Patriots Football Weekly 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.
**THIS WEEK** | **LAST WEEK** | **DIFFERENCE** | **TEAM** | **RECORD** | **INDEX** |
1 | 2 | up 1 | Arizona Cardinals | 13-2-0 | 2.833 |
2 | 1 | down 1 | Carolina Panthers | 14-1-0 | 3.500 |
3 | 3 | same | Cincinnati Bengals | 11-4-0 | 3.667 |
4 | 5 | up 1 | Kansas City Chiefs | 10-5-0 | 4.833 |
5 | 4 | down 1 | New England Patriots | 12-3-0 | 5.667 |
6 | 5 | down 1 | Seattle Seahawks | 9-6-0 | 6.500 |
7 | 8 | up 1 | New York Jets | 10-5-0 | 8.000 |
8 | 7 | down 1 | Green Bay Packers | 10-5-0 | 9.333 |
9 | 13 | up 4 | Minnesota Vikings | 10-5-0 | 11.833 |
10 | 9 | down 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 9-6-0 | 12.167 |
11 | 11 | same | Buffalo Bills | 7-8-0 | 12.333 |
12 | 10 | down 2 | Denver Broncos | 11-4-0 | 13.000 |
13 | 14 | up 1 | Washington Redskins | 8-7-0 | 14.333 |
14 | 16 | up 2 | Houston Texans | 8-7-0 | 15.667 |
14 | 12 | down 2 | New York Giants | 6-9-0 | 15.667 |
16 | 15 | down 1 | Oakland Raiders | 7-8-0 | 16.000 |
17 | 16 | down 1 | Atlanta Falcons | 8-7-0 | 17.333 |
18 | 18 | same | New Orleans Saints | 6-9-0 | 18.333 |
19 | 21 | up 2 | St. Louis Rams | 7-8-0 | 19.333 |
20 | 22 | up 2 | Chicago Bears | 6-9-0 | 20.000 |
21 | 19 | down 2 | Philadelphia Eagles | 6-9-0 | 21.333 |
22 | 24 | up 2 | San Diego Chargers | 4-11-0 | 21.500 |
23 | 26 | up 3 | Detroit Lions | 6-9-0 | 22.000 |
24 | 25 | up 1 | Indianapolis Colts | 7-8-0 | 22.167 |
24 | 23 | down 1 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 5-10-0 | 22.167 |
26 | 20 | down 6 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 6-9-0 | 22.333 |
27 | 27 | same | Miami Dolphins | 5-10-0 | 23.167 |
28 | 28 | same | Dallas Cowboys | 4-11-0 | 25.333 |
29 | 30 | up 1 | Baltimore Ravens | 5-10-0 | 25.500 |
29 | 29 | same | San Francisco 49ers | 4-11-0 | 25.500 |
31 | 32 | up 1 | Cleveland Browns | 3-12-0 | 27.667 |
32 | 31 | down 1 | Tennessee Titans | 3-12-0 | 28.500 |