Rich Eisen#38 of 87 NFL pundits · Oct 7, 2026

Eisen revealed their Week 5 NFL power rankings, installing the 49ers at No. 1 ahead of the Chiefs, keeping the 2-2 Rams in their top 10 and dropping the Broncos off the list entirely. They also expect the Cowboys to blow out a winless, Baker Mayfield-less Buccaneers team.

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0Average accuracyout of 100, across 1 call

0A naive guessthe same calls, no knowledge

1Games calledeveryone’s picks below

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And my new number one atop my power rankings are the San Francisco forty niners.

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Where it was said: The Rich Eisen Show (podcast)
The episode: Hour 1: Week 5 NFL Power Rankings, plus Kurt Warner Talks Maye, Nix, Eagles & Mor
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SaidOct 7
PlayedOct 8
GradedOct 9

1Dallas Cowboys to beat Tampa Bay Buccaneers“Defensively, they've got a backup quarterback in their house. And a team that hasn't won yet, they should destroy Tampa with all due respect to the Bucks”
2Power Rankings“My week five power rankings brought to you by SoFi... Number 10 on the list... I'm keeping the Raiders 10... the two and two Rams are ninth on this list... Number eight on the list. Up one spot, the Chicago Bears... Up one spot, the Jacksonville Jaguars are here... So the Bills are six... The Ravens are fifth... The Vikings are four... Number three, up three spots of the defending Super Bowl champs... Number two, up one spot are the chiefs. And my new number one atop my power rankings are the San Francisco forty niners.”

Box score

HitCloseMissWaiting

Call	Kind	What happened	Score	Naive	Skill
Dallas Cowboys to beat Tampa Bay Buccaneers¹	Game Outcome Picks	Buccaneers 24–16	0	0	0
“My week five power rankings brought to you by SoFi... Number 10…”²	Power Rankings	—	—	—	—
2 calls · 1 miss · 1 waiting			0	0

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How each call scored

a naive guessbetter than naive

2 checkable claims — 1 game outcome pick and 1 power ranking — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.

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1 of 2 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 Picks Dallas Cowboys
Dallas Cowboys to beat Tampa Bay Buccaneers
What happenedBuccaneers 24–16Buccaneers at Cowboys
0Miss · naive 0
0this call0a naive guess0better than naive1.78difficulty0skill
Closing line (Oct 8): Cowboys by 9.5 · favorite pick, Cowboys about 4 in 5 (81%).
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
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2Power Rankings Seattle Seahawks
“My week five power rankings brought to you by SoFi... Number 10 on the list... I'm keeping the Raiders 10... the two and two Rams are ninth on this list... Number eight on the list. Up one spot, the Chicago Bears... Up one spot, the Jacksonville Jaguars are here... So the Bills are six... The Ravens are fifth... The Vikings are four... Number three, up three spots of the defending Super Bowl champs... Number two, up one spot are the chiefs. And my new number one atop my power rankings are the San Francisco forty niners.”
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