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By Spence | September 11, 2009

It's that time of year -- when football stadiums are overrun with alcoholics forking over $10 for a bad beer and you get to indulge your crippling addiction to gambling and baby back ribs. More importantly, though, September marks the return of The World's Most Prestigious Power Poll. While the NFL continues mucking about with that Super Bowl thingie, hoping it'll one day catch on with the masses, you know what the rest of the world knows: the real competition is to be #1 in the The World's Most Prestigious Power Poll.


01. Pittsburgh Steelers [12-4]: The champs return most of last year's team and a great coaching staff. Repeating will be difficult, but don't under-estimate this bunch.


02. New England Patriots [11-5]: A pretty good bet to win the Super Bowl, though the offense, which should easily be the best in the NFL, will have to carry an aging and overrated defense.


03. San Diego Chargers [8-8]: The talent is there in abundance, but this team seems to under-achieve and I don't know how any decent team loses 8 games in the NFL's worst division.

Our weekly Power Poll has begun.