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Final PFW Power Rankings of 2014

Wrapping up the regular season, PFW's Andy Hart offers his final power rankings of 2014.

Dec 29, 2014 at 02:46 AM
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Andy Hart

Patriots.com Writer

Patriots Football Weekly has created a weekly Power Ranking based on the proprietary Wilson-Hart Power Index. The system uses the most important statistics in the game - those most closely associated to winning and losing - to rank all 32 NFL teams based on their performance to date this season.

Here are the PFW NFL Power Rankings for the regular season as teams head into the playoffs.

**RANK****LAST WEEK****DIFFERENCE****TEAM****RECORD****INDEX**
11sameGreen Bay Packers 12-4-04.333
**2****2****same****New England Patriots****12-4-0****4.500**
33sameSeattle Seahawks 12-4-05.000
44sameDenver Broncos 12-4-07.333
58up 3Buffalo Bills 9-7-09.333
67up 1Houston Texans 9-7-09.667
76down 1Detroit Lions 11-5-010.500
85down 3Dallas Cowboys 12-4-010.667
911up 2Baltimore Ravens 10-6-011.833
1015up 5Indianapolis Colts 11-5-012.167
119down 2Arizona Cardinals 11-5-012.667
1213up 1Kansas City Chiefs 9-7-012.833
1312down 1Pittsburgh Steelers 11-5-013.000
1419up 5San Francisco 49ers 8-8-013.500
1515sameAtlanta Falcons 6-10-013.667
1610down 6Cincinnati Bengals 10-5-114.833
1713down 4Miami Dolphins 8-8-015.333
1817down 1San Diego Chargers 9-7-015.500
1918down 1Cleveland Browns 7-9-016.833
2020sameNew York Giants 6-10-017.500
2121samePhiladelphia Eagles 10-6-017.667
2223up 1Carolina Panthers 7-8-119.167
2324up 1New Orleans Saints 7-9-019.667
2425up 1Minnesota Vikings 7-9-019.833
2522down 3St. Louis Rams 6-10-020.167
2626sameChicago Bears 5-11-022.333
2727sameWashington Redskins 4-12-026.667
2830up 2Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2-14-027.500
2931up 2New York Jets  4-12-028.000
3028down 2Tennessee Titans 2-14-028.167
3129down 2Jacksonville Jaguars 3-13-028.833
3232sameOakland Raiders 3-13-030.000
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