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Power Rankings

Scored under the published methodology, which sets out what counts as right, what a naive guess would have said, and why an earlier call is worth more than a late one.

Takes logged
550
Graded
162

29% settled

Average accuracy
63.0

out of 100

Pundits
117

have made one

How these calls land

Every graded call of this kind, bucketed by score.

Takes in each band

020406080
0 — dead wrongscore out of 100100 — nailed it
58 scored 80+35 scored under 40

Settled or waiting

162 / 550

graded

388 still pending

By season

  • 20208 of 8 graded
  • 20211 of 1 graded
  • 20231 of 1 graded
  • 202422 of 22 graded
  • 2025130 of 131 graded
  • 20260 of 387 graded

Who is good at power rankings

MissedTakes score for this kind of prediction only — accuracy measured against what a naive guess would have scored. Zero means no better than guessing.

provisionalRatings this early are samples, not reputations — the methodology sets out how many articles it takes before we call one settled.

By publisher

The same record pooled across everyone writing under one banner.

Every power rankings take

401–425 of 550

  • Hit · 89Mike GarafoloPower Rankings2025 season

    So I got the Chargers at six... The Pittsburgh Steelers are number five... they are playing in the Houston Texans... I'm going to put the number one rushing defense here [Jaguars]... I'm gonna put the Patriots here... So I put them at number two, number one. Let's go Buffalo

    a naive guess scored 20+68.57 skillsaid Jan 6, 2026the article →
  • Hit · 85Kyle BrandtPower Rankings2025 season

    number six. I have Pittsburgh... I have the charges... Houston... I have them all the way at number four... Next at number three, I got the Pats... I have Buffalo at the number two... I got du Ball County the Jaguars at number one

    Los Angeles Chargers

    a naive guess scored 15+70 skillsaid Jan 6, 2026the article →
  • Hit · 83Rich EisenPower Rankings2025 season

    My week 16 power rankings presented by Sonos... I'm keeping the bears here at ten... And the Packers are down four spots to nine... Number eight, up one spot, I'm putting the Jacksonville Jaguars eighth... Number seven on the list though, up one spot, I'm putting the Texans... Number six, up one spot, the niners are here... Number five, down three spots. I'm keeping the Pats in my top five... Number four on the list, up two spots are the Buffalo Bills... Up one spot to three of the Seahawks... Up one spot of the Broncos at two... but I'm keeping the Rams at one.

    a naive guess scored 41.21+48.93 skillsaid Dec 17, 2025the article →
  • Hit · 95Gregg RosenthalPower Rankings2025 season

    Let's do the power rankings bottom to top... number thirty two, the Las Vegas Raiders... The Tennessee Titans at thirty one, Jets thirty. The Commanders... twenty ninth... The Giants at twenty eight, Cardinals twenty seven... Brown's at twenty six... the eighth worst team in the NFL... the Falcons here at twenty four... Viking to or twenty three. The Colts all the way down at twenty two... the Bengals are even as high as twenty... the Steelers at seventeen, the Ravens at eighteen, the Panthers at nineteen... the Chiefs at fifteen, the Cowboys at fourteen, and the Eagles at thirteen... forty nine Ers at nine... Chargers at ten, Bears eleven, Jaguars twelve... at eight [Lions]... the Patriots down at seven... tied with the Broncos... the Bills and the Texans tied at fourth... had the Bills ahead of the Texans... we had the exact same one two, three, Rams, Seahawks, and Packers

    a naive guess scored 66.41+34.58 skillsaid Dec 12, 2025the article →
  • Close · 76Rich EisenPower Rankings2025 season

    These are my week 15 power rankings presented by Sonos... Number 10 on the list... I still don't put the Chicago Bears at ten... I'm putting the Jacksonville Jaguars on this list at nine... So they're eighth on this list [Texans]... I'm popping the Niners up two spots to seven... I'm putting the Bills right here [six]... I have the Packers at five... the Seattle Seahawks are there at four... I'm putting the Denver Broncos at three... The Patriots are two... I'm putting the Rams as the best team in football

    a naive guess scored 41.21+42.88 skillsaid Dec 10, 2025the article →
  • Close · 77Rich EisenPower Rankings2025 season

    I'm putting the Texans on this list for the first time... I'm putting the 40 niners at nine... I'm putting the Eagles here [eight]... I'm putting the Cowboys at seven... The Packers are at six... at five is the bears... I'm putting the Seahawks at four... I'm putting the Broncos here at three... I'm putting the Rams here at two, and your Patriots, Chris, are the first time at number one.

    a naive guess scored 46.67+38.79 skillsaid Dec 3, 2025the article →
  • Miss · 0Chris BrockmanPower Rankings2025 season

    Rams. The pack is back. Green Bay is the best team in the NFC.

    a naive guess scored 37.5-49.87 skillsaid Dec 1, 2025the article →
  • Hit · 90Rich EisenPower Rankings2025 season

    Power rankings presented by Sonos week 13... Number 10 on my power rankings list... the Dallas Cowboys... Number nine on the list... I'm putting the Lions here... They're eighth on the list... The Ravens are seven... Bears are six. Seahawks, no change... Number four on the list... the Eagles... Number three, no change coming off a bye because the Broncos... up two spots are your patriots... And number one, the Rams are staying

    a naive guess scored 45.45+58.84 skillsaid Nov 26, 2025the article →
  • PendingChris BrockmanPower Rankings2025 season

    But in terms of this list, I mean, I would have Green Bay probably 10, maybe Casey nine.

    Kansas City Chiefs

    Waiting on the season to settle this.said Nov 26, 2025the article →
  • Close · 50Rich EisenPower Rankings2025 season

    the Rams, as I've mentioned in the last two power rankings, is the best team in football

    a naive guess scored 100-69.5 skillsaid Nov 21, 2025the article →
  • Close · 79Rich EisenPower Rankings2025 season

    Colts, six. Bills, seven. Ravens, eight. Bears, nine. Lions, 10. ... I'm putting the eagles at two ... And then I'm keeping the rams at one.

    a naive guess scored 35.76+59.81 skillsaid Nov 19, 2025the article →
  • Close · 50Rich EisenPower Rankings2025 season

    And, thus, I agree with you. The Rams are the best team in the NFL. This is not an overreaction

    a naive guess scored 100-72 skillsaid Nov 17, 2025the article →
  • Close · 50Chris BrockmanPower Rankings2025 season

    The Rams are the best team in the NFL.

    a naive guess scored 100-72 skillsaid Nov 17, 2025the article →
  • Close · 50Rich EisenPower Rankings2025 season

    And then there's the Rams who are top my power rankings because they are playing the best football, I believe, on both sides of the ball because Matthew Stafford is as red hot as a quarterback has ever been.

    a naive guess scored 100-72 skillsaid Nov 14, 2025the article →
  • Hit · 82Rich EisenPower Rankings2025 season

    Number 10, the four and five Baltimore Ravens are on this list... put up number nine. They are the Chiefs... Los Angeles chargers at eight... They're seventh on the list [Broncos]... Detroit Lions... I'm putting the Colts here... Up one spot, the Seattle Seahawks... I'm putting your patriots here... the Eagles here at two... the Rams for the first time this year are atop my power rankings

    a naive guess scored 22.42+85.53 skillsaid Nov 12, 2025the article →
  • Close · 60Richard ShermanPower Rankings2025 season

    The Seattle Seahawks will be the number one spot this week in my power rankings... because number two is going to the Philadelphia Eagles... Number three, I got the Rams. Number four, the New England Patriots... and number five with an MVPAK candidate in the backfield, the Indianapolis Coats.

    Indianapolis Colts

    a naive guess scored 30+43.2 skillsaid Nov 12, 2025the article →
  • Close · 54Nick ShookPower Rankings2025 season

    You had the Chiefs won, and that was the rising the Seahawks, two, Eagle three... Bills are lower for me than five. Actually had them at six... I had the Ravens all the way up at eleven... I had the Patriots at eleven, you had them at ten... You had them nineteen, I had him seventeen

    a naive guess scored 23.21+45.54 skillsaid Nov 7, 2025the article →
  • Hit · 86Gregg RosenthalPower Rankings2025 season

    You had them nineteen, I had him seventeen... You had the Ravens at eleven. I had him at fifteen... I had the Patriots at eleven, you had them at ten... I had the Colts still at four... I hadem one, you had them two... Raiders fans out there, I had you thirtieth going into this game

    a naive guess scored 48.57+55.71 skillsaid Nov 7, 2025the article →
  • Hit · 86Gregg RosenthalPower Rankings2025 season

    They gone dead last Tennessee Titans... The New Orleans Saints second to last, thirty one... number thirty the Jets twenty nine Raiders... Washington Commanders... twenty eight. We got the Dolphins at twenty seven, Shooks Browns... twenty six, and then the Giants at twenty five... number twenty four the Cincinnati Bengals... The Cowboys at twenty three, Falcons at twenty two, the Carolina Panthers... twenty one, Texans at twenty, Cardinals at nineteen. Eighteen for the Chicago Bears and seventeen of the Jacksonville Jaguars... Number sixteen, the Vikings... the Chargers are at fifteen... The forty nine Ers fourteen, Ravens all the way up to thirteen... The Steelers at twelve, Broncos at eleven, and Patriots at ten... Number nine the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Number eight is Green Bay... Number seven, the Detroit Lions, number six, We have the Colts five, the Buffalo Bills. The Chiefs... ahead of the Bills... number three, the LA Rams, number two Philadelphia Eagles, and number one the Seattle Seahawks

    Los Angeles Rams

    a naive guess scored 66.67+28.82 skillsaid Nov 7, 2025the article →
  • Hit · 83Rich EisenPower Rankings2025 season

    My week 10 power rankings presented by Sonos... Number nine on this list, I knocked them down all the way from one. The lions... Number eight, down five spots are the Packers... Number seven, down five spots are the Indianapolis Colts... I moved them up three spots to six [Bills]... Number five, new to the list [Seahawks]... The New England Patriots are four... Number three... the Broncos... Up five spots. I'm putting the Rams here... And then number one... the Eagles

    a naive guess scored 23.64+89.09 skillsaid Nov 5, 2025the article →
  • Miss · 0Nick WrightPower Rankings2025 season

    Listen, I just think the Chiefs are the best team in the league

    a naive guess scored 0+0 skillsaid Oct 31, 2025the article →
  • Miss · 0Chris BrockmanPower Rankings2025 season

    I I I mighta had Indy one, Green Bay two.

    a naive guess scored 100-156 skillsaid Oct 29, 2025the article →
  • Miss · 34Rich EisenPower Rankings2025 season

    Number 10 on the list are the Bucks down one spot... the Bills... they're now at nine... I'm keeping the patriots at eight... number seven is? The Rams... Eagles... Down to six... cracking my top five... are the Denver Broncos... I kept the Chiefs right where they are at four. I kept the Packers right where they are at three. I kept the Colts right where they are at two... The Lions lead my power rankings entering week number nine.

    a naive guess scored 25.45+13.24 skillsaid Oct 29, 2025the article →
  • Miss · 29Rich EisenPower Rankings2025 season

    Alright. Here are my week eight power rankings presented by Sonos... The Bills are a 10... down eight spots to number nine [Buccaneers]... Up two spots. I'm putting the Patriots here... Number seven [Broncos]... the five and two Los Angeles Rams... They're sixth on my list... Number five... are the Philadelphia Eagles... the Kansas City Chiefs... Number four... Number three is the number one team in the NFC right now... Number four one and one Green Bay Packers... Number two on this list. Up one spot are the team with the best record in the NFL and the Indianapolis Colts... I just have the lines, number one

    Detroit Lions

    a naive guess scored 23.33+9.39 skillsaid Oct 22, 2025the article →
  • Miss · 0Chris BrockmanPower Rankings2025 season

    Chiefs are the best team in the NFL. That's your statement? Yep.

    a naive guess scored 0+0 skillsaid Oct 20, 2025the article →

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