NFL Week Five Power Rankings

WhatIfSports.com utilizes its NFL football simulation technology to present the most comprehensive, deterministic and unbiased ranking of all 32 teams.  We simulated every possible match-up in the NFL 100 times and used the winning percentages from those nearly 50,000 games to evaluate every team.

All 32 teams are ranked below with their average points for and against from the simulated games.  All rosters and depth charts are up-to-date as of Monday night of each week.

Teams Ranked by Winning Percentage
(everyone plays everyone 100 times)

	Team	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
1.	New Orleans Saints	82.4	30.7	19.1
2.	Indianapolis Colts	77.9	27.9	18.3
3.	New York Giants	68.6	24.9	18.0
4.	New England Patriots	68.3	23.9	17.3
5.	Minnesota Vikings	67.1	23.2	17.2
6.	Baltimore Ravens	65.8	24.6	18.4
7.	San Francisco 49ers	62.4	21.8	18.2
8.	Dallas Cowboys	60.1	22.8	19.8
9.	Pittsburgh Steelers	59.7	22.7	20.2
10.	New York Jets	58.5	21.9	18.5
11.	Jacksonville Jaguars	58.2	22.8	20.2
12.	San Diego Chargers	58.2	24.3	21.2
13.	Denver Broncos	55.6	20.7	18.5
14.	Philadelphia Eagles	53.9	21.9	20.4
15.	Cincinnati Bengals	53.6	22.2	20.4
16.	Arizona Cardinals	52.8	22.7	21.6
	Team	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
17.	Atlanta Falcons	52.3	22.6	21.5
18.	Chicago Bears	52.3	21.6	21.0
19.	Green Bay Packers	51.9	22.2	21.6
20.	Seattle Seahawks	45.9	21.2	23.1
21.	Tennessee Titans	43.2	20.3	23.2
22.	Miami Dolphins	41.7	19.7	22.1
23.	Houston Texans	40.6	22.5	25.5
24.	Carolina Panthers	37.6	19.6	24.2
25.	Washington Redskins	34.3	17.2	22.4
26.	Buffalo Bills	34.2	19.1	24.8
27.	Oakland Raiders	30.9	16.4	23.1
28.	Cleveland Browns	29.5	18.2	25.6
29.	Kansas City Chiefs	26.6	15.5	23.6
30.	Detroit Lions	26.1	16.9	25.6
31.	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	25.0	16.8	25.7
32.	St. Louis Rams	24.4	16.0	25.1

Paul Bessire is the Product Manager of Content and Quantitative Analysis for WhatIfSports.com, a division of FOX Sports Interactive specializing in fantasy football simulation analysis and football sim games.  With any comments, questions or topic suggestions, Paul can be reached at [e-mail]. Thanks!