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The Mag: Ultimate Standings 2012

A winning team with likable players, a supportive owner, a great game experience and cheap tickets -- is that too much to ask? Not if you're rooting for the Oklahoma City Thunder, who top our 10th annual ranking of pro franchises.

The eight major categories that make up the Ultimate Standings were created based on feedback from fans about what they want most from their favorite teams (click here for a more detailed account of the method to our madness.) The categories:

Bang For The Buck (BNG): Wins during the past three years (regular season plus postseason) per revenues directly from fans, adjusted for league schedules.

Fan Relations (FRL): Openness and consideration toward fans by players, coaches and management.

Ownership (OWN): Honesty and loyalty to core players and local community.

Affordability (AFF): Price of tickets, parking and concessions.

Stadium Experience (STX): Quality of arena and game-day promotions as well as friendliness of environment.

Players (PLA): Effort on the field and likability off it.

Coaching (CCH): Strength of on-field leadership.

Title Track (TTR): Championships already won or expected in the lifetime of current fans.

Below you will find a sortable table of this year's Ultimate Standings as well as previous results going back to 2003. Subcategories that make up the overall ranking for that category are available for the 2009-12 results.

Financial analysis by the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center at the University of Oregon (Matthew Maxson with Ameer Abdelaaty, Mike DeMartini, Jenny Swaim, Gary Wang, Jay Young and Bill Zachry). Fan surveys by Maddock Douglas and NetReflector.

Click on table headings to sort by category.

TEAM		RNK	BNG	FRL	OWN	AFF	STX	PLA	CCH	TTR
1.	Green Bay Packers	3	24	3	1	6	4	19	51	8
2.	Kansas City Chiefs	5	44	4	4	19	10	5	2	33
3.	Houston Texans	N/A	N/A	8	8	40	6	21	37	60
4.	Denver Broncos	19	53	42	9	55	24	34	20	7
5.	Baltimore Ravens	22	77	36	12	41	16	12	35	6
6.	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	37	20	13	30	30	42	36	29
7.	Tennessee Titans	7	48	9	19	13	11	2	7	21
8.	Carolina Panthers	42	112	67	23	31	40	32	21	44
9.	New England Patriots	13	29	22	32	74	22	8	6	9
10.	Miami Dolphins	57	8	57	33	50	80	73	110	66
11.	Seattle Seahawks	54	80	52	36	80	26	66	42	78
12.	Atlanta Falcons	70	26	75	38	26	86	96	102	73
13.	Dallas Cowboys	36	73	65	39	37	76	49	1	13
14.	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	32	10	92	43	77	31	78	25	15
15.	St. Louis Rams	34	43	35	52	66	63	33	75	18
TEAM		RNK	BNG	FRL	OWN	AFF	STX	PLA	CCH	TTR
16.	Philadelphia Eagles	23	2	34	53	82	62	27	40	61
17.	Jacksonville Jaguars	75	115	89	64	54	78	75	73	49
18.	Buffalo Bills	96	67	76	67	51	93	99	121	90
19.	San Francisco 49ers	72	31	95	72	83	104	63	101	17
20.	New York Jets	81	61	81	81	99	118	76	48	76
21.	Washington Redskins	92	108	85	85	115	68	95	105	35
22.	Detroit Lions	107	120	97	88	98	75	112	50	115
23.	Cincinnati Bengals	74	103	98	89	68	72	77	10	71
24.	Indianapolis Colts	40	11	39	90	25	102	30	31	50
25.	Chicago Bears	103	60	109	93	108	89	104	120	57
26.	Cleveland Browns	110	84	118	95	94	79	108	97	97
27.	New Orleans Saints	78	33	86	96	49	87	91	69	102
28.	Oakland Raiders	104	69	111	105	100	108	87	115	28
29.	Minnesota Vikings	106	90	108	107	88	113	100	63	83
30.	Arizona Cardinals	119	64	119	117	95	121	117	104	120
TEAM		RNK	BNG	FRL	OWN	AFF	STX	PLA	CCH	TTR
31.	San Diego Chargers	118	94	116	118	111	117	114	114	110

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