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WhatIfSports NFL Week 5 power rankings: Panthers finally getting some love
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Oct. 6, 2015 2:00 p.m. ET
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WhatIfSports.com utilizes its NFL simulation engine to present a comprehensive and unbiased ranking of all 32 teams. We simulate thousands of NFL games and use the winning percentages from those 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 Tuesday of each week.
| NFL Week 5 Power Rankings | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Change | Win Pct | PS/G | PA/G | |
| 1. | New England Patriots | - | 74.1 | 26.2 | 17.6 |
| 2. | Green Bay Packers | - | 72.7 | 27.5 | 19.3 |
| 3. | Cincinnati Bengals | +1 | 63.3 | 25.0 | 20.2 |
| 4. | Seattle Seahawks | +3 | 61.7 | 24.4 | 20.6 |
| 5. | Denver Broncos | -2 | 61.2 | 25.7 | 21.3 |
| 6. | Arizona Cardinals | - | 60.5 | 25.8 | 21.7 |
| 7. | Buffalo Bills | -2 | 60.2 | 24.7 | 21.2 |
| 8. | Kansas City Chiefs | +2 | 59.7 | 24.8 | 21.5 |
| 9. | New York Jets | +2 | 59.3 | 21.6 | 18.4 |
| 10. | Atlanta Falcons | -1 | 59.0 | 26.9 | 23.9 |
| 11. | Carolina Panthers | +12 | 58.8 | 23.0 | 19.7 |
| 12. | Baltimore Ravens | +2 | 56.5 | 24.0 | 22.1 |
| 13. | Indianapolis Colts | -5 | 56.5 | 27.0 | 24.7 |
| 14. | San Diego Chargers | +4 | 53.9 | 24.9 | 23.7 |
| 15. | Pittsburgh Steelers | -2 | 49.2 | 24.4 | 24.5 |
| 16. | Dallas Cowboys | -4 | 48.9 | 22.7 | 22.7 |
| Team | Change | Win Pct | PS/G | PA/G | |
| 17. | St. Louis Rams | +7 | 48.8 | 22.9 | 23.6 |
| 18. | New York Giants | +4 | 48.6 | 23.7 | 24.0 |
| 19. | Minnesota Vikings | -4 | 48.6 | 22.5 | 22.7 |
| 20. | Philadelphia Eagles | -4 | 46.2 | 23.4 | 24.8 |
| 21. | Miami Dolphins | -4 | 44.1 | 22.9 | 25.0 |
| 22. | Chicago Bears | +10 | 42.2 | 23.3 | 26.4 |
| 23. | Cleveland Browns | +2 | 40.7 | 21.0 | 24.4 |
| 24. | Oakland Raiders | +4 | 40.0 | 22.1 | 25.7 |
| 25. | New Orleans Saints | +1 | 37.7 | 22.0 | 26.6 |
| 26. | Houston Texans | -6 | 37.2 | 18.9 | 23.2 |
| 27. | Tennessee Titans | - | 36.9 | 20.6 | 25.3 |
| 28. | Detroit Lions | -9 | 36.6 | 22.9 | 27.6 |
| 29. | Jacksonville Jaguars | - | 35.1 | 21.4 | 26.6 |
| 30. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | - | 34.0 | 19.8 | 25.7 |
| 31. | Washington Redskins | - | 33.4 | 19.8 | 25.6 |
| 32. | San Francisco 49ers | -11 | 32.7 | 21.6 | 27.5 |
In addition, view our Week 5 predictions, Week 5 player projections or visit our NFL archive for power rankings from past weeks. For more rankings, check out Dan Schneier's weekly NFL power rankings.
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