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 17.
| THIS WEEK'S RANK | LAST WEEK'S RANK | MOVEMENT | TEAM | CURRENT RECORD | WILSON-HART POWER INDEX |
| 1 | 1 | same | Seattle Seahawks | 12-3-0 | 2.667 |
| 2 | 3 | up 1 | San Francisco 49ers | 11-4-0 | 5.833 |
| 3 | 2 | down 1 | Kansas City Chiefs | 11-4-0 | 6.000 |
| 4 | 5 | up 1 | New England Patriots | 11-4-0 | 7.500 |
| 5 | 4 | down 1 | Carolina Panthers | 11-4-0 | 7.667 |
| 5 | 8 | up 3 | Cincinnati Bengals | 10-5-0 | 7.667 |
| 7 | 7 | same | Philadelphia Eagles | 9-6-0 | 8.000 |
| 8 | 9 | up 1 | Denver Broncos | 12-3-0 | 9.167 |
| 9 | 5 | down 4 | New Orleans Saints | 10-5-0 | 10.000 |
| 10 | 14 | up 4 | Indianapolis Colts | 10-5-0 | 11.667 |
| 11 | 10 | down 1 | Arizona Cardinals | 10-5-0 | 11.833 |
| 12 | 13 | up 1 | Dallas Cowboys | 8-7-0 | 12.167 |
| 13 | 11 | down 2 | Chicago Bears | 8-7-0 | 13.333 |
| 14 | 12 | down 2 | Miami Dolphins | 8-7-0 | 13.500 |
| 15 | 15 | same | San Diego Chargers | 8-7-0 | 13.667 |
| 16 | 17 | up 1 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-8-0 | 15.333 |
| 17 | 18 | up 1 | St. Louis Rams | 7-8-0 | 16.000 |
| 18 | 23 | up 5 | Buffalo Bills | 6-9-0 | 17.000 |
| 19 | 18 | down 1 | Green Bay Packers | 7-7-1 | 17.167 |
| 20 | 16 | down 4 | Baltimore Ravens | 8-7-0 | 17.833 |
| 21 | 20 | down 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 4-11-0 | 18.500 |
| 22 | 21 | down 1 | Detroit Lions | 7-8-0 | 18.833 |
| 22 | 22 | same | Tennessee Titans | 6-9-0 | 18.833 |
| 24 | 27 | up 3 | New York Giants | 6-9-0 | 23.500 |
| 25 | 25 | same | Cleveland Browns | 4-11-0 | 23.833 |
| 26 | 26 | same | Atlanta Falcons | 4-11-0 | 24.167 |
| 27 | 24 | down 3 | Minnesota Vikings | 4-10-1 | 25.000 |
| 28 | 28 | same | New York Jets | 7-8-0 | 25.667 |
| 29 | 30 | up 1 | Washington Redskins | 3-12-0 | 26.833 |
| 30 | 31 | up 1 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 4-11-0 | 27.000 |
| 30 | 32 | up 2 | Oakland Raiders | 4-11-0 | 27.000 |
| 32 | 29 | down 3 | Houston Texans | 2-13-0 | 28.500 |
