NFL Power Rankings
6/23/2009 Rankings
By Paul Bessire, WhatIfSports.com
June 23rd, 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 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 June 22, 2009.


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


 TeamChangeWin PctPS/GPA/G
1.Philadelphia Eagles-78.924.014.0
2.Pittsburgh Steelers-65.921.415.9
3.New England Patriots-65.625.219.6
4.Dallas Cowboys-65.425.720.4
5.New York Giants-64.823.418.2
6.Arizona Cardinals-64.424.919.9
7.New Orleans Saints-62.727.122.7
8.Minnesota Vikings-61.325.421.4
9.San Diego Chargers-60.625.521.9
10.Houston Texans-58.725.222.3
11.Carolina Panthers-58.524.621.3
12.Washington Redskins-57.219.817.2
13.Indianapolis Colts-57.123.420.8
14.Tennessee Titans-56.523.420.9
15.New York Jets-56.120.918.9
16.Atlanta Falcons-55.525.123.3
 TeamChangeWin PctPS/GPA/G
17.Miami Dolphins-52.120.519.2
18.Chicago Bears-51.320.520.1
19.Buffalo Bills-50.023.823.6
20.San Francisco 49ers-47.020.621.6
21.Cincinnati Bengals-45.421.723.2
22.Tampa Bay Buccaneers-45.323.625.3
23.Kansas City Chiefs-42.821.223.5
24.Baltimore Ravens-42.519.021.0
25.Green Bay Packers-40.020.824.1
26.Seattle Seahawks-38.119.223.0
27.Oakland Raiders-37.621.625.7
28.Jacksonville Jaguars-29.119.626.8
29.Denver Broncos-27.020.028.5
30.Detroit Lions-25.418.427.3
31.St. Louis Rams-20.818.229.6
32.Cleveland Browns-16.517.630.5

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Paul Bessire is the Product Manager of Content and Quantitative Analysis for WhatIfSports.com, a division of FOX Sports Interactive. With any comments, questions or topic suggestions, Paul can be reached at BtB@whatifsports.com. Thanks!

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