KA-POWER RANKINGS after Week 1

Down and Distance's exclusive KA-POWER RANKINGS are back for their fourth year. The product of a simple formula, the rankings have predicted 10 of the last 18 Super Bowl winners. Further, 14 of the last 18 Super Bowl winners finished the regular season No. 1 or No. 2 in the KA-POWER RANKINGS system. Unlike with other, lesser rating systems, no opinion is involved in formulating these rankings. None. Teams are ranked on a centigrade scale, with 100 representing the NFL's strongest team and 0 its weakest. Don't like where your team is ranked? Blame science. (Key: WK1 = This week's ranking. '07 = final 2007 ranking. POW = KAPOW-ER centigrade score)

WK1	'07	TEAM	POW		WK1	'07	TEAM	POW
1	11	Eagles	100.00		17	5	Chargers	47.66
2	26	Bills	81.95		18	9	Bucs	44.68
3	21	Broncos	78.75		19	10	Vikings	43.19
4	6	Cowboys	77.74		20	30	Dolphins	39.66
5	13	Giants	72.92		21	22	Lions	36.16
6	4	Steelers	72.36		22t	17	Bengals	34.81
7	20	Bears	72.31		22t	7	Jaguars	34.81
8	16	Cardinals	66.27		22t	28	Chiefs	34.81
9t	1	Patriots	65.19		25	31	49ers	33.73
9t	25	Ravens	65.19		26	2	Colts	27.69
9t	15	Titans	65.19		27	18	Texans	27.64
12	29	Falcons	63.84		28	12	Redskins	27.08
13	24	Jets	60.34		29	14	Browns	22.26
14	3	Packers	56.81		30	27	Raiders	21.25
15	19	Saints	55.32		31	8	Seahawks	18.05
16	23	Panthers	52.34		32	32	Rams	0.00

Now, obviously, the rankings are going to be a little skewed with only one week's worth of data being fed into the formula. But you'll notice that only one team opens 2008 with the exact same ranking as at the end of 2007. You don't need a lot of data to determine the obvious.