As the wins pile up in this Patriots Dynasty, certain trends start to appear. The Patriots seem to do well against some teams (see: Bills, Buffalo), but struggle against others (any Tom Caughlin-led team). This is my first attempt at putting numbers to this theory to see if anything jumps out.

The first thing we need is an algorithm. I love algorithms, so let's put one together right now. We'll need three pieces to determine how well the Patriots normally do against a team:

Win Percentage :

The overall record can tell us how successful the Patriots have been overall against a certain team. Number of Wins :

Just having the basic winning percentage isn't really enough. Some teams have barely played the Patriots, while others face them twice a year. Going 1-0 against someone is much less impressive than going 9-1, so we're going to factor in the amount of wins as well. Average Margin of Victory :

Similar to the logic behind item #2, a bigger margin of victory is more impressive than a smaller one, so we'll take the average margin and factor that in as well.

With all of this in mind, our algorithm looks like this:

Dominance Rating = Win Percentage x Wins x Average Margin of Victory

Ok, enough with this math crap, let's see how this plays out. Here's a table of data based on the above algorithm. Click on the headers to sort each column.