Right, but I'm not any more interested in knowing which team has the #1 offense at the end of the season than I am, say, in week 9. The point is that if I want to know if my next opponent
actually has the #1 rush defense in the nation, I have dig it up and do some math. (And it's not entirely true everyone plays the same number of games; some play 14, others play 12 and 13.)
I look at my own team stats and see something like this:
3-0 (1-0)
Passing: 612 (99)
Rushing: 651 (87)
Pass Defense: 613 (27)
Rush Defense: 312 (1)
NONE of those numbers in parentheses mean anything, nor do the totals tell me much of anything without doing some division in my head. The offensive rankings are low, because I've only played three games while other teams have played four and five, and my defensive rankings are high for the same reason.
Using the same numbers, I should be seeing this instead:
3-0 (1-0)
Passing: 204.0 (59)
Rushing: 217.0 (6)
Pass Defense: 204.3 (47)
Rush Defense: 104.4 (27)
See how one set of data actually means something and the other is a complete waste of space?