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 | 10-0-0 | 3.333 |
2 | 4 | up 2 | Panthers | 10-0-0 | 5.714 |
3 | 2 | down 1 | Bengals | 8-2-0 | 6.143 |
4 | 5 | up 1 | Packers | 7-3-0 | 6.619 |
5 | 3 | down 2 | Cardinals | 8-2-0 | 7.048 |
6 | 7 | up 1 | Chiefs | 5-5-0 | 8.381 |
7 | 6 | down 1 | Bills | 5-5-0 | 10.095 |
8 | 11 | up 3 | Giants | 5-5-0 | 10.190 |
9 | 10 | up 1 | Seahawks | 5-5-0 | 10.524 |
10 | 12 | up 2 | Broncos | 8-2-0 | 11.238 |
11 | 9 | down 2 | Falcons | 6-4-0 | 12.000 |
12 | 8 | down 4 | Steelers | 6-4-0 | 14.571 |
13 | 15 | up 2 | Vikings | 7-3-0 | 14.762 |
14 | 14 | same | Eagles | 4-6-0 | 16.286 |
15 | 20 | up 5 | Texans | 5-5-0 | 16.381 |
16 | 27 | up 11 | Buccaneers | 5-5-0 | 16.905 |
17 | 16 | down 1 | Raiders | 4-6-0 | 16.952 |
18 | 13 | down 5 | Jets | 5-5-0 | 17.000 |
19 | 21 | up 2 | Saints | 4-6-0 | 17.571 |
20 | 22 | up 2 | Colts | 5-5-0 | 18.476 |
21 | 19 | down 2 | Bears | 4-6-0 | 20.048 |
22 | 23 | up 1 | Dolphins | 4-6-0 | 20.333 |
23 | 17 | down 6 | Redskins | 4-6-0 | 20.381 |
24 | 26 | up 2 | 49ers | 3-7-0 | 20.952 |
25 | 18 | down 7 | Rams | 4-6-0 | 21.333 |
26 | 25 | down 1 | Cowboys | 3-7-0 | 21.952 |
27 | 24 | down 3 | Chargers | 2-8-0 | 22.095 |
28 | 28 | same | Ravens | 3-7-0 | 22.429 |
29 | 29 | same | Titans | 2-8-0 | 24.810 |
30 | 31 | up 1 | Jaguars | 4-6-0 | 24.857 |
31 | 30 | down 1 | Browns | 2-8-0 | 24.905 |
32 | 32 | same | Lions | 3-7-0 | 26.905 |