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 | 1 | same | Packers | 5-0-0 | 3.762 |
2 | 2 | same | Patriots | 4-0-0 | 4.048 |
3 | 6 | up 3 | Cardinals | 4-1-0 | 5.190 |
4 | 3 | down 1 | Panthers | 4-0-0 | 6.571 |
5 | 4 | down 1 | Broncos | 5-0-0 | 8.524 |
6 | 5 | down 1 | Bengals | 5-0-0 | 8.571 |
7 | 7 | same | Falcons | 5-0-0 | 8.714 |
8 | 8 | same | Bills | 3-2-0 | 9.524 |
9 | 10 | up 1 | Jets | 3-1-0 | 10.714 |
10 | 9 | down 1 | Giants | 3-2-0 | 10.905 |
11 | 12 | up 1 | Steelers | 3-2-0 | 11.857 |
12 | 11 | down 1 | Seahawks | 2-3-0 | 12.810 |
13 | 18 | up 5 | Eagles | 2-3-0 | 14.286 |
14 | 13 | down 1 | Vikings | 2-2-0 | 14.476 |
15 | 17 | up 2 | Chargers | 2-3-0 | 15.810 |
16 | 14 | down 2 | Titans | 1-3-0 | 16.238 |
17 | 23 | up 6 | Browns | 2-3-0 | 17.619 |
18 | 20 | up 2 | Redskins | 2-3-0 | 17.810 |
19 | 19 | same | Raiders | 2-3-0 | 17.952 |
20 | 16 | down 4 | Rams | 2-3-0 | 18.905 |
21 | 15 | down 6 | Cowboys | 2-3-0 | 19.524 |
22 | 21 | down 1 | Ravens | 1-4-0 | 19.714 |
23 | 22 | down 1 | Colts | 3-2-0 | 19.905 |
24 | 25 | up 1 | Chiefs | 1-4-0 | 21.095 |
25 | 30 | up 5 | Bears | 2-3-0 | 22.190 |
26 | 24 | down 2 | Saints | 1-4-0 | 23.000 |
27 | 26 | down 1 | Dolphins | 1-3-0 | 23.048 |
27 | 32 | up 5 | Buccaneers | 2-3-0 | 23.048 |
29 | 27 | down 2 | Texans | 1-4-0 | 24.238 |
30 | 29 | down 1 | Jaguars | 1-4-0 | 25.143 |
31 | 31 | same | 49ers | 1-4-0 | 25.667 |
32 | 28 | down 4 | Lions | 0-5-0 | 28.476 |