West Ham, Swansea, Aston Villa and Crystal Palace make up the top four of our inaugural edition of the Premier League Power Rankings.
We're not going to be petitioning FIFA for a change to the points system any time soon, but imagine if points were awarded based on the difficulty of the result achieved.
Chelsea and Swansea both claimed a point each for their draw at Stamford Bridge on Saturday evening, for example, despite it being a far better result for the visitors than it was the defending Premier League champions.
So, as an alternative to the official table, this season we'll be using an algorithm based on bookmaker odds and winning margins to award points from 0.5 up to 10, ensuring the teams that attack and go for glory with the odds stacked against them are rewarded more than those teams that claim their points through a series of 1-0 home wins over the league's struggling teams.
Week 1
West Ham - 10: A 2-0 win at Arsenal earns West Ham, who were 11/1 long shots to take the three points at Emirates Stadium, a maximum 10-point haul.
Swansea - 5: Their draw at Chelsea may only have been worth a point in the real world, but holding the champions on their own turf is worth five Power Rankings points.
Aston Villa - 4: They may have been up against a newly-promoted side in Bounemouth, but Villa were outsiders with the bookmakers yet got their season off to the perfect start.
Crystal Palace - 4: Palace were shorter odds than Villa to win at Norwich, but a two-goal winning margin at Carrow Road sees them too pick up four points.
Watford - 3: Like Swansea, Watford pick up extra points for an away draw having caused a shock against Everton at Goodison Park.
Leicester - 2: The first team to lose a point on their real tally is Leicester, who were odds-on favourites to beat Sunderland and were made to pay for conceding a second.
Liverpool - 2: Liverpool are also worse off in the Power Rankings than in reality having claimed only a one-goal win at Stoke, earning no bonus points.
Manchester United - 1: Louis van Gaal's side, meanwhile, lose out on two points in our alternative reality having edged their way past Tottenham in a game they were heavy odds-on favourites to win.
Newcastle - 1: A 2-2 draw against Southampton, who finished seventh last season, earns Newcastle a point, just as it did in reality.
Southampton - 1: Saints also claim a point from a game in which neither side were particularly more fancied than the other.
Everton - 0-5: A 2-2 home draw against newly-promoted Watford earns Watford only half a point, the smallest haul available.
Chelsea - 0.5: The same applies to Chelsea, who were the biggest favourites of the weekend yet only struggled their way to a draw against Swansea at Stamford Bridge.
Arsenal - 0: You get nothing in the real world for a defeat - and nothing in this game either!
Bournemouth - 0: Beaten at home by Aston Villa - no points.
Norwich - 0: A home defeat to Crystal Palace leaves them on zero for now.
Stoke - 0: Philippe Coutinho's late screamer leaves Mark Hughes' side empty-handed.
Sunderland - 0: It wasn't exactly the start to the new season Dick Advocaat will have wanted.
Tottenham - 0: Mauricio Pochettino's side must wait another week to get off the mark.
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