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NFL Power Rankings Week 12: Reaction and Standings After Thursday Night Football

With the NFL's Thanksgiving slate in the books, the league and its fans next turn to a loaded weekend.

Well, and leftovers. With any luck, those leftovers make it to the weekend for more divisional action and encounters with playoff implications swinging in the balance.

If it is anything like the epic slate of Thursday games, the rest of Week 12 might go down as the most entertaining of the year.

Here is a look at the instant reshuffling of the league hierarchy after the three-game slate of holiday action:

Week 12 NFL Power Rankings

Rank Team
1 Dallas Cowboys
2 Oakland Raiders
3 Seattle Seahawks
4 New England Patriots
5 Atlanta Falcons
6 Denver Broncos
7 New York Giants
8 Kansas City Chiefs
9 Washington
10 Baltimore Ravens
11 Philadelphia Eagles
12 Miami Dolphins
13 Pittsburgh Steelers
14 Detroit Lions
15 Minnesota Vikings
16 Arizona Cardinals
17 Carolina Panthers
18 San Diego Chargers
19 Buffalo Bills
20 Houston Texans
21 Indianapolis Colts
22 Tennessee Titans
23 Green Bay Packers
24 Cincinnati Bengals
25 New Orleans Saints
26 Tampa Bay Buccaneers
27 Los Angeles Rams
28 New York Jets
29 San Francisco 49ers
30 Chicago Bears
31 Jacksonville Jaguars
32 Cleveland Browns

With three games in the books and 13 more on tap before Week 12 goes official, let's take a look at some of the teams with the most on the line in the power rankings department.