78	29	↓ 1	76.15	11	↑ 3	70.89	30	↑ 1	82.69	11	↑ 3	- 11.80	27	↑ 1	23.00	30	↓ 8	11.00	8	↑ 2	- 3.39	22	↑ 2