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 | Cincinnati Bengals | 10-2-0 | 2.833 |
| 2 | 4 | up 2 | Arizona Cardinals | 10-2-0 | 3.833 |
| 3 | 3 | same | Carolina Panthers | 12-0-0 | 4.333 |
| 4 | 1 | down 3 | New England Patriots | 10-2-0 | 5.500 |
| 5 | 5 | same | Seattle Seahawks | 7-5-0 | 5.833 |
| 6 | 7 | up 1 | Kansas City Chiefs | 7-5-0 | 6.000 |
| 7 | 6 | down 1 | Green Bay Packers | 8-4-0 | 7.667 |
| 8 | 9 | up 1 | Buffalo Bills | 6-6-0 | 10.333 |
| 9 | 10 | up 1 | New York Jets | 7-5-0 | 10.500 |
| 10 | 8 | down 2 | Denver Broncos | 10-2-0 | 11.333 |
| 10 | 13 | up 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-5-0 | 11.333 |
| 12 | 11 | down 1 | New York Giants | 5-7-0 | 13.833 |
| 13 | 12 | down 1 | Atlanta Falcons | 6-6-0 | 14.000 |
| 14 | 14 | same | Minnesota Vikings | 8-4-0 | 15.167 |
| 15 | 16 | up 1 | Oakland Raiders | 5-7-0 | 16.333 |
| 16 | 15 | down 1 | Houston Texans | 6-6-0 | 16.667 |
| 17 | 19 | up 2 | Washington Redskins | 5-7-0 | 17.333 |
| 18 | 23 | up 5 | Philadelphia Eagles | 5-7-0 | 18.667 |
| 19 | 20 | up 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 6-6-0 | 19.167 |
| 20 | 18 | down 2 | Chicago Bears | 5-7-0 | 19.667 |
| 21 | 21 | same | New Orleans Saints | 4-8-0 | 20.667 |
| 22 | 17 | down 5 | Indianapolis Colts | 6-6-0 | 21.333 |
| 23 | 26 | up 3 | Miami Dolphins | 5-7-0 | 22.000 |
| 24 | 22 | down 2 | St. Louis Rams | 4-8-0 | 22.167 |
| 25 | 27 | up 2 | Dallas Cowboys | 4-8-0 | 23.500 |
| 26 | 24 | down 2 | Baltimore Ravens | 4-8-0 | 23.833 |
| 27 | 32 | up 5 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 4-8-0 | 24.167 |
| 27 | 25 | down 2 | San Diego Chargers | 3-9-0 | 24.167 |
| 27 | 27 | same | San Francisco 49ers | 4-8-0 | 24.167 |
| 30 | 31 | up 1 | Detroit Lions | 4-8-0 | 25.000 |
| 31 | 30 | down 1 | Tennessee Titans | 3-9-0 | 25.167 |
| 32 | 29 | down 3 | Cleveland Browns | 2-10-0 | 26.500 |
