2013 NFL Power Rankings: Week 13
Updated: November 26, 2013, 5:30 PM ET
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The Seahawks were idle in Week 12. That didn't stop them from making a significant move in our hierarchy.
No. 2 last week, Seattle jumped to the top spot after previous No. 1 Denver lost an overtime heartbreaker to the Patriots on Sunday night. Our voters (John Clayton, Ashley Fox, Dan Graziano, Jamison Hensley, Mike Sando and Kevin Seifert) dropped the Broncos to No. 3, behind New Orleans. The Patriots and Panthers round out the top five.
Will the Seahawks succeed where Denver and Kansas City (No. 1 in Week 11) recently failed? It won't be easy. The Seahawks host the dangerous Saints in Week 13 before facing NFC West opponents (who are all above .500) in three of the final four weeks.
In other words, no one should be considered safe -- not even the team with a league-best 10-1 record. If the past couple of weeks are a harbinger, another major change could be right around the corner.
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| RANK | TEAM / RECORD | TRENDING | COMMENTS | |
| 1 |  | 1 Last Week: 2 | Tough to dispute this one. Seattle's bye week was the best result for last week's top three, with both the Broncos and Chiefs dropping decisions Sunday. | |
| 2 |  | 2 Last Week: 4 | The Saints face the Panthers twice in their final five games. New Orleans finishes the season against opponents currently a combined 34-20, including Seattle next Monday night. | |
| 3 |  | 2 Last Week: 1 | Don't blame Knowshon Moreno, who rushed for 224 yards Sunday, most by a Bronco since Clinton Portis in 2002. Peyton Manning's 4.2 yards per pass attempt was his lowest in a game since 2005. | |
| 4 |  | 2 Last Week: 6 | How improbable was Sunday? According to Elias, teams trailing by at least 24 points at halftime were 5-617 entering Sunday night. Make it six. | |
| 5 |  | -- Last Week: 5 | Cam Newton was 0-for-7 with an interception on throws at least 15 yards downfield Sunday, his first career game with at least seven attempts and no completions on deep throws. | |
| 6 |  | 3 Last Week: 3 | Ladarius Green's 60-yard touchdown reception was the third time Kansas City's defense has allowed at least 45 yards after the catch this season. Only the Rams (four) have more. | |
| 7 |  | 2 Last Week: 9 | Monday was Anquan Boldin's first game with multiple touchdowns since Week 12 of 2012 (also against Redskins). Boldin and Vernon Davis have all 14 of San Francisco's touchdown receptions. | |
| 8 |  | -- Last Week: 8 | Cincinnati isn't winning because of Andy Dalton. His 50.1 Total QBR is the worst among division-leading quarterbacks, eight points worse than Tom Brady. | |
| 9 |  | 4 Last Week: 13 | Larry Fitzgerald has caught six end-zone targets this season, including two Sunday. Fitz trails only Brandon Marshall (seven), after being 0-for-9 on end-zone targets last season. | |
| 10 |  | 3 Last Week: 7 | The Colts really miss Reggie Wayne. Andrew Luck threw for 163 yards Sunday, the second-lowest total of his career, and was pressured on 29 percent of his drop-backs. | |
| 11 |  | 1 Last Week: 12 | Nick Foles is 4-1 with a 63.6 completion percentage, 16 touchdowns and no interceptions. Michael Vick is 2-4 with a 54.6 completion percentage, five touchdowns and three picks. End of controversy. | |
| 12 |  | 2 Last Week: 14 | Tony Romo went 3-of-3 on third down on the Cowboys' game-winning drive Sunday. Romo had six first downs on 31 third-down attempts since Week 8 prior to the drive. | |
| 13 |  | 2 Last Week: 11 | Matthew Stafford was 7-of-14 for 115 yards and two interceptions targeting Calvin Johnson on Sunday, the first game Stafford threw multiple interceptions targeting Johnson since Week 10 of 2011. | |
| 14 |  | 4 Last Week: 10 | Josh McCown has the best Total QBR among qualified quarterbacks this season (81.0), just as everyone predicted when Jay Cutler went down. | |
| 15 |  | 3 Last Week: 18 | The Chargers gained 228 yards after the catch Sunday, their most this season. San Diego was the third team to record at least 10 YAC on 10 catches in a game. | |
| 16 |  | 3 Last Week: 19 | Pittsburgh has posted a plus-3 turnover margin in back-to-back weeks after a minus-11 start to the season. At 5-6, the Steelers are still in it (with just about everyone else). | |
| 17 |  | 2 Last Week: 15 | Tie stat No. 1: Sunday marked the first tie since 1987 for the Packers, who are winless in four straight games for the first time since 2008. | |
| 18 |  | 2 Last Week: 20 | Joe Flacco was 14-of-18 for 249 yards and a touchdown against four or fewer pass-rushers. Flacco entered Sunday with a minus-4 TD-INT differential against standard pressure, tied for fourth-worst. | |
| 19 |  | 2 Last Week: 21 | The Rams had 261 rushing yards and three touchdowns Sunday (excluding kneel-downs), averaging 10 yards per rush. St. Louis' 213 yards before contact were the most in a game this year. | |
| 20 |  | 4 Last Week: 24 | Ryan Fitzpatrick was 8-for-10 for 67 yards on the game-winning drive, the eighth of his career and first with Tennessee. Sunday was his first career 300-yard, zero-interception game. | |
| 21 |  | 4 Last Week: 17 | The deep threat finally showed up. Mike Wallace caught a pair of throws of at least 20 yards with a touchdown. Ryan Tannehill entered Sunday 3-of-16 on deep throws to Wallace. | |
| 22 |  | 6 Last Week: 16 | How bad can it get? Geno Smith completed seven of 18 passes inside the pocket for 97 yards and two interceptions Sunday. Smith had averaged 15.1 completions per game inside the pocket this season. | |
| 23 |  | 1 Last Week: 22 | Victor Cruz was targeted a season-low four times. Cruz had been targeted four or fewer times in four games prior to Sunday, three of which were in his rookie season. | |
| 24 |  | 1 Last Week: 25 | Buffalo had a plus-4 turnover margin in the Week 11 win over the Jets. The Bills hadn't posted a plus-4 since Week 16 of 2011 against Denver. | |
| 25 |  | 2 Last Week: 23 | Browns quarterbacks were 14-of-17 for 237 yards and a touchdown targeting Josh Gordon (13.9 yards/att) and 13-of-35 for 75 yards and an interception targeting everyone else (2.1 yards/att). | |
| 26 |  | -- Last Week: 26 | When it's bad for the Raiders, it's BAD. Justin Hunter and Kendall Wright became the fourth set of teammates to both top the 100-yard receiving mark against Oakland this season. | |
| 27 |  | 1 Last Week: 28 | Tiquan Underwood had his first multi-touchdown game, posting a career-high 108 receiving yards. Underwood had as many catches at least 15 yards downfield (two) as Calvin Johnson on six fewer targets. | |
| 28 |  | 3 Last Week: 31 | Tie stat No. 2: The Vikings hadn't tied since 1978, which also came against the Packers. At least Adrian Peterson is 3 yards shy of his sixth 1,000-yard season. | |
| 29 |  | 2 Last Week: 27 | The Redskins averaged 3.3 yards per play Monday, their lowest since 2005 (2.40, Week 8 vs. Giants). RG III has been sacked four times in each of his past three games. | |
| 30 |  | -- Last Week: 30 | Atlanta is the only team in the top 21 in Total QBR (sixth) to not have at least five wins. The Falcons look for win No. 3 Sunday against the Bills. | |
| 31 |  | 1 Last Week: 32 | Maurice Jones-Drew posted season highs with 84 rushing yards and 60 receiving yards Sunday. MJD averaged 7.2 yards per touch, more than doubling his 3.4 average through his first nine games. | |
| 32 |  | 3 Last Week: 29 | Andre Johnson caught two of six targets for 36 yards, all season-low totals, and had his first drop of the season in Sunday's loss to the Jaguars. | |
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| The rankings were determined by ESPN's Power Panel, a group of more than 80 writers, editors and television personalities. |
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