Packers and Vikings Fans Rated Among Most Passionate in NFL Popularity Index

With catchy fan section names like The Black Hole of the Raider Nation and the Cleveland Browns' Dawg Pound, every NFL team has a ridiculously loyal fanbase. The question is, which team has the wildest and most loyal home crowd? Forbes Magazine released its list of most rabid fans and both the Packers and Vikings find their fans in the top ten teams among the 32 in the league.

The index used to measure team rank included local and national television ratings, traffic to official team websites, mentions of team names online, population, and other factors. The ratios resulted in the Packers landing atop the rankings, with the Vikings rounding out the top ten. Below is the full list of team rankings in the popularity index:

Green Bay Packers
New Orleans Saints
Indianapolis Colts
Buffalo Bills
Kansas City Chiefs
Pittsburgh Steelers
Tennessee Titans
Cincinnati Bengals
Carolina Panthers
Minnesota Vikings
Denver Broncos
Jacksonville Jaguars
Cleveland Browns
Baltimore Ravens
San Diego Chargers
Dallas Cowboys
Oakland Raiders
San Francisco 49ers
New England Patriots
Philadelphia Eagles
Arizona Cardinals
Washington Redskins
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Seattle Seahawks
St. Louis Rams
Miami Dolphins
New York Giants
Detroit Lions
Chicago Bears
Atlanta Falcons
Houston Texans
New York Jets

The ratings obviously don't take into consideration team performance. Perennial contenders including the New England Patriots and Philadelphia Eagles find themselves low on the list, while teams like the Buffalo Bills and Cleveland Browns are surprisingly closer to the top.

Source: Forbes Magazine

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