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** | **Patriots** | **8-0-0** | **2.905** |
2 | 3 | up 1 | BengalsĀ | 8-0-0 | 5.143 |
3 | 4 | up 1 | CardinalsĀ | 6-2-0 | 6.190 |
4 | 2 | down 2 | PackersĀ | 6-2-0 | 6.762 |
5 | 6 | up 1 | PanthersĀ | 8-0-0 | 9.000 |
6 | 5 | down 1 | BroncosĀ | 7-1-0 | 9.810 |
7 | 10 | up 3 | JetsĀ Ā | 5-3-0 | 11.000 |
8 | 9 | up 1 | GiantsĀ | 5-4-0 | 11.333 |
9 | 7 | down 2 | SeahawksĀ | 4-4-0 | 11.381 |
10 | 8 | down 2 | FalconsĀ | 6-3-0 | 11.571 |
11 | 11 | same | BillsĀ | 4-4-0 | 11.667 |
12 | 13 | up 1 | SteelersĀ | 5-4-0 | 12.857 |
13 | 15 | up 2 | EaglesĀ | 4-4-0 | 13.714 |
14 | 14 | same | ChiefsĀ | 3-5-0 | 14.381 |
15 | 11 | down 4 | RaidersĀ | 4-4-0 | 15.238 |
16 | 16 | same | VikingsĀ | 6-2-0 | 15.476 |
17 | 17 | same | RamsĀ | 4-4-0 | 16.048 |
18 | 18 | same | SaintsĀ | 4-5-0 | 18.143 |
19 | 21 | up 2 | TexansĀ | 3-5-0 | 19.667 |
20 | 24 | up 4 | ColtsĀ | 4-5-0 | 20.333 |
21 | 19 | down 2 | DolphinsĀ | 3-5-0 | 20.762 |
22 | 28 | up 6 | TitansĀ | 2-6-0 | 21.381 |
23 | 30 | up 7 | BearsĀ | 3-5-0 | 21.476 |
24 | 22 | down 2 | ChargersĀ | 2-7-0 | 21.524 |
25 | 23 | down 2 | BuccaneersĀ | 3-5-0 | 21.762 |
26 | 20 | down 6 | RedskinsĀ | 3-5-0 | 21.952 |
27 | 27 | same | 49ersĀ | 3-6-0 | 22.238 |
28 | 25 | down 3 | CowboysĀ | 2-6-0 | 22.810 |
29 | 29 | same | RavensĀ | 2-6-0 | 23.000 |
30 | 26 | down 4 | BrownsĀ | 2-7-0 | 23.619 |
31 | 31 | same | JaguarsĀ | 2-6-0 | 26.286 |
32 | 32 | same | LionsĀ | 1-7-0 | 28.619 |