The New England Patriots bounced back from their Week 10 defeat to the Tennessee Titans with a 27-13 road win over the New York Jets on Sunday, and they rose up most expert NFL power rankings as a result.
The Patriots sit atop the AFC East at 8-3, and occupy the No. 2 seed in the AFC entering Week 13 thanks to the Pittsburgh Steelers' loss to the Denver Broncos in Week 12. It has the head-to-head tie breaker over the 8-3 Houston Texans.
New England has very little margin for error, though.