NBA Power Rankings

Power rankings are a tool that should be in every handicapper’s arsenal.  They provide you with a simple and basic predicted line on a game.  Some offer specific numbers whereas others just rank the order of the teams.  You can combine power rankings to come up with your own unique take on each team.  I don’t have a specific power ranking formula myself, but rather I use a hybrid of several known sources.  Below is a list of power rankings that I have found online.

• NBA.com – Updated every Monday and gives just a quick description of the teams last seven days.  You can also see offenseive/defensive ratings and pace.
• ESPN – Another ordered list that shows which way teams are trending as well as general thoughts on how they are doing.
• Hollinger – ESPN stat guru John Hollinger provides his power rankings with added weight on how the teams have done recently.
• Fox Sports – Their updated rankings include the best and worst each team has been during the season.
• CBS Sports
• Team Rankings – Adds records for how teams have done against each tier.
• Jeff Sagarin – has three different sets of ratings.
• Nutshell Sports
• Compughter Ratings
• Time Travel Sports – shows how the ratings predict the winners of each game that day.
• Sonny Moore
• PowerRankings.com
• StatFox
• Director of Information
• Logical Approach
• The Prediction Tracker – compare several different power rankings all in one spot, plus see how each one has done both straight up and against the spread this season.
• Covers
• TalismanRed
• SBNation

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