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 heading into week 14.
| RANK | LAST WEEK | DIFFERENCE | TEAM | RECORD | INDEX |
| 1 | 1 | same | Green Bay Packers | 9-3-0 | 4.500 |
| 2 | 1 | down 1 | New England Patriots | 9-3-0 | 5.667 |
| 3 | 5 | up 2 | Seattle Seahawks | 8-4-0 | 7.500 |
| 4 | 4 | same | Denver Broncos | 9-3-0 | 7.833 |
| 5 | 9 | up 4 | Buffalo Bills | 7-5-0 | 9.333 |
| 6 | 3 | down 3 | Arizona Cardinals | 9-3-0 | 9.667 |
| 7 | 7 | same | Miami Dolphins | 7-5-0 | 9.833 |
| 8 | 9 | up 1 | Indianapolis Colts | 8-4-0 | 10.667 |
| 9 | 17 | up 8 | Detroit Lions | 8-4-0 | 11.667 |
| 10 | 12 | up 2 | Baltimore Ravens | 7-5-0 | 12.000 |
| 10 | 18 | up 8 | Houston Texans | 6-6-0 | 12.000 |
| 12 | 11 | down 1 | San Diego Chargers | 8-4-0 | 12.333 |
| 13 | 7 | down 6 | Dallas Cowboys | 8-4-0 | 12.667 |
| 13 | 5 | down 8 | San Francisco 49ers | 7-5-0 | 12.667 |
| 15 | 14 | down 1 | Kansas City Chiefs | 7-5-0 | 12.833 |
| 16 | 15 | down 1 | Cincinnati Bengals | 8-3-1 | 13.000 |
| 16 | 12 | down 4 | Cleveland Browns | 7-5-0 | 13.000 |
| 18 | 19 | up 1 | Atlanta Falcons | 5-7-0 | 13.667 |
| 19 | 20 | up 1 | Philadelphia Eagles | 9-3-0 | 14.500 |
| 20 | 16 | down 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-5-0 | 15.500 |
| 21 | 21 | same | New Orleans Saints | 5-7-0 | 18.000 |
| 22 | 26 | up 4 | St. Louis Rams | 5-7-0 | 18.833 |
| 23 | 22 | down 1 | Minnesota Vikings | 5-7-0 | 20.333 |
| 24 | 24 | same | New York Giants | 3-9-0 | 21.500 |
| 25 | 22 | down 3 | Chicago Bears | 5-7-0 | 23.167 |
| 26 | 28 | up 2 | Washington Redskins | 3-9-0 | 24.667 |
| 27 | 26 | down 1 | Carolina Panthers | 3-8-1 | 25.167 |
| 28 | 29 | up 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2-10-0 | 25.833 |
| 29 | 25 | down 4 | Tennessee Titans | 2-10-0 | 26.667 |
| 30 | 31 | up 1 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 2-10-0 | 28.500 |
| 31 | 32 | up 1 | New York Jets | 2-10-0 | 29.500 |
| 32 | 30 | down 2 | Oakland Raiders | 1-11-0 | 31.000 |
