This is the pinnacle of NFL team rankings using against the spread and straight up stats. Here we highlight the best performing teams and allow you to sort the ranking you find most valuable. The Rating Percentage Index (RPI) measures a team's strength of schedule and how a team performs against that schedule. This index considers whether a team won or lost but not the margin of the victory. More weight is given to teams playing and winning games on the road. The NFL is a pass-oriented league so it's no surprise that the Pass Rating Differential (PRD) index is an excellent indicator of a team''s success straight up. It has a positive correlation to the number of games a team wins. PRD subtracts the passer rating of a team's opponents from its own offensive passer rating. Also check out YPPA which measures how many yards teams surrender for every point allowed and YPPS which measures how efficiently teams turn yards into points.

Straight Up Rankings | 2006
Rank Team RPI # REL # PRD # YPPS # YPPA #
1 Patriots Patriots 58.66 2 10.7 2 18.8 3 13.3 3 18.8 2
2 Ravens Ravens 55.91 4 8.6 4 20.7 1 14.9 11 20.8 1
3 Chargers Chargers 57.36 3 10.8 1 15.6 5 12.1 1 15.8 12
4 Bears Bears 55.08 5 9.2 3 4.7 10 12.4 2 18.1 3
5 Colts Colts 61.81 1 7.6 5 17.7 4 14.4 6 14.8 22
5 Jaguars Jaguars 52.95 9 7 6 13.2 6 14.6 7 16.6 10
7 Bengals Bengals 51.96 12 4.2 7 9.2 9 14.6 7 17.3 4
8 Bills Bills 52.73 10 1.9 12 2.1 13 14.2 5 17 5
9 Eagles Eagles 52.51 11 3.5 9 19.9 2 15.2 13 15.8 12
10 Jets Jets 53.19 8 0.4 16 2.5 12 15.6 16 17 5
11 Broncos Broncos 53.26 7 1.6 13 -0.9 16 15.5 14 16.8 9
12 Cowboys Cowboys 49.63 19 3.4 10 4.5 11 13.6 4 15.1 18
13 Chiefs Chiefs 51.86 13 0.6 14 1.3 15 15.5 14 16.9 7
14 Saints Saints 51.74 14 3.6 8 9.4 8 15.7 17 14.6 26
15 Giants Giants 51.1 15 0.6 14 -1.7 18 14.7 10 15.1 18
16 Steelers Steelers 49.54 20 2.9 11 1.9 14 16.2 19 15.3 16
17 Seahawks Seahawks 50.06 17 -1.7 18 -10.5 24 14.6 7 15.3 16
18 Titans Titans 54.6 6 -2.1 19 -24.2 31 14.9 11 14.8 22
19 Rams Rams 47.86 24 -3 21 11.6 7 15.7 17 14.2 28
20 Dolphins Dolphins 49.73 18 -0.2 17 -13.2 26 19.1 30 16.9 7
21 Panthers Panthers 48.25 22 -2.7 20 -2.9 19 18.2 28 15.8 12
22 Vikings Vikings 46.42 25 -3.5 23 -0.9 16 17.5 25 14.7 25
23 Falcons Falcons 46.09 26 -3.2 22 -13.6 27 18.5 29 16.2 11
23 Texans Texans 48.32 21 -5.9 27 -7.8 23 16.7 22 14.8 22
25 Packers Packers 50.08 16 -3.6 24 -3.3 20 18.1 27 14 30
26 Browns Browns 45.04 28 -7.2 29 -6.2 22 17.8 26 15.5 15
27 Commanders Commanders 45.88 27 -4.4 25 -14.4 28 17.1 24 15.1 18
28 Cardinals Cardinals 44.51 29 -5.8 26 -6 21 16.8 23 14.4 27
29 49ers 49ers 47.93 23 -7.7 30 -16.3 29 16.4 21 14.1 29
30 Lions Lions 42.8 31 -6 28 -12.4 25 16.2 19 13.7 31
31 Buccaneers Buccaneers 44.18 30 -8.3 31 -24.8 32 20.5 31 15 21
32 Raiders Raiders 41.81 32 -10.4 32 -17.9 30 23.4 32 13.7 31
ATS Rankings | 2006
Rank Team RPI # Avg Margin #
1 Titans Titans 56.62 1 1.69 9
2 Jets Jets 55.1 2 2.21 8
3 Bills Bills 55.02 3 2.53 7
4 Colts Colts 54.67 4 -0.55 15
5 Patriots Patriots 53.83 5 4.5 2
6 Jaguars Jaguars 52.69 6 4.25 3
7 Ravens Ravens 51.71 7 5.88 1
8 Eagles Eagles 51.54 8 1.03 10
9 Giants Giants 51.3 9 -1.56 21
10 Texans Texans 51.22 10 -0.31 14
11 Bears Bears 51.05 11 3.97 6
12 Cowboys Cowboys 50.75 12 -0.56 16
13 Saints Saints 50.37 13 4.11 5
14 Bengals Bengals 50.24 14 0.34 11
15 49ers 49ers 49.97 15 -1.63 22
16 Chargers Chargers 49.88 16 4.21 4
17 Dolphins Dolphins 49.69 17 -1.22 20
18 Packers Packers 49.58 18 -1.06 19
19 Rams Rams 49.02 19 -0.22 13
20 Browns Browns 48.73 20 -2.5 27
21 Cardinals Cardinals 48.48 21 -1.03 18
22 Vikings Vikings 48.26 22 -2.28 25
23 Commanders Commanders 48.25 23 -1.81 24
24 Chiefs Chiefs 48.01 24 0.21 12
25 Falcons Falcons 47.98 25 -3.47 30
26 Steelers Steelers 47.45 26 -0.56 17
27 Buccaneers Buccaneers 47.43 27 -4.09 31
28 Seahawks Seahawks 47.3 28 -2.39 26
29 Lions Lions 47.15 29 -1.69 23
30 Panthers Panthers 47.07 30 -4.38 32
31 Raiders Raiders 46.14 31 -3.44 29
32 Broncos Broncos 45.94 32 -2.63 28
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