There is a clearly defined tier of eight teams that can win the Super Bowl this year. Beyond those teams there is chaos.
A bunch of teams on the fringe of the playoff picture lost this week, while sleepers like the Colts and Titans burst to life and jumped into the wild card discussion.
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Once again, here's how we came up with them.
We took our rankings from last week and moved teams up and down based on the following criteria:
- A win: up 2 spots
- A loss: down 1 spot
- A loss by 10+ points: down 2 spots
- A win against a top-5 team from the week before: up 2 spots
- A win against a top-12 team from the week before (aka, a playoff team): up 1 spot
- Covering the point spread: up 1 spot
- A one-loss record: up 2 spots
- A one-win record: down 2 spots
1. Atlanta Falcons (#1 last week): Bye
Record: 6-0
Biggest thing we learned this week: Nothing!
2. Houston Texans (#4 last week): Beat the Ravens
Record: 6-1
Biggest thing we learned this week: The Packers game was a fluke. The Ravens came into the game with a high-flying passing attack (much like Green Bay two weeks ago), but the Texans returned to form and crushed Baltimore.
3. Green Bay Packers (#3 last week): Beat the Rams
Record: 4-3
Biggest thing we learned this week: They're going to have to pass their way to victory. Despite the 30-20 win, they ran for just 70 yards and Rodgers got sacked three times.
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