Week 13 UFB Rankings

What is this? Well, in addition to our own Power Rankings, we are going to post this top 15 called the Ultimate Football Rankings (UFB Rankings). It’s compiled of a bunch of rankings of a bunch of good sites, including ours (see bottom) and adds a contrast to our regular Power Rankings. More sites will be added as the weeks go on. Views held in write ups do not necessarily represent the views of footballfanspot.com.

(1) 1. Green Bay Packers (9) – 11 – 0 next at New York Giants

Maybe this team will indeed make the NFL history by going 19-0. Last few weeks, there were times when we thought they would lose but they always found a way to come back and win games. Many believe that the Giants can upset the Packers, but with all the injuries, we don’t see the Giants causing any troubles for the Packers.

(4) 2. New Orleans Saints – 8 – 3 next vs Detroit Lions

Brees relentlessly torched New York’s secondary, going 24-of-38 for 363 yards and four passing touchdowns. He also had an 8-yard rushing score, as he looked like Aaron Rodgers on the scramble. Graham, meanwhile, found the end zone twice to go along with his team-leading five receptions and 84 yards. There was a scary moment in which Graham took a hit to the head in the fourth quarter, but he was apparently OK because he recovered an onside kick a bit later.

(5) 3. New England Patriots – 8 – 3 next vs Indianapolis Colts

The Patriots have scored 109 points in their last 3 games and their defense has allowed just 18 per game starting with their week 4 game against the Raiders. Their defense isn’t even at full strength so you can expect them to play good defense the rest of the way and with this offense and their experience at quarterback and Head Coach, that’s a scary combination. The Packers have struggled with both the Chargers’ and the Saints’ offense so we think the Patriots do have a shot at beating the Packers in the Super Bowl.

(6) 4. Baltimore Ravens – 8 – 3 next at Cleveland Browns

Winners of the Harbaugh Bowl, the Ravens were looking really good against the 49ers. With the Ravens defense picking up the offenses slack by recording 9 sacks and one turnover, it looks like this team is getting into playoff readiness. With three more tough inner divisional match-ups, lets see if they can keep the lead in the AFC North.

(3) 5. Pittsburgh Steelers – 8 – 3 next vs Cincinnati Bengals

With the Steelers winning 6 out of their last 7, streaking with the most important part of the schedule coming up…Remember, Ravens own the tie-breaker. Could be key in the coming future, we definitely be keeping tabs on that division race

(2) 6. San Francisco 49ers – 9 – 2 next vs St. Louis Rams

What happened against the Ravens is what will most likely happen in the playoff. The 49ers are a good team but it is too inexperienced and imbalanced to win any games in the playoffs. The 49ers will clinch the playoff spot this week against the Rams thanks to weak NFC West. The 49ers’ offense is not good enough to overcome elite defense.

(10) 7. Atlanta Falcons – 7 – 4 next at Houston Texans

Matty Ice is cool as fire (Does that even make sense?) Who cares, when he defense plays as good as they have and they get production on O from Ryan and Turner. Extremely tough team to beat. . . .Especially at home.

(12) 8. Dallas Cowboys – 7 – 4 next at Arizona Cardinals

Cowboys nearly became latest victims of Dolphins juggernaut. We was pretty upset that the Cowboys looked like crap and didn’t cover against Miami. With all that said, suddenly they seem to be the safe bet to win the NFC East. With only one really tough team left, the Cowboys should be able to maintain this pace.

(9) 9. Houston Texans – 8 – 3 next vs Atlanta Falcons

We don’t think the Texans will be too much worse off with TJ Yates than they were with Matt Leinart. In fact, they might be better off. Unlike Leinart, Yates seemed interested and capable of throwing more than 5 yards down field. Leinart went 12 of 16, but for a mere 57 yards. Yates was 8 of 15 for 70 yards. They have a great defense and a great running game so all Yates has to do is not overstep his boundaries and they’ll be at least decent. Besides, the scariest thing is a good team that doesn’t think anyone believes in them. The Texans are that team now.

(13) 10. Cincinnati Bengals – 7 – 4 next at Pittsburgh Steelers

Were the Bengals just flat off of back to back divisional losses to Pittsburgh and Baltimore and looking forward to a rematch with Pittsburgh? Or are they simply not as good as they were before they lost Leon Hall? The Bengals had a very underwhelming performance at home against the Browns last week. A few weeks ago, that game wouldn’t have been very close. Last week, the Bengals needed to comeback from a 20-10 4th quarter deficit. They have another test this week as they head to Pittsburgh.

(7) 11. Detroit Lions – 7 – 4 next at New Orleans Saints

The Lions really just have the feel of an immature team. They made all sorts of stupid mistakes against the Packers and Ndamukong Suh got frustrated and stepped on an offensive lineman…er I mean tripped. They haven’t dealt with adversity well all season. After their first loss, Jim Schwartz blew up at Jim Harbaugh because his handshake was too rough. And of course, since their first loss, they’re just 2-4 with wins over the Broncos, before the new Tim Tebow friendly offense, and the Panthers, who led early. They’re going to get destroyed this week coming off a loss in their biggest game of the decade.

(14) 12. Oakland Raiders – 7- 4 next at Miami Dolphins

What a great story for the NFL and the Raider nation. Carson Palmer had his ups and downs but he is an upgrade over Jason Campbell and the team seems to be extremely energized after years of futility. It faces very little challenges in its way to the playoff (we haven’t bought into Tebow-led Broncos yet) and could pull an upset.

(8) 13. Chicago Bears – 8 – 3 next vs Kansas City Chiefs

Meh, we are going to keep the Bears in the top 15. We think Cal Hanie will be better next week (by default, really). Plus, Jay Cutler will return in about four weeks, so it’s not like they’ll be completely hopeless in the playoffs.

(15) 14. New York Jets – 6 – 5 next at Washington Redskins

The Jets ended a two game losing streak last week, but hardly looked convincing in a 4 point win that easily could have been a loss against the lowly Bills. The Jets now sit at 6-5 and they really haven’t looked as good as they have in the past two years this year. They have an uphill battle to make the playoffs as Cincinnati is a game better than them, but they have the easier schedule on tap. The reeling Giants are their only remaining +.500 team and they also play Miami, Philadelphia, Kansas City, and Washington. It’s all just a matter of execution now.

(11) 15. New York Giants – 6 – 5 next vs Green Bay Packers

The free fall continues, but you gotta admit, the schedule is brutal. If they don’t turn it around it will be Coughlin turned around heading for the door soon. Schedule doesn’t get any easier as the undefeated Packers come to town.

( ) left of rankings indicates previous weeks rankings

( ) next to teams indicates first place votes

UFB Power Rankers are:

Frank Hyun of Patriots Review

Ronnie Kohrt of Ronnie K’s Blog

Mr. Kangaroo of CJ Sports NFL Talk

Brandon Clark of Titan Sized

Steven Lourie of Football Fan Spot

Mr. C.J. Sports of CJ Sports NFL Talk

Adam Hughes of Naptown’s Finest

Walter Cherepinsky of Walter Football.com

Brian Goldsmith of Hair of the Dog Sports Blog