After the 49ers' showing in New England, we have a new No. 1 atop the NFL power rankings. In fact, there was a lot of shuffling in the Top 5 this week while the Raiders ended their six-game losing streak and moved out of the bottom 3…
| 1 (3) | 49ers (10-3-1) | Colin Kapernick threw 4 TDs against Patriots. Alex Smith has never thrown 4 TDs in a game. |
| 2 (2) | Denver Broncos (11-3) | Since opening season 2-3, Broncos have outscored opponents by 12.3 points per game. |
| 3 (5) | Atlanta Falcons (12-2) | Think Matt Ryan wants home-dome advantage in playoffs? He is 33-4 at home in career. |
| 4 (4) | Houston Texans (12-2) | Arian Foster has rushed for 100 yards in 46.9 percent of his games, third-best percentage in NFL history, beind Barry Sanders and Jim Brown. |
| 5 (9) | Seattle Seahawks (9-5) | First since 1950 Giants to drop at least 50 points on consecutive opponents in same season. |
| 6 (6) | Green Bay Packers (10-4) | Bad omen for postseason? Mason Crsoby has missed field goal in eight straight games. |
| 7 (1) | New England Patriots (10-4) | Wait, wasn't Bill Belichick a defensive mastermind? Pats' D ranked 27th overall. |
| 8 (7) | Indianapolis Colts (9-5) | Andrew Luck or RG III? RG III or Andrew Luck? |
| 9 (12) | Washington Redskins (8-6) | RG III or Andrew Luck? Andrew Luck or RG III? |
| 10 (13) | Minnesota Vikings (8-6) | Is Adrian Peterson NFL MVP, or "merely" Offensive Player of the Year? |
| 11 (14) | Dallas Cowboys (8-6) | December struggles? What December struggles? Tony Romo suddenly 3-0 in season's final month. |
| 12 (15) | Cincinnati Bengals (8-6) | Trying for consecutive playoff appearances for first time since Ken Anderson's mustache was under center in 1981 and 1982. |
| 13 (8) | New York Giants (8-6) | The 34-0 shellacking ties 1981 Raiders for worst margin of defeat by defending Super Bowl champ. |
| 14 (10) | Baltimore Ravens (9-5) | Only in NFL would three-game losing streak culminate with clinching of playoff spot. |
| 15 (11) | St. Louis Rams (6-7-1) | Lambs 0-4 vs. NFC North; Rams 6-3-1 against everyone else. |
| 16 (16) | Chicago Bears (8-6) | Jat Cutler just 1-7 against the Packers, including playoffs, with the Bears. |
| 17 (17) | Pittsburgh Steelers (7-7) | Big Ben has thrown for 300 yards three times this season. Steelers are 0-3 in those games. |
| 18 (19) | New Orleans Saints (6-8) | So either there WAS or there was NOT a bounty run by the Saints, right? |
| 19 (18) | Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-8) | Doug Martin's 1,647 yards from scrimmage second-most in franchise history. |
| 20 (23) | Miami Dolphins (6-8) | By air -- a 123.2 passer rating -- and by ground -- 52 yards rushing -- Ryan Tannehill sets career highs. |
| 21 (25) | Carolina Panthers (5-9) | Cam Newton attempting to join Bobby Douglass, Randall Cunningham (four times) and Donovan McNabb as QBs to lead team in rushing. |
| 22 (27) | Tennessee Titans (5-9) | Blame the schedule-makers for putting this product on national television. |
| 23 (20) | New York Jets (6-8) | Would be funny were it not so sad…or somesuch. |
| 24 (21) | Cleveland Browns (5-9) | Trent Richardson's 28 rushing yards only his third-lowest total of season. |
| 25 (23) | Buffalo Bills (5-9) | Setting pro football back in Canada more than 1994 Las Vegas Posse. |
| 26 (24) | San Diego Chargers (5-9) | Ryan Mathews breaks left clavicle, to join right clavicle he broke in preseason. |
| 27 (29) | Arizona Cardinals (5-9) | The Cardinals have now won a game more recently than the Diamondbacks. |
| 28 (30) | Raiders (4-10) | And the Raiders have now won a game more recently than the San Francisco Giants. |
| 29 (26) | Philadelphia Eagles (4-10) | Iggles' pratfall on national TV a clarion call for change in Philly. |
| 30 (28) | Detroit Lions (4-10) | At least Calvin Johnson continues to play -- his seventh straight 100-yard receiving game ties NFL mark co-held by Michael Irvin and Charlie Hennigan. |
| 31 (32) | Jacksonville Jaguars (2-12) | Cecil Shorts 75 yards shy of becoming first Jag with 1,000 yards receiving since Jimmy Smith in 2005. |
| 32 (31) | Kansas City Chiefs (2-12) | As someone tweeted after watching Brady Quinn on Sunday, they would STILL draft JaMarcus Russell over Quinn. Ouch. |
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