1976 Regression Rankings Obs HOME L1 TEAM L2 1 Pittsburgh 37.11 Pittsburgh 34.45 2 Cincinnati 30.52 Oakland 29.62 3 Oakland 30.20 Cincinnati 28.77 4 New England 27.40 LA Rams 28.26 5 Baltimore 26.32 Minnesota 27.65 6 Washington 25.63 New England 27.17 7 LA Rams 25.57 Baltimore 26.44 8 Minnesota 24.22 Denver 25.82 9 Denver 23.33 Chicago 23.01 10 Kansas City 23.26 Dallas 22.50 11 Chicago 22.50 San Francisco 21.97 12 Dallas 22.11 Washington 21.07 13 St Louis 20.11 Detroit 21.03 14 San Francisco 19.96 St Louis 20.75 15 Detroit 19.26 Miami 18.10 16 Cleveland 18.75 San Diego 17.60 17 Miami 17.70 Cleveland 16.89 18 San Diego 17.63 Houston 16.80 19 Houston 17.47 NY Giants 15.01 20 Green Bay 14.69 Kansas City 14.48 21 NY Giants 14.50 Green Bay 14.11 22 New Orleans 10.20 New Orleans 12.17 23 Atlanta 8.14 Philadelphia 9.73 24 Buffalo 5.97 Buffalo 8.83 25 Philadelphia 5.49 Atlanta 7.89 26 NY Jets 4.66 NY Jets 4.38 27 Seattle 4.58 Seattle 3.07 28 Tampa Bay -0.05 Tampa Bay -1.08 HFA 2.77 HFA 3.52