1981 NFL Football Rankings

  # Team                           W      L     Rating 
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  1 San Francisco 49ers           16   -  3     1.6904 
  2 Dallas Cowboys                13   -  5     1.0658 
  3 Cincinnati Bengals            14   -  5     0.9986 
  4 Miami Dolphins                11.5 -  5.5   0.6988 
  5 Buffalo Bills                 11   -  7     0.6672 
  6 San Diego Chargers            11   -  7     0.6633 
  7 Denver Broncos                10   -  6     0.6410 
  8 New York Giants               10   -  8     0.6399 
  9 Philadelphia Eagles           10   -  7     0.5801 
 10 New York Jets                 10.5 -  6.5   0.5376 

 11 Kansas City Chiefs             9   -  7     0.4939 
 12 Washington Redskins            8   -  8     0.4749 
 13 Tampa Bay Buccaneers           9   -  8     0.4699 
 14 Detroit Lions                  8   -  8     0.4630 
 15 Green Bay Packers              8   -  8     0.4174 
 16 Pittsburgh Steelers            8   -  8     0.3926 
 17 St. Louis Cardinals            7   -  9     0.3409 
 18 Atlanta Falcons                7   -  9     0.3379 
 19 Oakland Raiders                7   -  9     0.3344 
 20 Minnesota Vikings              7   -  9     0.3304 

 21 Houston Oilers                 7   -  9     0.3085 
 22 Chicago Bears                  6   - 10     0.3017 
 23 Seattle Seahawks               6   - 10     0.3013 
 24 Los Angeles Rams               6   - 10     0.2777 
 25 Cleveland Browns               5   - 11     0.2099 
 26 New Orleans Saints             4   - 12     0.1780 
 27 Baltimore Colts                2   - 14     0.0955 
 28 New England Patriots           2   - 14     0.0893 

Home Field Coefficient: 1.6365