With three weeks remaining in the N.F.L. regular season, the cream is rising to the top.

The Green Bay Packers have scored 369 points over their last 10 games, and Aaron Rodgers is the front-runner for most valuable player. The New England Patriots have won eight of their last nine games (with the only loss at Green Bay) and outscored opponents by a league-best 10.3 points a game. The Seattle Seahawks are the defending Super Bowl champions; after an uneven start they are starting to play that way. They have allowed 507 yards over the last three weeks, the fewest in the N.F.L. by any team in a three-game stretch in more than three years.

But the Baltimore Ravens are the only team that ranks in the top quarter of the league in both points scored and points allowed. It is hard to imagine a team two years removed from winning the Super Bowl flying under the radar, but that is what is happening in Baltimore, with national coverage of the domestic violence episode involving their former player Ray Rice overshadowing the team’s performance.

For the Ravens, above-average play in all phases of the game is driving the team’s success.

On offense, the Ravens rank in the top 10 in points scored, yards allowed and turnovers. Quarterback Joe Flacco had one of the best N.F.L. playoff runs ever in 2012, but he had always been a much less efficient regular-season passer. This year, Flacco has career highs in completion percentage (.640), passing yards per game (251), sack rate (3.5 percent), passer rating (94.5) and Total QBR (73.1). Flacco is also benefiting from perhaps the finest supporting cast of his career.