The AFC's top teams played a bit of musical chairs in terms of seeding, and the bottom of the bracket saw three 7-5 teams move to 8-5. Unfortunately, there's only room for two of them at the moment.
In the NFC, the East and North division races remain tight, with the hard-charging Seattle Seahawks looking like the wild card nobody wants to face in January.
So where do all 32 teams fit relative to each other? Let's look at a power ranking and then concentrate on three squads that raised their stock recently.
| Rank | Team | Record |
| 1 | Carolina Panthers | 13-0 |
| 2 | Arizona Cardinals | 11-2 |
| 3 | New England Patriots | 11-2 |
| 4 | Seattle Seahawks | 8-5 |
| 5 | Kansas City Chiefs | 8-5 |
| 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 8-5 |
| 7 | Cincinnati Bengals | 10-3 |
| 8 | Green Bay Packers | 9-4 |
| 9 | Denver Broncos | 10-3 |
| 10 | New York Jets | 8-5 |
| 11 | Minnesota Vikings | 8-5 |
| 12 | Philadelphia Eagles | 6-7 |
| 13 | Oakland Raiders | 6-7 |
| 14 | Buffalo Bills | 6-7 |
| 15 | Miami Dolphins | 6-7* |
| 16 | Washington Redskins | 6-7 |
| 17 | Houston Texans | 6-7 |
| 18 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 6-7 |
| 19 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 5-8 |
| 20 | New Orleans Saints | 5-8 |
| 21 | St. |