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 | New England Patriots | 7-0-0 | 3.619 |
| 2 | 1 | down 1 | Green Bay Packers | 6-1-0 | 5.333 |
| 3 | 4 | up 1 | Cincinnati Bengals | 7-0-0 | 6.000 |
| 4 | 3 | down 1 | Arizona Cardinals | 6-2-0 | 6.333 |
| 5 | 5 | same | Denver Broncos | 7-0-0 | 8.381 |
| 6 | 6 | same | Carolina Panthers | 7-0-0 | 9.143 |
| 7 | 10 | up 3 | Seattle Seahawks | 4-4-0 | 11.381 |
| 8 | 8 | same | Atlanta Falcons | 6-2-0 | 11.429 |
| 9 | 9 | same | New York Giants | 4-4-0 | 12.333 |
| 10 | 7 | down 3 | New York Jets  | 4-3-0 | 12.571 |
| 11 | 12 | up 1 | Buffalo Bills | 3-4-0 | 13.238 |
| 11 | 16 | up 5 | Oakland Raiders | 4-3-0 | 13.238 |
| 13 | 11 | down 2 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 4-4-0 | 14.143 |
| 14 | 18 | up 4 | Kansas City Chiefs | 3-5-0 | 14.238 |
| 15 | 14 | down 1 | Philadelphia Eagles | 3-4-0 | 15.286 |
| 16 | 15 | down 1 | Minnesota Vikings | 5-2-0 | 15.333 |
| 17 | 19 | up 2 | St. Louis Rams | 4-3-0 | 15.476 |
| 18 | 17 | down 1 | New Orleans Saints | 4-4-0 | 16.857 |
| 19 | 13 | down 6 | Miami Dolphins | 3-4-0 | 18.619 |
| 20 | 21 | up 1 | Washington Redskins | 3-4-0 | 20.095 |
| 21 | 27 | up 6 | Houston Texans | 3-5-0 | 20.381 |
| 22 | 20 | down 2 | San Diego Chargers | 2-6-0 | 20.524 |
| 23 | 28 | up 5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 3-4-0 | 21.048 |
| 24 | 23 | down 1 | Indianapolis Colts | 3-5-0 | 21.905 |
| 25 | 26 | up 1 | Dallas Cowboys | 2-5-0 | 22.095 |
| 26 | 22 | down 4 | Cleveland Browns | 2-6-0 | 22.476 |
| 27 | 24 | down 3 | San Francisco 49ers | 2-6-0 | 22.524 |
| 28 | 25 | down 3 | Tennessee Titans | 1-6-0 | 23.095 |
| 29 | 29 | same | Baltimore Ravens | 2-6-0 | 23.143 |
| 30 | 30 | same | Chicago Bears | 2-5-0 | 23.333 |
| 31 | 31 | same | Jacksonville Jaguars | 2-5-0 | 25.857 |
| 32 | 32 | same | Detroit Lions | 1-7-0 | 28.476 |
