Colin Cowherd#54 of 87 NFL pundits · Oct 6, 2026
Cowherd laid out his weekly 'Herd Hierarchy' top 10 NFL teams, with the 49ers first, Seahawks second and Cowboys tenth. He also praised Drake London, Bijan Robinson and Travis Hunter, and argued the Rams are still Super Bowl favorites even though he ranks them seventh.
Said on air or in an interview · The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast)Hear the original
What Colin Cowherd said
our reading, beside the words we read it fromI don't know how long it lasts, but the 49ers right now, 16 offensive touchdowns, three-plus in every game.
- Where it was said
- The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast)
- The episode
- THE HERD – HOUR 2 – Herd Hierarchy: Are the Cowboys Top 10? | Eagles Have A Catastrophic Situation At Head Coach
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- SaidOct 6
- PlayedOct 8
- GradedOct 9
- 1Dallas Cowboys to beat Tampa Bay“Dallas at home should polish off Tampa Bay.”
- 2Power Rankings“The top 10 NFL teams, according to college number 10... I'm going to put Dallas at number 10... I have the Colts at nine... Atlanta at number eight... I have the Rams at seven... I have them at number six [Bills]... I trust Ben Johnson and the Bears [five]... The Jags have figured out how to use Travis Hunter. I have them at four... Kansas City... I have them at three... That's kind of what Seattle is [two]... Number one... the 49ers”
- 3Drake London to finish top 6 at his position, by an unstated measure“Drake London's a top five or six receiver.”
Box score
HitCloseMissWaiting| Verdict | Call | Kind | What happened | Score | Naive | Skill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dallas Cowboys to beat Tampa Bay1 | Game Outcome Picks | Buccaneers 24–16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| “The top 10 NFL teams, according to college number 10... I'm…”2 | Power Rankings | — | — | — | — | |
| Drake London to finish top 6 at his position, by an unstated measure3 | Positional Finishes | — | — | — | — | |
| 3 calls · 1 miss · 2 waiting | 0 | 0 | ||||
Game calls show that game’s closing betting line under their grade: a dated fact from nflverse, for context and never part of a grade. MissedTakes takes no bets and earns nothing from any sportsbook.
How each call scored
a naive guessbetter than naive3 checkable claims — 1 game outcome pick, 1 positional finish and 1 power ranking — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
It names 3 players and teams, each linked to their own record.
1 of 3 have settled so far, averaging 0 out of 100, against 0 for a naive guess at the same calls.
Each 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 calls; the gap, weighted by how hard the call was, is the skill.
1Game Outcome PicksDallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys to beat Tampa Bay
What happenedBuccaneers 24–16Buccaneers at Cowboys0Miss · naive 00this call−0a naive guess=0better than naive×1.78difficulty=0skillClosing line (Oct 8): Cowboys by 9.5 · favorite pick, Cowboys about 4 in 5 (81%).
Think this is wrong?How this was scored
- won:
- TB
- score:
- 24-16
- skill:
- 0
- they picked:
- DAL
- season:
- 2026
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 0
- the naive pick:
- DAL
- difficulty:
- 1.78
- weeks in the season:
- 18
- weeks left when called:
- 14
“The top 10 NFL teams, according to college number 10... I'm going to put Dallas at number 10... I have the Colts at nine... Atlanta at number eight... I have the Rams at seven... I have them at number six [Bills]... I trust Ben Johnson and the Bears [five]... The Jags have figured out how to use Travis Hunter. I have them at four... Kansas City... I have them at three... That's kind of what Seattle is [two]... Number one... the 49ers”
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
3Positional FinishesDrake LondonAtlanta Falcons
Drake London to finish top 6 at his position, by an unstated measure
VerdictWaitingNot settled yet. This is graded once the result is in.
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