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
101–125 of 550
Sports Illustrated Ranking: 5 | Last week: 1 — Connor Orr dropped Seattle four spots
USA Today Ranking: 3 | Last week: 3 — Nate Davis kept Seattle where they were
Bleacher Report Ranking: 6 | Last week: 3 — Mo Moton says the Seahawks need to regroup
- PendingBrady HendersonPower Rankings2026 season
ESPN Ranking: 4 | Last week: 3 ... Brady Henderson discussed the biggest problem for the Seattle defense
Waiting on the season to settle this.said Oct 14, 2026 he held firm on their spot in his weekly MMQB NFL power rankings, leaving the Giants at No. 21 ahead of Week 6.
Sports Illustrated: 14th ... Sports Illustrated's Conor Orr has the Texans at their highest spot in these consensus rankings by far.
ESPN: 21st ... ESPN 's writers were polled this week on their power rankings, where the Texans saw themselves right outside of the top 20.
FOX Sports: 23rd ... Ralph Vacchiano gives the Texans a nice boost of three spots
NFL.com: 25th ... Houston finally won a game, and Shook drops them back down to 25.
The Athletic: 21st ... Josh Kendall and Chad Graff continue the trend of placing Houston right outside of the top 20
The Athletic: 21st ... Josh Kendall and Chad Graff continue the trend of placing Houston right outside of the top 20
CBS Sports: 23rd ... Pete Prisco made sure to have some praise for Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud
Bleacher Report — Power ranking: 16th, Previous ranking: 18th
Fansided — Power ranking: 21st, Previous ranking: 21st
Sporting News — Power ranking: 13th, Previous ranking: 18th
USA Today — Power ranking: 12th, Previous ranking: 15th
Sports Illustrated — Power ranking: 11th, Previous ranking: 18th
The Athletic — Power ranking: 12th, Previous ranking: 12th
ESPN — Power ranking: 11th, Previous ranking: 16th
Fox Sports — Power ranking: 14th, Previous ranking: 16th
PFT's Week 6 2026 NFL power rankings, listing all 32 teams from 1. 49ers through 32. Dolphins.
Rk Teams Chg Rcrd — 1 49ers ... 32 Dolphins (Week 6 Power Rankings)
32. Tennessee Titans ... 1. San Francisco 49ers — Week 6 power rankings
Here's this week's top 10, starting with the NFC East leaders. 10. New York Giants ... 1. San Francisco 49ers
1. Kansas City Chiefs (4-0) ... 32. Miami Dolphins (0-4)
By topic
NFL — power rankings (162 graded)
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