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As Voted by Charean Williams
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(###) Number of first place votes
| Rank | Team | Record | Points | PV Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Orleans Saints (11) | 13-3 | 382 | 1 |
| 2 | Chicago Bears | 12-4 | 359 | 3 |
| 3 | Los Angeles Rams | 13-3 | 361 | 2 |
| 4 | Kansas City Chiefs (1) | 12-4 | 357 | 4 |
| 5 | Los Angeles Chargers | 12-4 | 330 | 5 |
| 6 | New England Patriots | 11-5 | 330 | 6 |
| 7 | Houston Texans | 11-5 | 297 | 8 |
| 8 | Indianapolis Colts | 10-6 | 294 | 10 |
| 9 | Baltimore Ravens | 10-6 | 292 | 9 |
| 10 | Dallas Cowboys | 10-6 | 269 | 11 |
| 11 | Seattle Seahawks | 10-6 | 285 | 7 |
| 12 | Philadelphia Eagles | 9-7 | 255 | 15 |
| 13 | Tennessee Titans | 9-7 | 219 | 14 |
| 14 | Cleveland Browns | 7-8-1 | 214 | 16 |
| 15 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 9-6-1 | 241 | 12 |
| 16 | Minnesota Vikings | 8-7-1 | 218 | 13 |
| 17 | Miami Dolphins | 7-9 | 166 | 17 |
| 18 | Green Bay Packers | 6-9-1 | 156 | 18 |
| 19 | Washington Redskins | 7-9 | 148 | 18 |
| 20 | Carolina Panthers | 7-9 | 156 | 21 |
| 21 | Atlanta Falcons | 7-9 | 173 | 20 |
| 22 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5-11 | 98 | 23 |
| 23 | New York Giants | 5-11 | 111 | 22 |
| 24 | Buffalo Bills | 6-10 | 122 | 25 |
| 25 | Cincinnati Bengals | 6-10 | 84 | 26 |
| 26 | Denver Broncos | 6-10 | 106 | 23 |
| 27 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 5-11 | 53 | 28 |
| 28 | Detroit Lions | 6-10 | 114 | 27 |
| 29 | San Francisco 49ers | 4-12 | 53 | 30 |
| 30 | Oakland Raiders | 4-12 | 32 | 31 |
| 31 | New York Jets | 4-12 | 49 | 29 |
| 32 | Arizona Cardinals | 3-13 | 12 | 32 |
Charean Williams
Charean Williams has covered the NFL for 23 seasons. She works for NBC's Pro Football Talk after 17 years at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and six at the Orlando Sentinel.
She has served as a selector for the Pro Football Hall of Fame for 11 years, the first woman in that position. Williams also was the first female president of the Pro Football Writers of America, serving a two-year stint for the 2009-2010 seasons.
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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 NFL power rankings in 2012. A national panel of 12 voters will participate in the selection process this year. Each voter is among 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. Some of them — Tony Dungy and Herm Edwards — played and coached in the league. Others — Jim Miller — played in the league.
Each week beginning on Sept. 3, AP Pro32 will be updated and comments from some of the voters will be included in a story that accompanies the latest team rankings. In addition, a link to the pro32.ap.org/poll will be included at the bottom of AP stories throughout the preseason and regular season.