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PFW's NFL Power Rankings: Week 17

Patriots Football Weekly's Andy Hart shares his PFW NFL Power Rankings as we head into Week 17. Rankings are based off of the Wilson-Hart Power Index.

Dec 27, 2016 at 02:50 AM
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Andy Hart

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Here are the PFW NFL Power Rankings as we head into Week 17. Rankings are based off of the Wilson-Hart Power Index.

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****TEAM****RECORD****INDEX**
**1****1****New England Patriots****13-2-0****3.167**
23Dallas Cowboys 13-2-07.000
32Kansas City Chiefs 11-4-07.167
44Oakland Raiders 12-3-08.667
59Atlanta Falcons 10-5-09.500
67Pittsburgh Steelers 10-5-010.667
75Miami Dolphins 10-5-010.833
810Seattle Seahawks 9-5-111.167
911Buffalo Bills 7-8-011.667
105Minnesota Vikings 7-8-011.833
1113Green Bay Packers 9-6-012.500
1214Baltimore Ravens 8-7-013.000
1311New York Giants 10-5-013.167
147Denver Broncos 8-7-013.667
1419Washington Redskins 8-6-113.667
1614Tennessee Titans 8-7-015.000
1718Cincinnati Bengals 5-9-116.500
1820New Orleans Saints 7-8-016.833
1817Tampa Bay Buccaneers 8-7-016.833
2024Philadelphia Eagles 6-9-017.333
2123Arizona Cardinals 6-8-117.667
2116Detroit Lions 9-6-017.667
2322San Diego Chargers 5-10-018.500
2420Indianapolis Colts 7-8-018.833
2525Houston Texans 9-6-019.167
2626Carolina Panthers 6-9-022.167
2728Jacksonville Jaguars 3-12-025.000
2827Chicago Bears 3-12-025.167
2929Los Angeles Rams 4-11-027.000
3030San Francisco 49ers 2-13-027.667
3131New York Jets  4-11-030.000
3232Cleveland Browns 1-14-030.333
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