Rich Eisen#38 of 87 NFL pundits · Jan 7, 2026
Rich Eisen delivered their final traditional power rankings of the season, counting down the top 10 teams in reverse order and putting the Seahawks first, with the rest of the top four ordered by playoff seeding.
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What Rich Eisen said
And they enter the playoffs atop my final power ranking.
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- The Rich Eisen Show (podcast)
- The episode
- Hour 3: Rich’s Final NFL Power Rankings, plus Actor Seann William Scott In-Studio
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- SaidJan 7
- GradedAug 13
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a naive guessbetter than naiveOne checkable claim, graded on its own against what actually happened.
The call scored 92.7 out of 100, against 43 for a naive guess at the same calls.
The call is scored 0 to 100 against what happened, on its own, by the published methodology. The naive guess is what knowing nothing would have scored on the same call; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
“The final power rankings of the season... The Buffalo Bills are tenth on this list. Number nine on the list... They're ninth on my power rankings list... Number eight... I'm putting the bears here... I'm putting the niners above them... The Houston Texans are six on the list... Up three spots into my top five. I'm putting the Rams back here... I have got the Jaguars fourth... And I have the Patriots right in front of them, and I've got the Broncos right in front of them... And they enter the playoffs atop my final power ranking. So there's that Seahawks fans.”
VerdictHit92.73Hit · naive 43.0392.73this call−43.03a naive guess=49.7better than naive×1difficulty=+49.7skillThink this is wrong?How this was scored
- skill:
- 49.7
- method:
- spearman
- season:
- 2025
- accuracy:
- 92.73
- baseline:
- 43.03
- difficulty:
- 1
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- teams ranked:
- 10
- weeks left when called:
- 0
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