NFL Power Rankings: Week 9

The Jets got a win! Baltimore back on track, maybe? But not a single change in the top ten.

#1 DETROIT LIONS (5-2)

Last Week: #1, BYE

Lions hold the top spot through their bye week

This Week: vs #23 Minnesota

#2 INDIANAPOLIS COLTS (7-1)

Last Week: #2, won vs #31 Tennessee, 38-14

Colts are rolling & Jonathan Taylor should be in the MVP conversation.

This Week: at #13 Pittsburgh

#3 PHILADELPHIA EAGLES (6-2)

Last Week: #3, won vs #26 NY Giants, 38-20

Philly is looking like the team to beat again.

This Week: BYE

#4 LOS ANGELES RAMS (5-2)

Last Week: #4, BYE

Rams come out of their bye looking to take control of the NFC West.

This Week: vs #31 New Orleans

#5 KANSAS CITY CHIEFS (5-3)

Last Week: #5, won vs #16 Washington, 28-7

KC may, once again, be the team to beat in the AFC.

This Week: at #10 Buffalo

#6 GREEN BAY PACKERS (5-1-1)

Last Week: #6, won at #11 Pittsburgh, 35-25

Packers played their best game since week two.

This Week: vs #19 Carolina

#7 TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (6-2)

Last Week: #7, won at #28 New Orleans, 23-3

Bucs reach their bye with a chance to get healthy for the stretch drive.

This Week: BYE

#8 DENVER BRONCOS (6-2)

Last Week: #8, won vs #21 Dallas, 44-24

That might have been Denver’s most complete & impressive victory yet.

This Week: at #20 Houston

#9 SEATTLE SEAHAWKS (5-2)

Last Week: #9, BYE

Seattle comes out of their bye looking to fight for the NFC West crown.

This Week: at #18 Washington

#10 BUFFALO BILLS (5-2)

Last Week: #10, won at #18 Carolina, 40-9

Buffalo dominated Carolina and a back up QB, now they get KC & Mahomes.

This Week: vs #5 Kansas City

#11 NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS (6-2) +1

Last Week: #12, won vs #25 Cleveland, 32-13

The Patriots are for real.

This Week: vs #21 Atlanta

#12 LOS ANGELES CHARGERS (5-3) +3

Last Week: #15, won vs #20 Minnesota, 37-10

Chargers got Joe Alt back and they looked like their early season form.

This Week: at #32 Tennessee

#13 PITTSBURGH STEELERS (4-3) -2

Last Week: #11, lost vs #6 Green Bay, 35-25

Steelers are starting to stumble just as Baltimore is getting healthy.

This Week: vs #2 Indianapolis

#14 CHICAGO BEARS (4-3) -1

Last Week: #13, lost at #23 Baltimore, 30-16

The loss to Baltimore exposed some deficiencies on the Bears.

This Week: at #24 Cincinnati

#15 SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS (5-3) -1

Last Week: #14, lost at #22 Houston, 26-15

The road doesn’t get any easier for the Niners in a tough NFC West.

This Week: at #26 NY Giants

#16 BALTIMORE RAVENS (2-5) +7

Last Week: #23, won vs #13 Chicago, 30-16

Ravens are getting healthy and the rest of the AFC North are coming back to them.

This Week: at #28 Miami

#17 JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (4-3)

Last Week: #17, BYE

Does Jacksonville come out of the bye ready for a playoff push or ready to fade away?

This Week: at #29 Las Vegas

#18 WASHINGTON COMMANDERS (3-5) -2

Last Week: #16, lost at #5 Kansas City, 28-7

Washington’s season seems on the brink of collapse.

This Week: vs #9 Seattle

#19 CAROLINA PANTHERS (4-4) -1

Last Week: #18, lost vs #10 Buffalo, 40-9

Carolina wasn’t competitive without Bryce Young.

This Week: at #6 Green Bay

#20 HOUSTON TEXANS (3-4) +2

Last Week: #22, won vs #14 San Francisco, 26-15

Houston had its best offensive showing of the season.

This Week: vs #8 Denver

#21 ATLANTA FALCONS (3-4) -2

Last Week: #19, lost vs #30 Miami, 34-10

Just can’t trust this Falcons team.

This Week: at #11 New England

#22 DALLAS COWBOYS (3-4-1) -1

Last Week: #21, lost at #8 Denver, 44-24

Dallas is a completely different team on the road.

This Week: vs #27 Arizona

#23 MINNESOTA VIKINGS (3-4) -3

Last Week: #20, lost at #15 LA Chargers, 37-10

The Vikings are quickly falling out of the playoff hunt.

This Week: at #1 Detroit

#24 CINCINNATI BENGALS (3-5)

Last Week: #24, lost vs #32 NY Jets, 39-38

This might have been the loss that completely sunk the Bengals season.

This Week: vs #14 Chicago

#25 CLEVELAND BROWNS (2-5)

Last Week: #25, lost at #12 New England, 32-13

Browns may want to get Shedeur Sanders some action because I don’t think Gabriel is the answer.

This Week: BYE

#26 NEW YORK GIANTS (2-5)

Last Week: #26, lost at #3 Philadelphia, 38-20

Losing a game is one thing, losing Skattebo is another.

This Week: vs #15 San Francisco

#27 ARIZONA CARDINALS (2-5)

Last Week: #27, BYE

Coming out of their bye, the question is how long until the Cardinals fire their head coach?

This Week: at #22 Dallas

#28 MIAMI DOLPHINS (2-6) +2

Last Week: #30, won at #19 Atlanta, 34-10

The Dolphins saved McDaniel’s job for another week at least.

This Week: vs #16 Baltimore

#29 LAS VEGAS RAIDERS (2-5)

Last Week: #29, BYE

Do the Raiders have any fight coming out of their bye?

This Week: vs #17 Jacksonville

#30 NEW YORK JETS (1-7) +2

Last Week: #32, won at #24 Cincinnati, 39-38

Jets finally won a game, but the season is still lost.

This Week: BYE

# 31 NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (1-6) -3

Last Week: #28, lost vs 7 Tampa Bay, 23-3

Did we see a QB changing of the guard in New Orleans?

This Week: at #4 LA Rams

#32 TENNESSEE TITANS (1-6) -1

Last Week: #31, lost at #2 Indianapolis, 38-14

Tennessee is just not a competitive team right now.

This Week: vs #12 LA Chargers

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