The rankings incorporate offensive, defensive and special-teams metrics, with a focus on yardage per play, adjusted per-possession efficiency (including points per possession) and the rate at which teams gain and prevent first downs. Strength of schedule and error rates (penalties and giveaways) are also factored into the calculation.
Possession data is adjusted to eliminate kneeldowns or other obvious scenarios where the offense is not attempting to advance the football.
1. Arizona Cardinals (2-0)
Last Week: 1
Two brutally efficient performances powered the Cardinals to the top for the second consecutive week. Arizona is the only team in the top 10 in error rate (sixth), offensive first-down rate (second), offensive possession efficiency (third), defensive first-down rate (third) and defensive possession efficiency (10th).