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 | Carolina Panthers | 14-0-0 | 3.167 |
| 2 | 2 | same | Arizona Cardinals | 12-2-0 | 3.333 |
| 3 | 3 | same | Cincinnati Bengals | 11-3-0 | 3.667 |
| 4 | 5 | up 1 | New England Patriots | 12-2-0 | 5.167 |
| 5 | 6 | up 1 | Kansas City Chiefs | 9-5-0 | 5.333 |
| 5 | 4 | down 1 | Seattle Seahawks | 9-5-0 | 5.333 |
| 7 | 7 | same | Green Bay Packers | 10-4-0 | 7.667 |
| 8 | 8 | same | New York Jets  | 9-5-0 | 9.000 |
| 9 | 9 | same | Pittsburgh Steelers | 9-5-0 | 10.833 |
| 10 | 10 | same | Denver Broncos | 10-4-0 | 12.333 |
| 11 | 10 | down 1 | Buffalo Bills | 6-8-0 | 12.500 |
| 12 | 12 | same | New York Giants | 6-8-0 | 13.000 |
| 13 | 15 | up 2 | Minnesota Vikings | 9-5-0 | 14.000 |
| 14 | 14 | same | Washington Redskins | 7-7-0 | 14.833 |
| 15 | 13 | down 2 | Oakland Raiders | 6-8-0 | 15.000 |
| 16 | 17 | up 1 | Atlanta Falcons | 7-7-0 | 17.333 |
| 16 | 18 | up 2 | Houston Texans | 7-7-0 | 17.333 |
| 18 | 21 | up 3 | New Orleans Saints | 5-9-0 | 19.500 |
| 19 | 16 | down 3 | Philadelphia Eagles | 6-8-0 | 19.667 |
| 20 | 19 | down 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 6-8-0 | 19.833 |
| 21 | 23 | up 2 | St. Louis Rams | 6-8-0 | 20.000 |
| 22 | 20 | down 2 | Chicago Bears | 5-9-0 | 21.500 |
| 23 | 22 | down 1 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 5-9-0 | 21.833 |
| 24 | 28 | up 4 | San Diego Chargers | 4-10-0 | 22.000 |
| 25 | 23 | down 2 | Indianapolis Colts | 6-8-0 | 22.667 |
| 26 | 29 | up 3 | Detroit Lions | 5-9-0 | 23.333 |
| 27 | 26 | down 1 | Miami Dolphins | 5-9-0 | 23.667 |
| 28 | 27 | down 1 | Dallas Cowboys | 4-10-0 | 25.000 |
| 29 | 25 | down 4 | San Francisco 49ers | 4-10-0 | 25.167 |
| 30 | 30 | same | Baltimore Ravens | 4-10-0 | 27.000 |
| 31 | 30 | down 1 | Tennessee Titans | 3-11-0 | 27.167 |
| 32 | 32 | same | Cleveland Browns | 3-11-0 | 27.333 |
