Below are the first Football Power Index rankings for the 2015 NFL season. For a full explanation on how the FPI is put together, please read this explainer. For more background, you can also read this Q&A with the developers of the FPI.

FPI

RANK TEAM FPI PREDICTED

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ST RANK 1 Green Bay Packers 6.2 1 23 28 2 New England Patriots 5.8 3 14 25 3 Seattle Seahawks 5.8 7 1 31 4 Indianapolis Colts 5.5 2 20 17 5 Denver Broncos 5.0 4 13 6 6 Dallas Cowboys 3.8 5 17 23 7 Philadelphia Eagles 2.7 8 16 3 8 Baltimore Ravens 2.2 15 5 2 9 Pittsburgh Steelers 2.0 9 24 4 10 New Orleans Saints 1.7 6 27 16 11 Kansas City Chiefs 1.4 20 9 1 12 Miami Dolphins 1.3 16 8 22 13 Arizona Cardinals 1.1 21 3 26 14 Cincinnati Bengals 1.1 14 12 8 15 Carolina Panthers 0.7 19 7 24 16 Buffalo Bills 0.5 24 2 18 17 Houston Texans 0.4 23 4 21 18 Detroit Lions 0.2 13 15 32 19 San Diego Chargers 0.0 12 25 29 20 New York Giants -0.1 11 26 27 21 Atlanta Falcons -0.1 10 30 13 22 St. Louis Rams -0.6 25 6 11 23 Minnesota Vikings -0.8 17 19 20 24 San Francisco 49ers -1.4 22 21 10 25 New York Jets -1.6 26 10 19 26 Chicago Bears -2.1 18 31 7 27 Cleveland Browns -3.5 31 11 14 28 Washington Redskins -4.1 27 22 12 29 Tampa Bay Buccaneers -5.6 30 28 15 30 Jacksonville Jaguars -5.8 32 18 9 31 Tennessee Titans -5.9 29 32 5 32 Oakland Raiders -6.1 28 29 30