1972 Pythagorean Ratings Rank TEAM W L TIE PF PA WPCT PYTHAG 1 Miami 14 0 0 385 171 1.00000 0.88380 2 Pittsburgh 11 3 0 343 175 0.78571 0.84322 3 Washington 11 3 0 336 218 0.78571 0.74679 4 Oakland 10 3 1 365 248 0.76923 0.72436 5 San Francisco 8 5 1 353 249 0.61538 0.70527 6 Green Bay 10 4 0 304 226 0.71429 0.67727 7 NY Giants 8 6 0 331 247 0.57143 0.67521 8 Dallas 10 4 0 319 240 0.71429 0.67071 9 Cincinnati 8 6 0 299 229 0.57143 0.66079 10 Minnesota 7 7 0 301 252 0.50000 0.60926 11 Detroit 8 5 1 339 290 0.61538 0.59635 12 NY Jets 7 7 0 367 324 0.50000 0.57726 13 Kansas City 8 6 0 287 254 0.57143 0.57575 14 Cleveland 10 4 0 268 249 0.71429 0.54583 15 LA Rams 6 7 1 291 286 0.46154 0.51083 16 Atlanta 7 7 0 269 274 0.50000 0.48849 17 Baltimore 5 9 0 235 252 0.35714 0.45646 18 Denver 5 9 0 325 350 0.35714 0.45381 19 Chicago 4 9 1 225 275 0.30769 0.37715 20 San Diego 4 9 1 264 344 0.30769 0.34035 21 Buffalo 4 9 1 257 377 0.30769 0.27729 22 St Louis 4 9 1 193 303 0.30769 0.24460 23 New Orleans 2 11 1 215 361 0.15385 0.21491 24 Houston 1 13 0 164 380 0.07143 0.10902 25 New England 3 11 0 192 446 0.21429 0.10841 26 Philadelphia 2 11 1 145 352 0.15385 0.09821