NFL power rankings for Week 13

By Rick Morris

(NOTE: This is generally the case, but it bears mention especially this week -- rankings are taking into account injuries that teams suffer, i.e. the Bears' running game without Benson and the Lynch injury for the Bills).

MUTANT SUPER-TEAM
1. New England

CERTAIN PLAYOFF TEAMS
2. Dallas
3. Green Bay
4. Indianapolis
5. Jacksonville
6. Pittsburgh

POSSIBLE PLAYOFF TEAMS
7. Seattle
8. Tampa Bay
9. San Diego
10. Cleveland
11. Tennessee
12. New Orleans
13. Philadelphia
14. Arizona
15. Detroit
16. Denver
17. Houston
18. Chicago
19. Washington
20. Buffalo
21. Minnesota

THE DREGS
22. Cincinnati
23. Buffalo
24. Carolina
25. Baltimore
26. Kansas City
27. St. Louis
28. San Francisco
29. Oakland
30. New York Jets
31. Atlanta
32. Miami