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Graded under the published methodology. Each call shows what it scored and how much better than a naive guess that was. How this kind is scored →
29% settled
out of 100
Takes in each band
162 / 550
graded
388 still pending
By season
26–50 of 550
At home against a Cardinals team that might finish the year at the bottom of the NFC West
Week eight power rankings brought to you by SoFi... Number 10 on my power rankings list... Big win on the road for the Denver Broncos... Number nine back on the list... The Bengals are back... Number eight... the Jaguars... Number seven, down two spots are your patriots... I'm downgrading the Chiefs to here... And I'll put the Vikings at five... Number four on the list, the bears are up two spots... Number three, back on the list... The Seahawks... Number two, I'm putting the Niners above them... and they're number one. Buffalo Bills
I got the 49ers. I got the Buffalo Bills. I got the Vikings, the Chiefs, and the Bears.
So at one, I'm going to go with the Buffalo Bills... At two, the 49ers... Give me the Vikings at three... At four, the Kansas City Chiefs... And then finally, at five, I'm going to join you and put the Chicago Bears there.
ESPN Rank: 30 Previous : 32 ... -- Marcel Louis-Jacques
CBS Sports (Pete Prisco) Rank: 30 Previous : 32
NFL.com (Nick Shook) Rank: 26 Previous : 31
THE MIAMI DOLPHINS ON SI WEEK 8 POWER RANKINGS 1. Minnesota ... 32. Tennessee
FOX Sports (Ralph Vacchiano) Rank: 30 Previous: 32
USA Today (Nate Davis) Rank: 27 Previous: 31
The Sporting News (Vinnie Iyer) Rank: 30 Previous : 31
Pro Football Talk (Mike Florio) Rank: 29 Previous : 31
Yahoo Sports (Frank Schwab) Rank: 29 Previous : 32
Sports Illustrated (Conor Orr) Rank: 31 Previous : 32
Minnesota is the obvious choice for the No. 1 spot in Pete Prisco's Week 8 NFL Power Rankings... 8. Bears (↑5) 18. Panthers (↓4) 19. Falcons (↑4) 21. Texans (↓6) 23. Buccaneers (↑6)
Herd hierarchy countdown: "I'll put Joe Burrow and the guys at 10" ... "I put them at nine" ... "I put Denver at eight" ... "I put Detroit at seven" ... "Bills at six" ... "Kansas City's at number five" ... "I have him at four" (New England) ... "Bears at three" ... number two San Francisco ... number one Seattle
Nate Davis, USA TODAY — Ranking: 2 | Last week: 4 ... The Bears are on the doorstep of the No. 1 spot in Davis' power rankings this week, with only the San Francisco 49ers ahead of them.
NFL Nation, ESPN — Ranking: 7 | Last week: 9
Conor Orr, Sports Illustrated — Ranking: 5 | Last week: 5
Pete Prisco, CBS Sports — Ranking: 8 | Last week: 13
1. Bills (last week No. 3; 5-1) ... 32. Chargers (No. 32; 0-6): "Last winless team in the league" wasn't mentioned in their schedule-release video.
Rk Teams Chg Rcrd — 1 Vikings ... 32 Chargers (Prisco's Week 8 Power Rankings)
And I would think that this team still is a favorite in the AFC
After the week off, I expect them to once again look like arguably the team to beat in the NFL.
If I were doing my own power rankings today, I'd probably have Carolina around 12 or 13. That feels about right to me.