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
- Average accuracy
- 63.0
- Pundits
- 117
29% settled
out of 100
have made one
How these calls land
Takes in each band
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
- Jamie Erdahl100 accuracy · 1 graded+100.0
- Anthony Gargano75 accuracy · 1 graded+75.0
- Akbar Gbaja-Biamila75 accuracy · 2 graded+62.5
- Peter Schrager63 accuracy · 2 graded+50.0
- Kyle Brandt71 accuracy · 4 graded+48.3
- Nick Shook54 accuracy · 1 graded+45.5
- Manti Te'o67 accuracy · 3 graded+40.5
- Colin Cowherd69 accuracy · 21 graded+33.7
- Tony Dungy49 accuracy · 1 graded+28.6
- Marcus Mosher85 accuracy · 10 graded+25.8
- Danny Parkins70 accuracy · 1 graded+23.8
- Ryan Reynolds83 accuracy · 1 graded+23.3
- Richard Sherman50 accuracy · 4 graded+20.8
- Jonas Knox76 accuracy · 8 graded+20.0
- Gregg Rosenthal83 accuracy · 5 graded+18.1
- Ron Rivera86 accuracy · 1 graded+17.1
- Rich Eisen62 accuracy · 34 graded+9.3
- Mike Garafolo49 accuracy · 2 graded+9.2
- TJ Jefferson71 accuracy · 7 graded+5.7
- Ralph Vacchiano67 accuracy · 1 graded+1.4
- Nick Wright0 accuracy · 3 graded+0.0
- Dan Patrick10 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Mike Mayock100 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Cooper Eisen0 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- John Middlekauff100 accuracy · 1 graded+0.0
- Seth Rollins65 accuracy · 2 graded-15.9
- Daniel Jeremiah35 accuracy · 1 graded-16.7
- The Miz47 accuracy · 1 graded-17.0
- Aaron Schatz55 accuracy · 2 graded-25.0
- LaVar Arrington57 accuracy · 8 graded-27.5
- Chris Brockman53 accuracy · 16 graded-28.8
- Bucky Brooks0 accuracy · 1 graded-75.2
provisionalRatings this early are samples, not reputations — the methodology sets out how many articles it takes before we call one settled.
By publisher
- Fox Sports Radio (podcast)77.5 · 2 graded
- The Herd with Colin Cowherd (podcast)69.5 · 22 graded
- The 33rd Team84.6 · 11 graded
- The Richard Sherman Podcast (podcast)50.0 · 4 graded
- Move the Sticks (podcast)53.5 · 23 graded
- The Rich Eisen Show (podcast)62.2 · 55 graded
- Around the NFL (podcast)69.4 · 7 graded
- The Dan Patrick Show (podcast)38.5 · 2 graded
- What's Wright? with Nick Wright (podcast)0.0 · 3 graded
- 3 and Out with John Middlekauff (podcast)100.0 · 1 graded
- 2 Pros and a Cup of Joe (podcast)66.3 · 16 graded
- The Draft Network33.4 · 9 graded
- Overreaction Monday (podcast)27.5 · 7 graded
Every power rankings take
76–100 of 550
Sports Illustrated's Conor Orr has them at No. 11.
Pro Football Talk: 9th — The Packers are up two spots in Mike Florio's rankings.
ESPN: 11th — The Packers are up three spots in ESPN's rankings, which are selected by its team beat writers.
CBS: 12th — Pete Prisco inched the Packers up two spots in his rankings.
Packers On SI's Consensus Power Rankings: 1, San Francisco 49ers ... 32, Miami Dolphins (253 points).
The Athletic: 13th — The Packers moved up one spot by Chad Graff and Josh Kendall in their rankings.
Fox Sports: 14th — The Packers zoomed up eight spots from No. 22 in Ralph Vacchiano's rankings.
NFL.com: 15th — The Packers gained one spot in Nick Shook's rankings.
The Athletic: 13th — The Packers moved up one spot by Chad Graff and Josh Kendall in their rankings.
Pete Prisco, CBS Sports — Ranking: 13 | Last week: 15
Nate Davis, USA TODAY — Ranking: 4 | Last week: 10
NFL Nation, ESPN — Ranking: 9 | Last week: 13
Conor Orr, Sports Illustrated — Ranking: 5 | Last week: 13
Rk Teams Chg Rcrd 1 49ers ... 32 Dolphins | The bye week was good to them.
2026 NFL Power Rankings Week 7 — 32. Miami Dolphins ... 1. San Francisco 49ers
The Carolina Panthers came into the game ranked 21st by Sporting News' Vinnie Iyer. Now, after winning an ugly one against the Philadelphia Eagles, Carolina has surged up to 17th in the league.
Monday Morning NFL Top 10 Rankings — 10. Chicago Bears; 9. Cleveland Browns; 8. Green Bay Packers; 7. Denver Broncos; 6. New England Patriots; 5. Jacksonville Jaguars; 4. Buffalo Bills; 3. Minnesota Vikings; 2. Kansas City Chiefs; 1. San Francisco 49ers
And the Tennessee Titans, I think everybody's expecting to remain the Tennessee Shiteens for the rest of the season. Yeah. Absolutely. And it looks like there's about 10 to miles of shite before they're gonna find their way out of that.
Here are Brady's top 10 teams in the NFL ahead of Week 6. 10. Detroit Lions ... 1. San Francisco 49ers
Top 5 On The West Side — 5. Las Vegas Raiders; 4. Denver Broncos; 3. Seattle Seahawks; 2. San Francisco 49ers; 1. Kansas City Chiefs
At number one in my power ranks, the faithful, the 49ers out of San Francisco... Second on my list coming off the bye is the Kansas City Chiefs... Then, re-emerging in my top five, the Buffalo Bills... At four, Duval, the Jacksonville Jaguars... Give me the Vikings at five.
You didn't miss anything this week, Mitchell. Usually you got a few off. Right now we're identical twins
My week six power rankings brought to you by SoFi... Number 10 on my power rankings list are the two and three rounds [Rams]... I'm putting the Broncos here at nine. Back on the list at eight are your patriots... Number seven... I keep the Jacksonville Jaguars right here... Number six, this is where I'm putting the defending Super Bowl champion Seahawks... Up one spot and putting the Bills right here... one spot I'm putting the Ravens... Putting the Vikings here... at three... Two with no change... the Chiefs... And then one is the forty niners
There is no change atop Pete Prisco's NFL Power Rankings this week... 3. Vikings (--) 4. Jaguars (↑1) 8. Broncos (↑3) 9. Bengals (↑5) 11. Patriots (↑4) 12. Lions (↑8) 15. Bears (↓7)
The Athletic Ranking: 6 | Last week: 3
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