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Ralph Vacchiano· Jul 31, 2025

His 2025 NFL Power Rankings, read out on the show, place the Eagles first, the Steelers sixth, the 49ers 18th and the Browns last at 32.

“The Eagles number one”

said on air or in an interview · The Dan Patrick Show (podcast) · read the original →

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The call scored 67 out of 100, against 66.3 for a naive guess at the same calls.

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  • “This says the twenty twenty five NFL Power Rankings, according to NFL. On Fox... One of their lead NFL guys, Ralph Facciano. He compiled this... Broncos at sixteen, Bears at seventeen, Niners at eighteen... nineteen Cowboys, twenty, Jags, Seahawks, twenty one, Patriots, Raiders, Dolphins, Falcons, Giants, Jets, Panthers, Cults, Titans, Saints, and Browns in last place at thirty two.”

    Close · 67Scored 66.98a naive guess scored 66.27+1.41 skill
    How this was scored
    skill:
    1.41
    method:
    spearman
    season:
    2025
    accuracy:
    66.98
    baseline:
    66.27
    difficulty:
    2
    weeks in the season:
    18
    teams ranked:
    31
    weeks left when called:
    18

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