It's official. What we've known ever since 1996 has now been confirmed by data analysts.
Researchers at Emory University's (my future alma mater, I hope) Sports Marketing Analytics department have crunched the numbers, and the Ravens came out on top.
Instead of using simple opinion surveys from fans, Emory used more advanced metrics to determine which fans are really the best, or most loyal to their teams.
I'll let the Emory guys explain exactly how they came up with their rankings.
"In terms of the nuts and bolts of what we are about to present, we use fifteen years of data on NFL team performance, ticket prices, market populations, median incomes, won-loss records and multiple other factors.