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The AP Pro32

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(###) Number of first place votes
1
Record: 13-3
PV Rank
1
Points
382
2
Record: 12-4
4
361
3
Record: 11-4
6
352
4
Record: 13-3
2
347
5
Record: 11-5
5
343
6
Record: 11-5
3
336
7
Record: 10-6
9
299
8
Record: 12-4
7
296
9
Record: 11-5
10
280
10
Record: 10-6
12
278
11
Record: 10-6
8
273
12
Record: 10-6
11
265
13
Record: 10-6
13
240
14
Record: 9-7
15
230
15
Record: 8-8
14
207
16
Record: 8-8
17
199
17
Record: 7-9
16
188
18
Record: 7-8
18
180
19
Record: 7-9
20
178
20
Record: 7-9
19
148
21
Record: 7-9
21
147
22
Record: 7-9
22
145
23
Record: 6-10
25
108
24
Record: 6-10
26
98
25
Record: 5-11
23
94
26
Record: 6-10
24
88
27
Record: 5-11
27
74
28
Record: 4-12
28
65
29
Record: 4-12
29
53
30
Record: 4-12
30
45
31
Record: 2-14
31
23
32
Record: 2-14
32
14

Poll Methodology

The AP Pro32 is determined by a simple points system based on how each voter ranks the NFL's 32 teams. A team receives 32 points for each first place vote, 31 for second place and so on through to the 32nd team, which receives one point. The rankings are set by listing the teams' point totals from highest to lowest. The mathematical formula is the same as the one used for the AP Top 25 rankings for college football, men's basketball and women's basketball.

History of the Poll

The Associated Press began the AP Pro32 on July 31. A national panel of 12 voters was created from the 50 sports writers and broadcasters who choose the NFL's individual awards at the end of the season. All of the voters have an extensive background in covering the NFL, and some of them— John Lynch, Rich Gannon, Cris Collinsworth – played in the league. Each week beginning on Sept. 4, the AP Pro32 will be updated and will include comments on every team from each of the voters. In addition, each team's ranking will be mentioned in AP stories throughout the preseason and the regular season, along with a link to http://pro32.ap.org/poll The Green Bay Packers were selected as the NFL's top team by the panel for the July 31 preseason power rankings, followed by the New England Patriots and Super Bowl champion New York Giants. Green Bay and New York each received five first-place votes, and New England received two.