Philadelphia Eagles on Top of Our Latest NFL Power Rankings

WhatIfSports.com utilizes its NFL football simulation engine 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 August 26, 2009.

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

	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
1.	Philadelphia Eagles	-	73.4	25.4	16.7
2.	Pittsburgh Steelers	-	69.4	22.2	15.6
3.	New England Patriots	-	69.1	26.7	19.7
4.	Minnesota Vikings	-	67.4	27.5	21.5
5.	Miami Dolphins	-	66.5	24.5	18.6
6.	New York Giants	-	65.2	24.3	18.6
7.	Arizona Cardinals	-	64.1	25.2	20.5
8.	Dallas Cowboys	-	63.8	26.2	21.3
9.	San Diego Chargers	-	61.8	25.5	21.4
10.	Houston Texans	-	60.8	26.2	22.2
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
11.	New York Jets	-	59.8	22.6	19.0
12.	Washington Redskins	-	57.9	20.1	17.1
13.	New Orleans Saints	-	56.1	26.3	24.2
14.	Tennessee Titans	-	55.5	22.9	21.1
15.	Atlanta Falcons	-	53.3	24.9	23.9
16.	Indianapolis Colts	-	50.7	23.9	23.7
17.	Green Bay Packers	-	50.1	22.5	22.3
18.	San Francisco 49ers	-	49.9	21.8	21.8
19.	Carolina Panthers	-	49.8	24.3	24.4
20.	Baltimore Ravens	-	49.1	21.1	21.4
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
21.	Cincinnati Bengals	-	46.9	22.2	23.6
22.	Buffalo Bills	-	45.2	23.5	24.9
23.	Chicago Bears	-	44.0	20.5	22.8
24.	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	-	37.2	21.8	26.3
25.	Seattle Seahawks	-	36.2	19.0	23.7
26.	Oakland Raiders	-	32.2	21.3	27.3
27.	Denver Broncos	-	32.0	22.5	29.1
28.	Detroit Lions	-	28.8	20.4	28.0
29.	Kansas City Chiefs	-	28.6	18.4	25.9
30.	St. Louis Rams	-	26.6	19.5	28.2
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
31.	Jacksonville Jaguars	-	26.6	19.2	26.8
32.	Cleveland Browns	-	21.9	18.7	29.2

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