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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.	Pittsburgh Steelers	3	9	14	2	36	26	2	4	4
2.	Indianapolis Colts	14	17	16	16	61	19	6	61	10
3.	New England Patriots	19	41	20	28	96	33	7	1	6
4.	Baltimore Ravens	29	51	43	18	66	27	18	25	18
5.	Green Bay Packers	13	20	18	29	22	1	25	56	21
6.	Tennessee Titans	15	5	51	46	44	61	27	3	46
7.	Atlanta Falcons	43	57	49	40	52	90	28	18	59
8.	Seattle Seahawks	40	65	40	23	71	8	31	63	54
9.	Philadelphia Eagles	44	39	45	69	80	74	32	53	68
10.	New York Giants	45	26	90	21	108	97	34	22	9
11.	San Diego Chargers	65	42	75	77	78	107	35	90	62
12.	Houston Texans	39	48	25	37	67	20	39	54	67
13.	Miami Dolphins	61	92	57	52	68	87	40	30	61
14.	Arizona Cardinals	33	14	65	82	60	24	41	11	56
15.	Carolina Panthers	28	19	59	12	63	58	48	51	45
TEAM		RNK	BNG	FRL	OWN	AFF	STX	PLA	CCH	TTR
16.	New Orleans Saints	52	50	53	75	53	80	50	39	74
17.	Minnesota Vikings	89	46	97	87	82	117	54	111	83
18.	Chicago Bears	69	87	79	45	93	78	59	64	44
19.	Denver Broncos	75	78	92	70	81	47	67	106	28
20.	New York Jets	103	107	81	78	115	113	68	45	91
21.	Washington Redskins	92	74	82	94	118	99	70	76	57
22.	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	73	76	71	89	100	35	72	88	16
23.	San Francisco 49ers	87	96	83	97	84	115	74	17	38
24.	Buffalo Bills	91	44	117	103	7	102	82	115	101
25.	Jacksonville Jaguars	62	22	111	74	18	91	83	45	69
26.	Dallas Cowboys	76	31	110	67	107	43	87	113	31
27.	Kansas City Chiefs	106	121	109	68	88	53	95	79	82
28.	St. Louis Rams	112	122	108	104	90	111	110	69	34
29.	Oakland Raiders	116	112	116	114	89	118	111	96	71
30.	Cincinnati Bengals	118	106	122	113	99	100	118	84	107
TEAM		RNK	BNG	FRL	OWN	AFF	STX	PLA	CCH	TTR
31.	Detroit Lions	119	118	118	107	106	94	119	88	121
32.	Cleveland Browns	114	53	119	110	95	98	120	98	115

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