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
126–150 of 550
- PendingNFL NationPower Rankings2026 season
To form the list, our power panel of more than a dozen NFL analysts evaluates how all 32 teams stack up against one another. ... 1. San Francisco 49ers ... 32. Miami Dolphins
Waiting on the season to settle this.said Oct 10, 2026 The San Francisco 49ers are playing the best football... number two, we're going to go with Kansas city chiefs... number three, I'm going to go with the Seattle Seahawks... Number four... the Jacksonville Jaguars... And number five, it got to go with the Bears.
I got the San Francisco 49ers... they're number one in my power ranks... Number two, the Kansas City Chiefs... At number three... The Seattle Seahawks... At number four, the Chicago Bears... Give me the Jacksonville Jaguars at number five.
Top five teams in the NFL... I think in no order, Seattle and San Francisco have to be in that top five, and I think the best three teams in the AFC are currently the Chiefs, the Bills, and the Jags.
Fox Sports: 23rd — had the hometown heroes pummeting the most, eight spots.
Sports Illustrated: 25th — SI's Conor Orr put things in perspective after dropping the Saints four notches in his rankings.
PFT: 25th — Mike Florio slid the Saints six spots
Yahoo! Sports: 23rd — A five rank drop for the Saints
- PendingKatherine TerrellPower Rankings2026 season
ESPN: 21st — A three spot slide is given to New Orleans here, with Katherine Terrell saying...
Waiting on the season to settle this.said Oct 8, 2026 CBS Sports: 23rd ... Pete Prisco says, "Atlanta beat them up badly on Monday night..."
Saints On SI Composite Rankings into Week 4 ... 1 - San Francisco ... 32 - Tennessee
The Athletic: 25th — A five-spot drop, and pointing to a lack of production in the first two quarters
NFL.com: 20th — Dropping four spots, these guys DID watch MNF, calling the Saints defense "a sieve."
Tier 5: The Dregs — Miami Dolphins, Tennessee Titans ... Tier 4: Probably Not That Good ... Tier 3: Probably About Average ... Tier 2: Probably Pretty Good — Baltimore Ravens, Chicago Bears, Cincinnati Bengals, Dallas Cowboys, Minnesota Vikings ... Tier 1: The Inner Circle (For Now) — Buffalo Bills, Jacksonville Jaguars, Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Rams, San Francisco 49ers, Seattle Seahawks
The San Francisco 49ers are playing the best football... Number two, we're going to go with the Kansas City Chiefs... number three, I'm going to go with the Seattle Seahawks... Number four... the Jacksonville Jaguars... And number five, it got to go with the Bears.
I got the San Francisco 49ers... they're number one in my power ranks. Number two, the Kansas City Chiefs... At number three... the Seattle Seahawks... At number four, the Chicago Bears... Give me the Jacksonville Jaguars at number five.
Here's Brady's full top 10. 10. Las Vegas Raiders ... 9. Los Angeles Rams ... 8. Chicago Bears ... 7. Buffalo Bills ... 6. Baltimore Ravens ... 5. Jacksonville Jaguars ... 4. Seattle Seahawks ... 3. Minnesota Vikings ... 2. Kansas City Chiefs ... 1. San Francisco 49ers
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.
25. Cardinals (↓2) 26. Texans (↑1) 27. Chargers (↓3) 28. Commanders (--) 29. Jets (↑1) ... the Falcons look completely rejuvenated with a healthy signal-caller and are up two spots to No. 19.
Let's take a look at your teams one through eight... up at number one, same as last week, it is the Niners. You got the Chiefs. They are number two. Then Seahawks, Ravens, Broncos, Jags, Bills... And Cowboys. [...] The Bengals down one spot... Bears, the Vikings down two... Raiders... at 12. The Rams, they stood pat at 13. The Carolina Panthers... at 14. Same with the Falcons... at 15. And then the Lions down two at 16. [...] The Browns... remain at 17. The Patriots up 13 spots at 18. You have the Giants, then the Saints, then the Eagles down six spots. The Colts at 22... The Texans up one, and then the Jets down six. [...] You have the Steelers, the Cardinals, the Packers, the Commanders down seven spots, Dolphins, Bucks, Chargers down four spots, and at 32, it's the Titans.
Here are Cowherd's Week 4 Herd Hierarchy rankings: 10. Dallas Cowboys ... 1. San Francisco 49ers
enough to prompt SI's Conor Orr to move the Giants from No. 24 last week to No. 21 in this week’s MMQB NFL power rankings
So I have the Jaguars at one, Chiefs at two, Ravens at three, Bills at four, and I threw in the Patriots at five.
I had Seahawks one, forty niners two, Rams Rams three, and Cowboys four, and Bears five.
NFC, I had San Francisco one, Seattle two, Los Angeles Rams three... I have the Minnesota Vikings four, and then I have the Dallas Cowboys five.
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