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 | Carolina Panthers | 15-1-0 | 2.833 |
| 2 | 3 | up 1 | Cincinnati Bengals | 12-4-0 | 3.500 |
| 3 | 6 | up 3 | Seattle Seahawks | 10-6-0 | 3.667 |
| 4 | 1 | down 3 | Arizona Cardinals | 13-3-0 | 4.667 |
| 5 | 4 | down 1 | Kansas City Chiefs | 11-5-0 | 5.167 |
| **6** | **5** | **down 1** | **New England Patriots** | **12-4-0** | **6.333** |
| 7 | 7 | same | New York Jets | 10-6-0 | 9.667 |
| 8 | 8 | same | Green Bay Packers | 10-6-0 | 10.833 |
| 9 | 11 | up 2 | Buffalo Bills | 8-8-0 | 11.167 |
| 10 | 10 | same | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-6-0 | 11.500 |
| 11 | 9 | down 2 | Minnesota Vikings | 11-5-0 | 12.000 |
| 12 | 13 | up 1 | Washington Redskins | 9-7-0 | 12.333 |
| 13 | 12 | down 1 | Denver Broncos | 12-4-0 | 13.333 |
| 14 | 14 | same | Houston Texans | 9-7-0 | 13.833 |
| 15 | 14 | down 1 | New York Giants | 6-10-0 | 15.833 |
| 16 | 16 | same | Oakland Raiders | 7-9-0 | 16.333 |
| 17 | 17 | same | Atlanta Falcons | 8-8-0 | 18.167 |
| 18 | 18 | same | New Orleans Saints | 7-9-0 | 18.333 |
| 19 | 19 | same | St. Louis Rams | 7-9-0 | 19.500 |
| 20 | 21 | up 1 | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-9-0 | 20.000 |
| 21 | 23 | up 2 | Detroit Lions | 7-9-0 | 20.167 |
| 22 | 22 | same | San Diego Chargers | 4-12-0 | 20.833 |
| 23 | 20 | down 3 | Chicago Bears | 6-10-0 | 21.000 |
| 24 | 27 | up 3 | Miami Dolphins | 6-10-0 | 21.167 |
| 25 | 24 | down 1 | Indianapolis Colts | 8-8-0 | 21.333 |
| 26 | 24 | down 2 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 5-11-0 | 23.500 |
| 27 | 26 | down 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 6-10-0 | 24.333 |
| 28 | 29 | up 1 | San Francisco 49ers | 5-11-0 | 25.000 |
| 29 | 28 | down 1 | Dallas Cowboys | 4-12-0 | 26.333 |
| 30 | 29 | down 1 | Baltimore Ravens | 5-11-0 | 26.667 |
| 31 | 32 | up 1 | Tennessee Titans | 3-13-0 | 28.000 |
| 32 | 31 | down 1 | Cleveland Browns | 3-13-0 | 29.000 |
