Scroll down to the bottom of the page to see what the "Chase" standings would look like if they were based on our rankings (note that a somewhat different list of drivers would be eligible). This is before assessing the bonus of five points for each position above 10th after 26 races.

prev	rank	driver	mean	sd	races	wins	Top5	Top10	AvgFinish	SDFinish	Last5	Points	SimPts	SimWins	SimChamps
1	1	TonyStewart	1.724	0.18	35	5	17	25	9.8	9.7	25-2-9-6-4	5081	4803	5.053	337
2	2	GregBiffle	1.680	0.18	35	5	14	20	12.2	12.0	3-20-7-20-2	4799	4751	4.705	289
3	3	JimmieJohnson	1.569	0.18	35	4	13	22	11.9	11.7	1-3-16-5-7	4753	4629	3.706	151
4	4	CarlEdwards	1.402	0.18	35	4	12	17	14.3	11.7	10-26-1-1-6	4427	4459	2.635	70
5	5	KurtBusch	1.385	0.18	34	3	9	18	15.3	13.5	14-2-6-36-10	4248	4304	2.409	25
6	6	MarkMartin	1.363	0.17	35	1	11	18	13.5	11.6	5-34-3-2-14	4501	4410	2.416	57
7	7	MattKenseth	1.260	0.17	35	1	11	16	15.7	13.1	26-12-5-3-32	4286	4292	1.799	25
8	8	JeffGordon	1.244	0.18	35	4	8	13	18.0	13.6	38-1-2-14-3	4031	4264	1.743	24
9	9	RustyWallace	1.130	0.17	35	0	8	17	13.8	9.4	24-19-37-22-29	4388	4140	1.305	7
11	10	KyleBusch	1.127	0.18	35	2	9	13	20.4	14.7	39-9-12-40-1	3738	4141	1.275	10
10	11	RyanNewman	1.099	0.17	35	1	8	15	15.5	11.0	7-10-23-25-12	4258	4098	1.105	4
12	12	JamieMcMurray	0.952	0.17	35	0	4	10	16.7	10.2	31-7-6-11-18	4021	3922	0.743	0
14	13	JeremyMayfield	0.910	0.17	35	1	4	8	16.0	9.2	11-28-38-35-24	4147	3898	0.674	0
13	14	DaleEarnhardtJr.	0.904	0.18	35	1	7	13	20.6	14.2	42-18-4-8-40	3674	3882	0.649	0
15	15	BrianVickers	0.896	0.17	35	0	5	10	19.0	12.7	12-36-15-19-26	3838	3847	0.634	1
16	16	DennyHamlin	0.875	0.36	6	0	0	3	14.5	9.7	8-8-19-7-13	737	661	0.171	0
18	17	ElliottSadler	0.830	0.17	35	0	1	12	17.4	10.7	27-29-10-9-11	3990	3795	0.488	0
17	18	KaseyKahne	0.813	0.18	35	1	5	8	22.1	13.2	23-17-35-42-27	3521	3768	0.497	0
19	19	KevinHarvick	0.804	0.17	35	1	3	9	17.7	8.9	28-15-22-16-23	3950	3764	0.463	0
20	20	DaleJarrett	0.758	0.17	35	1	4	7	18.3	9.8	30-31-14-12-9	3848	3714	0.394	0
21	21	RickyRudd	0.721	0.17	35	0	2	9	20.3	11.9	9-11-17-13-20	3640	3668	0.354	0
22	22	JoeNemechek	0.718	0.17	35	0	2	9	18.5	9.4	4-23-18-37-17	3857	3669	0.347	0
23	23	JeffBurton	0.707	0.17	35	0	3	6	19.4	10.5	14-5-8-30-15	3715	3648	0.310	0
26	24	BobbyLabonte	0.648	0.18	35	0	4	7	22.4	12.5	18-4-31-26-5	3427	3600	0.258	0
24	25	ScottPruett	0.643	0.51	2	0	1	1	17.5	19.1	31-4	230	204	0.038	0
27	26	CaseyMears	0.575	0.17	35	0	2	8	21.9	11.3	6-22-21-4-22	3477	3507	0.201	0
25	27	MichaelWaltrip	0.575	0.17	35	0	3	7	23.3	12.7	29-27-11-41-33	3376	3495	0.209	0
28	28	BrianSimo	0.564	0.60	1	0	0	1	10.0	NA	10	134	99	0.018	0
29	29	RonFellows	0.539	0.52	2	0	0	1	16.5	12.0	8-25	230	193	0.024	0
30	30	SterlingMarlin	0.336	0.17	34	0	1	5	24.6	11.8	40-38-20-23-34	3093	3164	0.075	0
31	31	MikeBliss	0.218	0.17	35	0	0	2	24.6	10.1	35-41-13-17-31	3135	3102	0.030	0
32	32	BorisSaid	0.194	0.32	9	0	1	1	25.4	9.7	28-31-3-30-31	791	790	0.016	0
33	33	ScottRiggs	0.142	0.18	35	0	2	4	26.9	10.1	33-24-33-34-38	2916	3041	0.025	0
35	34	KylePetty	0.139	0.17	35	0	0	2	24.4	8.7	15-14-25-21-19	3206	3036	0.029	0
34	35	MartinTruexJr.	0.133	0.36	7	0	0	1	26.7	13.1	7-42-28-40-15	589	607	0.014	0
36	36	KenSchrader	0.098	0.17	35	0	0	3	25.4	8.9	34-13-34-29-30	3087	3002	0.021	0
37	37	DaveBlaney	0.089	0.17	35	0	0	1	24.7	7.4	13-16-24-28-25	3134	2988	0.014	0
38	38	DavidReutimann	0.078	0.66	1	0	0	0	22.0	NA	22	97	86	0.014	0
39	39	ClintBowyer	0.059	0.67	1	0	0	0	22.0	NA	22	97	84	0.004	0
40	40	JeffGreen	0.053	0.17	35	0	0	0	24.5	7.0	19-37-29-18-28	3168	2951	0.018	0
42	41	TravisKvapil	0.051	0.17	35	0	0	2	26.0	9.7	17-21-26-24-10	3010	2954	0.015	0
41	42	JohnnySauter	-0.030	0.31	10	0	0	1	28.8	13.1	40-17-28-16-39	722	819	0.008	0
44	43	ScottWimmer	-0.069	0.17	35	0	0	0	26.2	6.8	20-25-27-27-21	2992	2827	0.010	0
43	44	PaulMenard	-0.080	0.69	1	0	0	0	27.0	NA	27	82	80	0.004	0
45	45	TerryLabonte	-0.085	0.27	14	0	0	1	29.4	11.7	40-27-9-33-31	1071	1126	0.006	0
46	46	BillElliott	-0.111	0.33	9	0	0	0	28.8	10.4	35-23-11-40-32	695	719	0.004	0
47	47	AnthonyLazzaro	-0.116	0.70	1	0	0	0	28.0	NA	28	79	79	0.002	0
48	48	JasonLeffler	-0.139	0.23	19	0	0	0	27.5	8.2	18-20-24-24-33	1538	1514	0.004	0
49	49	ChrisCook	-0.143	0.71	1	0	0	0	28.0	NA	28	79	78	0.005	0
51	50	MikeWallace	-0.147	0.19	28	0	0	1	27.9	9.0	19-35-43-35-36	2269	2206	0.002	0
50	51	JohnnyMiller	-0.150	0.71	1	0	0	0	29.0	NA	29	76	78	0.003	0
65	52	KennyWallace	-0.178	0.46	4	0	0	0	29.2	10.3	40-27-34-16	301	316	0.004	0
59	53	RobbyGordon	-0.209	0.20	28	0	1	2	30.6	9.7	39-23-32-42-8	2046	2157	0.003	0
52	54	DavidStremme	-0.228	0.52	3	0	0	0	31.3	13.6	16-42-36	207	234	0.002	0
53	55	JoeyMcCarthy	-0.260	0.73	1	0	0	0	31.0	NA	31	70	79	0.002	0
54	56	DerrikeCope	-0.308	0.74	1	0	0	0	33.0	NA	33	64	78	0.004	0
55	57	KerryEarnhardt	-0.322	0.53	3	0	0	0	32.7	13.7	17-42-39	195	223	0.004	0
56	58	EricMcClure	-0.328	0.75	1	0	0	0	32.0	NA	32	67	77	0.004	0
57	59	JohnAndretti	-0.340	0.47	4	0	0	0	29.0	1.4	31-29-28-28	304	298	0.001	0
58	60	KevinLepage	-0.351	0.23	20	0	0	1	30.2	8.5	30-36-21-42-33	1402	1471	0.002	0
60	61	JorgeGoeters	-0.371	0.76	1	0	0	0	35.0	NA	35	63	74	0.002	0
61	62	J.J.Yeley	-0.482	0.48	4	0	0	0	31.8	6.1	39-34-25-29	276	289	0.001	0
63	63	TonyRaines	-0.508	0.40	6	0	0	0	31.3	5.7	31-28-34-38-22	419	425	0.000	0
62	64	BobbyHamilton	-0.509	0.54	3	0	0	0	32.0	6.2	27-39-30	201	214	0.003	0
64	65	BobbyHamiltonJr.	-0.551	0.18	32	0	0	0	32.2	8.2	41-30-39-38-35	2123	2206	0.001	0
NA1	66	JerryRobertson	-0.661	0.84	1	0	0	0	41.0	NA	41	40	71	0.002	0
66	67	ReedSorenson	-0.663	0.85	1	0	0	0	41.0	NA	41	40	69	0.002	0
67	68	BrandonAsh	-0.698	0.86	1	0	0	0	42.0	NA	42	37	68	0.005	0
68	69	KirkShelmerdine	-0.705	0.86	1	0	0	0	42.0	NA	42	37	70	0.001	0
69	70	TomHubert	-0.741	0.87	1	0	0	0	43.0	NA	43	34	66	0.003	0
70	71	WayneAnderson	-0.752	0.88	1	0	0	0	43.0	NA	43	34	68	0.004	0
NA2	72	ChadChaffin	-0.753	0.88	1	0	0	0	43.0	NA	43	34	70	0.004	0
71	73	JimmySpencer	-0.858	0.33	10	0	0	0	34.6	6.6	36-39-40-39-36	592	625	0.000	0
72	74	HermieSadler	-0.896	0.30	12	0	0	0	34.4	4.9	41-30-30-42-32	717	744	0.000	0
73	75	JohnnyBenson	-0.923	0.59	3	0	0	0	37.7	8.4	42-43-28	150	192	0.000	0
74	76	MikeGarvey	-1.058	0.35	9	0	0	0	36.3	5.7	36-36-34-37-32	491	536	0.000	0
77	77	P.J.Jones	-1.211	0.54	4	0	0	0	39.0	4.7	32-41-42-41	189	221	0.000	0
76	78	StuartKirby	-1.212	0.41	7	0	0	0	37.6	4.8	41-43-32-37-37	352	397	0.000	0
75	79	ShaneHmiel	-1.219	0.77	2	0	0	0	41.5	2.1	43-40	77	119	0.000	0
79	80	TedChristopher	-1.289	0.79	2	0	0	0	42.0	0.0	42-42	74	117	0.000	0
80	81	MikeSkinner	-1.306	0.36	9	0	0	0	38.0	5.7	29-43-43-43-37	441	487	0.000	0
81	82	RandyLaJoie	-1.306	0.64	3	0	0	0	40.0	3.5	42-36-42	134	166	0.000	0
78	83	StantonBarrett	-1.343	0.39	8	0	0	0	38.1	5.5	34-41-43-43-42	389	440	0.000	0
82	84	GregSacks	-1.427	0.83	2	0	0	0	43.0	0.0	43-43	68	110	0.000	0
83	85	JeffFuller	-1.438	0.84	2	0	0	0	43.0	0.0	43-43	68	111	0.000	0
84	86	CarlLong	-1.754	0.38	9	0	0	0	39.8	4.5	40-43-32-42-32	356	444	0.000	0
85	87	MorganShepherd	-1.778	0.60	4	0	0	0	41.2	1.0	40-42-42-41	162	201	0.000	0

prev	rank	driver	mean	sd	races	wins	Top5	Top10	AvgFinish	SDFinish	Last5	Points	SimPts	SimWins	SimChamps
1	1	CarlEdwards	1.398	0.31	9	2	4	7	8.9	8.5	10-26-1-1-6	1313	1219	1.144	183
2	2	JimmieJohnson	1.383	0.31	9	2	4	7	8.7	9.5	1-3-16-5-7	1328	1211	1.116	173
3	3	MarkMartin	1.313	0.31	9	1	5	6	12.3	14.9	5-34-3-2-14	1228	1198	0.996	170
4	4	TonyStewart	1.310	0.29	9	0	5	7	8.0	8.2	25-2-9-6-4	1365	1196	0.908	119
6	5	GregBiffle	1.159	0.30	9	0	4	5	10.9	9.4	3-20-7-20-2	1268	1154	0.714	88
8	6	JeffGordon	1.053	0.32	9	1	3	4	17.3	15.7	38-1-2-14-3	1059	1122	0.577	61
5	7	MattKenseth	1.050	0.30	9	0	5	5	13.8	13.4	26-12-5-3-32	1172	1125	0.568	56
19	9	KyleBusch	0.817	0.32	9	1	2	3	20.4	15.2	39-9-12-40-1	965	1055	0.330	27
11	14	RustyWallace	0.563	0.31	9	0	1	3	19.1	11.5	24-19-37-22-29	976	987	0.170	13
9	10	KurtBusch	0.725	0.32	8	0	1	4	16.8	13.1	14-2-6-36-10	944	919	0.212	0