Week 2 NFL Power Rankings

9/15/2009 Rankings

By Paul Bessire, WhatIfSports.com

September 15th, 2009

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 matchup 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	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
1.	New England Patriots	+3	74.7	29.1	19.9
2.	New York Jets	+5	73.3	24.5	15.8
3.	Pittsburgh Steelers	-	72.2	22.9	15.4
4.	Dallas Cowboys	+2	70.2	27.6	20.7
5.	San Diego Chargers	+3	67.6	26.1	20.4
6.	Atlanta Falcons	+7	67.1	25.0	19.1
7.	Arizona Cardinals	-2	65.5	25.6	20.6
8.	Minnesota Vikings	+1	62.4	25.9	21.6
9.	New Orleans Saints	+5	62.1	27.1	22.9
10.	Tennessee Titans	+9	61.4	22.8	18.7
11.	New York Giants	-	59.4	22.2	18.5
12.	Washington Redskins	-	56.2	20.0	17.3
13.	San Francisco 49ers	+5	56.0	22.3	19.7
14.	Philadelphia Eagles	-13	56.0	20.1	18.4
15.	Miami Dolphins	-13	54.7	23.3	21.2
16.	Green Bay Packers	+1	53.6	22.9	21.1
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
17.	Houston Texans	-7	52.3	23.4	22.5
18.	Seattle Seahawks	+6	49.2	20.6	21.3
19.	Buffalo Bills	+3	48.9	23.5	24.3
20.	Baltimore Ravens	-	48.3	22.3	23.1
21.	Indianapolis Colts	-5	44.1	22.1	23.6
22.	Cincinnati Bengals	-1	43.7	20.5	21.8
23.	Chicago Bears	-	38.4	20.2	23.8
24.	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	+1	37.6	22.2	26.6
25.	Denver Broncos	+3	35.9	21.4	26.4
26.	Carolina Panthers	-11	35.8	20.9	25.7
27.	Oakland Raiders	-1	35.1	21.2	26.3
28.	Kansas City Chiefs	-1	31.1	18.6	25.3
29.	Jacksonville Jaguars	+2	29.4	17.7	24.9
30.	Detroit Lions	-	21.7	17.9	28.8
32.	Cleveland Browns	-	17.2	17.2	29.6

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!