NFL Power Rankings: Which Contenders Will Be out of Playoff Picture?

There is the Green Bay Packers, and then there is the rest of the league.

At 13-0 the Packers, barring some insane three-game collapse, are going have the league's best record.

Six other teams are currently 10-3 behind them; four belonging in the AFC.

There are only three weeks remaining in the regular season and the playoff picture, especially after last night's monster, come-from-behind-win for the New York Giants, is entirely up in the air.

Only 8 playoff spots remain (four have already been clinched) and as many as 16 teams are still vying for the right to keep playing.

Here are the contenders who will ultimately be on the outside looking in.

Dallas Cowboys (7-6)

Big D will likely have to win NFC East if they want to make the postseason. Detroit and Atlanta currently have a one-game lead over the Cowboys for the 5th and 6th seeds while Chicago holds the tie-breaker with a better conference record between the two teams.

The Cowboys still get one more crack at the New York Giants in the season finale and they'll be hoping the Giants trip up with Washington and the New York Jets on their remaining schedule.

But in the end they'll still have to beat the Giants in the Meadowlands at season's end.

In a battle of Tony Romo vs. Eli Manning the latter is proving to be the much better choice.

Chicago Bears (7-6)

There really isn't much one can say about the ineptitude of the Bears offense without Jay Cutler and Matt Forte.

Chicago fell victim to the Denver Tebows on Sunday losing a heartbreaker in overtime aided by a Marion Barber fumble and it will ultimately cost them the postseason.

The Bears are one game out of the wild card and have two of their final three games on the road (one of them happens to be in Green Bay).

Cincinnati Bengals (7-6)

It has been a great season for the resurgent Bengals, but their inexperience has shown as they've lost four of their last five.

They've played tough, but they're not ready to take over in the AFC North just yet.

They've already been swept by the Steelers and still have to play to the Ravens once more at season's end. They trail the New York Jets by one game for the six seed and even fall short of the seven seed (not a playoff seed) because of a tie-breaker with Tennessee.

The Bengals could win out and still miss the postseason.

Wes O'Donnell's Week 15 Power Rankings

Rank	Team	Record
1	Green Bay Packers	13-0
2	Baltimore Ravens	10-3
3	New Orleans Saints	10-3
4	San Francisco 49ers	10-3
5	Pittsburgh Steelers	10-3
6	New England Patriots	10-3
7	Houston Texans	10-3
8	Denver Broncos	8-5
9	Atlanta Falcons	8-5
10	New York Giants	7-6
11	New York Jets	8-5
12	Cincinnati Bengals	7-6
13	Dallas Cowboys	7-6
14	Detroit Lions	8-5
15	Tennessee Titans	7-6
16	Oakland Raiders	6-6
17	Chicago Bears	7-6
18	Arizona Cardinals	6-7
19	Seattle Seahawks	5-7
20	Philadelphia Eagles	5-8
21	San Diego Chargers	6-7
22	Miami Dolphins	4-9
23	Buffalo Bills	5-8
24	Washington Redskins	4-9
25	Carolina Panthers	4-9
26	Jacksonville Jaguars	4-9
27	Cleveland Browns	4-9
28	Kansas City Chiefs	5-8
29	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	4-9
30	Minnesota Vikings	2-11
31	St. Louis Rams	2-10
32	Indianapolis Colts	0-13