Vikings Fans Ranked 18th Most Loyal

I'm going to throw the challenge flag on this story that showed up in the USA Today, ranking the Minnesota Vikings fans 18th most loyal. Just 'being' a Vikings fan makes you 'loyal.' We're certainly not hanging around for all the glory and championships.

The research team crunched a bunch of numbers, and here are their results:

1. Dallas Cowboys
2. New England Patriots
3. New York Jets
4. New Orleans Saints
5. New York Giants
6. Indianapolis Colts
7. Chicago Bears
8. Baltimore Ravens
9. Pittsburgh Steelers
10. Tennessee Titans
11. San Diego Chargers
12. Denver Broncos
13. Washington Redskins
14. Green Bay Packers
15. Carolina Panthers
16. Houston Texans
17. Philadelphia Eagles
18. Minnesota Vikings
19. Cincinnati Bengals
20. Cleveland Browns
21. Kansas City Chiefs
22. St. Louis Rams
23. Seattle Seahawks
24. Buffalo Bills
25. Miami Dolphins
26. San Francisco 49ers
27. Jacksonville Jaguars
28. Detroit Lions
29. Tampa Bay Buccaneers
30. Arizona Cardinals
31. Atlanta Falcons
32. Oakland Raiders

In addition with the Vikings being way too low on the list, how can Panther fans be ahead of Eagles fans? Or Chargers fans ahead of Packers fans?

Two students in Emory University’s Sports Marketing Analytics program in Atlanta used tickets sold, win/loss record, area population, median income, etc. to see which teams’ fans show up no matter what.

Come here boys, I have some questions for you.