The NFL regular season is over.
Going into the playoffs, a handful of teams are coming on strong (Seahawks, Bengals), while others are sputtering (Texans, Ravens).
Here are the final power rankings for all 32 teams. For the playoff teams, we included one thing to watch in January. And for the non-playoff teams, we included one thing they can build on going into 2013.
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Once again, here's how we came up with them.
We took our rankings from last week and moved teams up and down based on the following criteria:
- A win: up 2 spots
- A loss: down 1 spot
- A loss by 10+ points: down 2 spots
- A win against a top-5 team from the week before: up 2 spots
- A win against a top-12 team from the week before (aka, a playoff team): up 1 spot
- Covering the point spread: up 1 spot
1. Denver Broncos (#1 last week): Beat the Chiefs
Record: 13-3
Thing to know going into the playoffs: They've only beaten two teams with winning records. So despite the fact that they're the #1 seed in the AFC, we still don't really know how good they are because they're untested.
2. New England Patriots (#4 last week): Beat the Dolphins
Record: 12-4
Thing to know going into the playoffs: It'll all come down to the defense, which is greatly improved from earlier this season. They've only given up 20 points or more once in their last six games after giving up 20+ in seven of their first 10 games.
3. Seattle Seahawks (#3 last week): Beat the Rams
Record: 11-5
Thing to know going into the playoffs: They're red-hot, but they're simply worse on the road than they are at home. They play away at Washington this week.
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