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WhatIfSports NFL Week 8 power rankings: Big Ben lifts Steelers

Published Oct. 27, 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 8 Power Rankings
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
1.	New England Patriots	-	77.8	27.9	17.4
2.	Green Bay Packers	-	71.1	27.5	19.3
3.	Cincinnati Bengals	-	70.5	26.6	18.9
4.	Pittsburgh Steelers	+9	66.2	28.0	22.4
5.	Arizona Cardinals	-1	63.9	26.5	21.3
6.	Denver Broncos	-	61.8	24.6	20.4
7.	Carolina Panthers	-	61.8	22.7	18.6
8.	New York Jets	-	60.7	22.2	18.6
9.	Atlanta Falcons	-4	60.7	27.3	23.6
10.	Seattle Seahawks	-1	53.9	24.2	23.1
11.	Buffalo Bills	-1	53.0	23.8	22.7
12.	Philadelphia Eagles	-	51.0	23.6	23.5
13.	Minnesota Vikings	+2	50.7	23.2	22.8
14.	New York Giants	-3	50.5	24.1	24.3
15.	Miami Dolphins	+7	48.4	22.9	23.7
16.	St. Louis Rams	+1	46.8	23.4	24.3
	Team	Change	Win Pct	PS/G	PA/G
17.	Indianapolis Colts	-3	46.5	24.1	25.4
18.	Chicago Bears	+5	44.7	24.0	26.1
19.	Cleveland Browns	-	44.3	21.8	24.0
20.	Oakland Raiders	+4	44.0	22.8	24.5
21.	New Orleans Saints	+4	43.4	22.6	25.3
22.	Washington Redskins	+4	42.2	23.0	25.6
23.	San Diego Chargers	-7	42.0	24.7	27.6
24.	Houston Texans	-4	41.5	20.0	23.3
25.	Kansas City Chiefs	+5	40.7	22.8	25.6
26.	Baltimore Ravens	+3	40.7	22.1	25.5
27.	Detroit Lions	+1	39.4	21.9	25.3
28.	Tennessee Titans	-1	37.3	20.6	24.9
29.	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	-11	37.1	21.4	26.2
30.	San Francisco 49ers	+2	36.2	21.9	26.6
31.	Jacksonville Jaguars	-	35.0	22.2	27.5
32.	Dallas Cowboys	-11	33.9	20.3	26.1