NFL Power Rankings For Week 12

1. New Orleans Saints: 10.7
After a one week intermission, the Saints have reclaimed the top spot with their 38-7 (+16.4 Trench Counter) thrashing of the Buccaneers.

2. Indianapolis Colts: 9.6
Pierre Garcon, Reggie Wayne and Tom Santi each had 80 or more yards on Sunday.

3. New England Patriots: 9.0
Wes Welker made all the difference, as he caught 15 balls for 192 yards. He is projected to finish the season with 126 receptions.

4. Minnesota Vikings: 7.2
Brett Favre had a near perfect, 22-for-25, four TD, zero interception day.

5. Green Bay Packers: 7.2
With Sunday’s win, the Packers improved to 3-0 when Greg Jennings has over 100 yards receiving.

6. Pittsburgh Steelers: 6.8
Hines Ward finished with over 100 yards for the fourth time this season and 24th for his career; the veteran receiver has never had five 100 yard games in a single season.

7. New York Giants: 4.4
They averaged just 2.4 yards per rush on Sunday and were bailed out by Eli Manning’s 384 yards.

8. San Diego Chargers: 4.4
The Chargers have now won five in a row since the 23-34 loss at home on Monday night to Denver in Week 6.

9. Cincinnati Bengals: 3.5
Cincinnati is now 0-10 while playing in Oakland.

10. Philadelphia Eagles: 3.3

LeSean McCoy rushed for a career high 99 yards during his second 20 rushing attempt game.

11. Dallas Cowboys: 3.3
Dallas is ranked 17th in 3rd down percentage this season, down from their ninth rank showing in 2008. They are ranked 12th defensively in 3rd down situations.

12. Baltimore Ravens: 2.5
The Ravens returned the Colts ground game to the anemic 3.0 yards per rush version, but they gave up 9.6 yards per Peyton Manning pass.

13. Denver Broncos: 1.7
The Broncos rushed for 6.8 yards per carry against San Diego, but were 0-for-4 in the red zone and were -3 in turnover differential.

14. Arizona Cardinals: 1.6
Tim Hightower and Benie Wells rushed for 110 yards and 74 yards respectively, while the team combined for a 6.1 yards per carry average.

15. Houston Texans: 1.6

16. Jacksonville Jaguars: 0.7
With three consecutive victories, the Jaguars now are in second place all by themselves behind the Colts in the AFC South despite a -36 season point differential.

17. San Francisco 49ers: 0.0
Veron Davis has scored seven of his eight touchdowns and 470 of his 601 yards during San Francisco losses.

18. Miami Dolphins: -0.1
Ricky Williams is rushing for a 5.3 yards per carry average, which beats out his 4.8 per carry average when he led the NFL in yards with 1,853 during the 2002 season.

19. Atlanta Falcons: -0.3
Matt Ryan kept Atlanta in the game and took care of the ball for the first time since Week 3 by not throwing a single interception.

20. Washington Redskins: -0.5
Rock Cartwight averaged 5.2 yards per carry and also caught seven balls for 73 yards in Washington’s loss at Dallas on Sunday.

21. New York Jets: -1.5
Thomas Jones rushed for 421 yards and five TDs on 74 attempts in October, while behind held to 282 yards and one TD on 69 November attempts.

22. Seattle Seahawks: -1.9
They would need help from the teams who play Arizona including Detroit in Week 15 and St. Louis in Week 16.

23: Carolina Panthers: -2.4
DeAngelo Williams continued another late season surge by rushing for a season-best 9.4 yards per carry.

24. Buffalo Bills: -2.4
The Bills had to travel to a sparse Jacksonville Stadium to get their first legitimate Terrell Owens spotting, as the receiver caught nine balls for 197 yards including a 98-yard TD.

25. Chicago Bears: -2.7

26. Tennessee Titans: -4.9
Vince Young now has a 95.5 passer rating during the month of November, all wins for Tennessee.

27. Kansas City Chiefs: -5.1
Matt Cassel had his best game in a Kansas City uniform in Sunday’s overtime win over Pittsburgh, finishing with a 100.4 passer rating.

28. Detroit Lions: -8.6
Matthew Stafford had his first 100+ passer rating game in Sunday’s win against Cleveland. He is now 2-6 as a starting quarterback in the NFL.

29. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: -8.8
Raheem Morris and Mark Dominik will need to begin making lasting decisions if they want to remain in the game.

30. St. Louis Rams: -9.8
Steven Jackson extended his 100-yard game streak to four in Sunday’s 21-13 loss to Arizona.

31. Oakland Raiders: -13.4

Bruce Gradkowski’s 73.5 passer rating kept the Raiders in the game to setup their comeback victory over the Bengals.

32. Cleveland Browns: -15.1