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 | Green Bay Packers | 6-0-0 | 3.762 |
| 2 | 2 | same | New England Patriots | 5-0-0 | 4.905 |
| 3 | 3 | same | Arizona Cardinals | 4-2-0 | 6.762 |
| 4 | 4 | same | Carolina Panthers | 5-0-0 | 7.429 |
| 5 | 6 | up 1 | Cincinnati Bengals | 6-0-0 | 7.571 |
| 6 | 5 | down 1 | Denver Broncos | 6-0-0 | 8.524 |
| 7 | 11 | up 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 4-2-0 | 9.286 |
| 8 | 9 | up 1 | New York Jets | 4-1-0 | 9.714 |
| 9 | 8 | down 1 | Buffalo Bills | 3-3-0 | 10.381 |
| 10 | 7 | down 3 | Atlanta Falcons | 5-1-0 | 10.857 |
| 11 | 10 | down 1 | New York Giants | 3-3-0 | 11.190 |
| 12 | 12 | same | Seattle Seahawks | 2-4-0 | 12.238 |
| 13 | 13 | same | Philadelphia Eagles | 3-3-0 | 13.286 |
| 14 | 14 | same | Minnesota Vikings | 3-2-0 | 15.048 |
| 15 | 17 | up 2 | Cleveland Browns | 2-4-0 | 18.048 |
| 15 | 27 | up 12 | Miami Dolphins | 2-3-0 | 18.048 |
| 17 | 19 | up 2 | Oakland Raiders | 2-3-0 | 18.381 |
| 17 | 15 | down 2 | San Diego Chargers | 2-4-0 | 18.381 |
| 19 | 29 | up 10 | Houston Texans | 2-4-0 | 19.381 |
| 20 | 26 | up 6 | New Orleans Saints | 2-4-0 | 19.571 |
| 21 | 23 | up 2 | Indianapolis Colts | 3-3-0 | 19.905 |
| 22 | 20 | down 2 | St. Louis Rams | 2-3-0 | 20.048 |
| 23 | 21 | down 2 | Dallas Cowboys | 2-3-0 | 20.238 |
| 24 | 16 | down 8 | Tennessee Titans | 1-4-0 | 20.524 |
| 25 | 31 | up 6 | San Francisco 49ers | 2-4-0 | 20.810 |
| 26 | 24 | down 2 | Kansas City Chiefs | 1-5-0 | 21.381 |
| 27 | 18 | down 9 | Washington Redskins | 2-4-0 | 22.095 |
| 28 | 22 | down 6 | Baltimore Ravens | 1-5-0 | 22.857 |
| 29 | 25 | down 4 | Chicago Bears | 2-4-0 | 23.476 |
| 30 | 27 | down 3 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2-3-0 | 23.905 |
| 31 | 32 | up 1 | Detroit Lions | 1-5-0 | 27.190 |
| 32 | 30 | down 2 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 1-5-0 | 27.857 |
