NFL 2009-2010 Summary Rank of "Toughness" by Division and Conference

Before the Super Bowl, I decided to run some numbers on the NFC/AFC rankings from the 2009 season. If anyone has any questions about how I got the numbers, feel free to ask.

Points are 'rank' of each team per conference/divison:

Offense
NFC (270 pts)
AFC (258 pts)

Defense
AFC (270 pts)
NFC (258 pts)

Summary about conferences: offenses in the NFC seem to edge the AFc, and vice versa with defense. 

Note: One of my columns of data was Points scored per game, and points allowed per game. There are 8 defenses that are considered 'outliers', and 13 offenses considered 'outliers' in the NFL in 2009. I did not remove outliers from my rankings below.

Division rankings notable divisions: according to the same ranking system applied, the NFL divisions rank like this (in order of best to worst):

offense

NFCE (89 pts)
AFCS (89 pts)
NFCN (72 pts)
NFCS (68 pts)
AFCE (62 pts)
AFCN (56 pts)
AFCW (51 pts)
NFCW (41 pts)

defense

AFCN (89 pts)
NFCE (88 pts)
AFCE (79 pts)
NFCN (75 pts)
AFCW (53 pts)
NFCS (52 pts)
AFCS (49 pts)
NFCW (43 pts)

notes: According to the ranks, the NFC East totals 177 pts, the toughest division this year. The NFC West totals 84 pts, making it the worst division this year. Bolded divisions are IND and NO divisions.

Overall rank in "toughness":

1. NFC East
2. NFC North
3. AFC North
4. AFC South
5. AFC East
6. NFC South
7. AFC West
8. NFC West

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