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WhatIfSports NFL Week 15 power rankings: Patriots edge undefeated Panthers

Published Dec. 15, 2015 2:00 p.m. ET

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NFL Week 15 Power Rankings
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
1.	New England Patriots	+4	75.5	27.3	18.0
2.	Carolina Panthers	-1	74.3	24.9	15.3
3.	Arizona Cardinals	-1	71.3	27.6	19.4
4.	Denver Broncos	-	67.5	23.8	17.6
5.	Green Bay Packers	+1	67.1	26.5	20.3
6.	Pittsburgh Steelers	+1	62.1	27.7	23.5
7.	Seattle Seahawks	+2	62.1	23.8	19.8
8.	New York Jets	+6	61.0	22.8	19.2
9.	Cincinnati Bengals	-6	58.8	24.4	21.2
10.	Kansas City Chiefs	-	56.5	24.4	22.1
11.	Minnesota Vikings	-3	55.1	24.2	22.5
12.	Buffalo Bills	+1	52.3	23.5	22.9
13.	Indianapolis Colts	+3	50.2	22.8	22.8
14.	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	-2	48.7	24.0	24.6
15.	Houston Texans	-4	48.4	20.6	21.6
16.	Philadelphia Eagles	-1	48.4	23.2	23.5
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
17.	Oakland Raiders	+1	47.5	23.4	24.4
18.	New York Giants	+1	47.0	24.2	25.3
19.	Jacksonville Jaguars	+3	43.7	22.8	24.9
20.	Detroit Lions	+4	42.5	21.7	24.7
21.	Miami Dolphins	-	42.4	22.9	25.6
22.	Washington Redskins	-5	42.2	22.7	25.4
23.	New Orleans Saints	+6	41.6	24.2	27.1
24.	San Diego Chargers	+3	40.1	24.4	28.1
25.	Chicago Bears	-5	39.7	22.1	25.6
26.	Dallas Cowboys	-3	39.4	21.0	24.8
27.	St. Louis Rams	+3	38.9	21.2	25.4
28.	Atlanta Falcons	-2	38.4	23.3	27.3
29.	Tennessee Titans	-4	37.9	20.3	24.6
30.	Baltimore Ravens	-2	36.5	21.3	25.8
31.	Cleveland Browns	+1	33.9	19.4	25.3
32.	San Francisco 49ers	-1	27.9	19.0	27.1