No team in the NFL has a better record than the 9-2 New England Patriots. So, they should be at the top of everyone's NFL Power Rankings entering Week 12 ... right?

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The conversation around the Patriots this season has been complicated, to say the least. On paper, they're one of the best teams in the league , with an active seven-game win streak, a plus-86 point differential (fourth-best in the NFL) and a perfect 5-0 road record that includes victories over the Buffalo Bills and Tampa Bay Buccaneers .

And yet, they've often been discounted thanks to a historically easy schedule: Seven of their 11 games to date have been against teams with losing records, and by season's end, they'

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