2012 NFL Preseason Power Rankings: Texans Team to Beat

WhatIfSports.com utilizes its NFL simulation engine to present the most comprehensive and unbiased ranking of all 32 teams. We simulated thousands of NFL games and used the winning percentages from those 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 Tuesday of each week.

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

	Team	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
1.	Houston Texans	74.3	26.5	17.8
2.	Green Bay Packers	71.5	27.5	19.8
3.	San Francisco 49ers	70.4	25.1	17.9
4.	New England Patriots	68.0	28.6	22.1
5.	Chicago Bears	61.9	25.3	21.1
6.	Buffalo Bills	61.4	24.9	21.0
7.	Pittsburgh Steelers	61.1	24.1	20.5
8.	Denver Broncos	60.2	24.5	20.8
9.	Baltimore Ravens	59.0	22.6	19.8
10.	Detroit Lions	57.8	24.6	22.0
11.	Atlanta Falcons	57.5	23.9	21.3
12.	New York Jets	55.8	22.9	20.7
13.	Kansas City Chiefs	53.4	22.4	21.0
14.	New York Giants	52.7	23.5	22.6
15.	Cincinnati Bengals	49.3	21.7	21.8
16.	New Orleans Saints	48.6	25.8	26.3
	Team	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
17.	Dallas Cowboys	48.0	22.8	23.5
18.	Seattle Seahawks	47.4	20.5	21.3
19.	Oakland Raiders	46.3	22.2	23.3
20.	Philadelphia Eagles	45.3	20.8	22.6
21.	Miami Dolphins	45.0	20.4	22.1
22.	Cleveland Browns	44.4	22.3	24.2
23.	San Diego Chargers	41.6	22.1	25.2
24.	Arizona Cardinals	40.1	21.2	24.5
25.	Tennessee Titans	39.3	22.0	25.2
26.	Carolina Panthers	39.3	22.1	25.9
27.	St. Louis Rams	37.5	21.4	25.8
28.	Minnesota Vikings	36.0	18.9	23.5
29.	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	34.2	21.1	26.6
30.	Washington Redskins	33.5	18.6	24.6
31.	Jacksonville Jaguars	29.6	16.9	24.2
32.	Indianapolis Colts	27.6	18.8	27.2