NFL Power Rankings for Week One of the 2010 Season

The NFL is getting to set to kick off the 2010 football season. Training camps have closed down and the final cuts have been made. Now it is down to the core of 53 NFL players to get ready to open week one of the 2010 NFL schedule.

NFL Power Rankings are starting to appear all over the Internet for the upcoming 2010 season. NFL Power Rankings created by major media outlets are favored most web surfers, but who is to say I can not come up with one of my own NFL Power Rankings? I crunched the statistics from these teams into my propriety "NFL Power Ranking Software."

The software churned the numbers inside the computer's for a few minutes and the computer spat out my very own set of Week 1 NFL Power Rankings. Never one to completely trust a computer, I massaged the data to account for personnel, injuries, as well as ongoing controversies within each organization. There always is a human element and team chemistry to mess around with expected team performance that a computer will never be able to model.

Here is a break down of the numbers starting of with the best and finishing the worst. For brevity sake, I will not comment on each team. These are only my computer's, and my opinion on how 2010 NFL Team Rank this year so do not take the position of your team to heart. You are free to post your opinions on how my software and data massaging performed on this version of this version of NFL Power Rankings in the comments section.

My number one team to start the NFL Power Rankings are the Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints. Until they lose a game they will remain at the top spot. Their position at the top spot may only last a week since they have a tough opener against the Vikings. The Vikings are one of the top 5 teams in the NFL Power Rankings. Perhaps the Saints will be knocked out of the number one spot in JAMcLyne's 2010 NFL Power Rankings?

Next on the list are the Colts. What? Ranking a team second in the NFL Power Rankings that goes 0-4 in preseason? The preseason is over, and look for Peyton Manning and the Colts to power their way to another strong season. Perhaps even matching their 14 win season from a season ago.

Mark Sanchez and the New York Jets come in at third. Sanchez can be considered a seasoned veteran now and the Jets should be able to out ahead of the New England Patriots, who come in at 7th in this edition of the NFL Power Rankings.

Looking at the bottom of the NFL Power Rankings, we see the usual suspects. These are some of the worst teams from a year ago, and they have done little to improve themselves. The bottom of the NFL Power Rankings include the Detroit Lions, St Louis Rams, and the Cleveland Browns.

The first NFL game will take place on Thursday night as the Minnesota Vikings take on the reigning Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints.

JAMcLynne's NFL Power Rankings for Week 1 of the NFL Season

1. New Orleans Saints
2. Indianapolis Colts
3. New York Jets
4. Baltimore Ravens
5. Minnesota Vikings
6. Atlanta Falcons
7. New England Patriots
8. Green Bay Packers
9. Dallas Cowboys
10. Cincinnati Bengals
11. San Diego Chargers
12. Tennessee Titans
13. New York Giants
14. San Francisco 49ers
15. Philadelphia Eagles
16. Houston Texans
17. Miami Dolphins
18. Oakland Raiders
19. Denver Broncos
20. Carolina Panthers
21. Chicago Bears
22. Washington Redskins
23. Arizona Cardinals
24. Buffalo Bills
25. Jacksonville Jaguars
26. Kansas City Chiefs
27. Pittsburgh Steelers
28. Seattle Seahawks
29. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
30. Cleveland Browns
31. St Louis Rams
32. Detroit Lions

I plan on creating weekly edition of the NFL Power Rankings throughout the 2010 season. The teams will slip and slide or climb their way to the top of the Power Rankings based on their performance throughout the 2010 NFL season!