# Rich Eisen: Rich Eisen delivered his 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.

**Claimed:** Jan 7, 2026
**Pundit:** Rich Eisen — https://missedtakes.co/pundits/rich-eisen
**Outlet:** The Rich Eisen Show (podcast) — https://missedtakes.co/outlets/the-rich-eisen-show-podcast
**How it reached us:** said on air, transcribed by us
**Original:** https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/ESP9786384854.mp3?updated=1767821219

One 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.

> And they enter the playoffs atop my final power ranking.

*(their words, quoted for attribution)*

## The claims

- **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.**
  - Kind: Power Rankings
  - Verdict: scored 92.73 out of 100, against 43.03 for a naive guess

## More power rankings

The same kind of call, about other players and teams.

- Anthony Gargano: Gargano also took Indiana over Miami as a mismatch, but split from Schwartz on wild card weekend by picking the Bears over the Packers and the Bills over the Jaguars, while liking the Patriots and Texans and ranking the Rams, Eagles and Bills as the top remaining contenders. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/dfced042-234b-430c-b75f-0ba86fa26db1 (scored 75)
- Chris Brockman: Brockman said he would have ranked Indianapolis first and Green Bay second in the power rankings. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/f9bb86df-648c-4619-af5c-975a5fd573ed (scored 0)
- Chris Brockman: Brockman offered his own tweaks to the Week 6 power rankings, placing Green Bay eighth and Dallas eleventh, while bumping Jacksonville and Denver up a spot and putting Tampa Bay ahead of Buffalo. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/ce97763f-e088-456e-bc6f-1767bd4f7a9f (scored 100)
- Chris Brockman: Brockman argued Baltimore is better than Washington, i.e. the Ravens should be ranked above the Commanders in Eisen's top 10. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/68440cfc-4ea8-42c5-af86-1420891e8ba8 (scored 100)
- TJ Jefferson on Washington Commanders: Jefferson picks Washington to win the NFC East with the Giants last, and takes the Chiefs to beat the Packers in Super Bowl 60. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/0a51dc08-66bf-4a77-8bdc-617be75ab349 (scored 100)
- Chris Brockman: Brockman orders the NFC East with Philadelphia first and Dallas last, calls the Giants a surprise team, and picks Green Bay to beat Baltimore in the Super Bowl with the Ravens earning home field in the AFC. — https://missedtakes.co/opinions/c154ba31-5134-415d-87cf-b7d9c5240087 (scored 70)

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