2012 NFL Week 5 Power Rankings: Da Bears Climb Rankings

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

	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
1.	Houston Texans	-	69.4	26.7	19.4
2.	Chicago Bears	+5	66.1	25.0	19.2
3.	New England Patriots	-1	64.6	28.4	23.1
4.	San Francisco 49ers	-1	64.6	24.3	19.4
5.	Green Bay Packers	-1	64.5	27.2	22.5
6.	Atlanta Falcons	-1	62.2	24.9	20.5
7.	Baltimore Ravens	-1	61.5	24.1	20.2
8.	Philadelphia Eagles	+9	57.5	22.4	19.8
9.	Pittsburgh Steelers	-	55.1	24.4	23.0
10.	Denver Broncos	-	54.3	24.5	23.0
11.	Dallas Cowboys	-3	54.1	23.9	22.5
12.	New York Giants	+4	52.9	24.5	23.8
13.	Arizona Cardinals	+6	51.0	21.6	21.2
14.	Minnesota Vikings	-	50.6	22.7	22.6
15.	Buffalo Bills	-2	50.3	23.3	23.2
16.	San Diego Chargers	-5	49.5	23.2	22.9
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
17.	St. Louis Rams	+11	48.8	22.3	22.6
18.	Detroit Lions	-6	48.2	24.7	25.0
19.	Cincinnati Bengals	-4	47.5	22.3	23.2
20.	Miami Dolphins	+1	46.6	21.0	22.0
21.	New York Jets	+1	46.6	21.3	22.7
22.	Oakland Raiders	-4	45.0	23.2	24.8
23.	Seattle Seahawks	-3	43.6	18.8	20.5
24.	Kansas City Chiefs	-1	41.7	21.9	24.8
25.	Carolina Panthers	-1	41.7	22.7	25.5
26.	Tennessee Titans	-1	40.8	22.0	25.2
27.	New Orleans Saints	-1	40.7	25.1	28.5
28.	Washington Redskins	-1	38.7	20.2	24.0
29.	Cleveland Browns	-	37.6	21.1	25.4
30.	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	+1	37.5	20.4	24.9
31.	Indianapolis Colts	-1	35.6	21.0	26.1
32.	Jacksonville Jaguars	-	29.1	17.5	25.0