Even with a loss the Minnesota Vikings stay atop The Ultimate Sports Network’s NFL Rankings

2026-08-07 01:03:06 Business

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The Ultimate Sports Network announces the results of their weekly National Football League Rankings
#1/Minnesota Vikings (Last Week #1)
#2/Dallas Cowboys (Last Week #2)
#3/New England Patriots (Last Week #4)
#4/Philadelphia Eagles (Last Week #6)
#5/Denver Broncos (Last Week #9)
#6/Atlanta Falcons (Last Week #3)
#7/Green Bay Packers (Last Week #5)
#8/Pittsburgh Steelers (Last Week #8)
#9/San Diego Chargers (Last Week #12)
#10/New York Giants (Last Week #10)

The Minnesota Vikings are no longer undefeated after losing to the Philadelphia Eagles, however they are still Number One in the Ultimate Sports Network?s NFL Rankings. The Vikings once substantial lead has decreased by 50% and the Dallas Cowboys are poised to make a move up to Number One with another Minnesota miscue.

New to the Top Ten are the San Diego Chargers, last week?s Number Twelve team. The most surprising aspect of these rankings is the listing of the Cleveland Browns at Number Fifteen. The Browns have yet to have won a game, but their strength of schedule and their margin of defeats places them much higher in the rankings than is to be expected.

The Ultimate Sports Network attempts to answer the question, ?Who is Number One?? by multiplying a teams? winning percentage by their "control points", then by their schedule strength.
Who won the game? This is fairly simple. It is better to win a game than to lose, and just picture George "Papa Bear" Halas or Don Shula, or even Pete Carroll addressing his team after a loss and saying, "Well, boys we fought hard and I am glad to see we only lost by three on the road." Good teams win on the road, bad teams don't. So USN does not factor if a game was played at home or on the road.

Point number two. Who controlled the game? Basically, was a win achieved because the other team missed an extra point or because a play was overturned by replay, or was the outcome never in doubt? Third, not only who was played, but how did they play against their competition.

"Control points" are the value USN has given to a team's margin of victory or defeat. The Ultimate Sports Networks ranking system assigns 1 point for a win, 1 point for a win by less than a field goal, up to 6 points for a win by 20 points or more. A loss is deducted in the same manner. That figure is then multiplied by the opponent?s 1USN points, times a factor of 25%.