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Power Rankings are a living, breathing human entity. Like any human, some days the Power Rankings are excited. Some days the Power Rankings are sympathetic and loving. Some days the Power Rankings are empathetic. Some days the Power Rankings had a little too much to drink and said something they probably shouldn’t have about their sister’s ex-boyfriend at a family gathering (whatever, he sucks). And sometimes, the Power Rankings can be angry.
If you read my piece on the Jaguars’ trade deadline moves Monday, you can probably tell there is a lack of patience when it comes to teams that are simply trying to exist at this moment in time. Football is an incredible game attended by mostly hard-working people who grind five to seven days a week and need three hours to blow off steam. They deserve to see an operation on the field that is operating at full throttle—with the absolute intent to win a Super Bowl right in this very moment or very soon. So, you’ll notice a bit of a shakeup here as we head into Week 10. Moving up are teams—regardless of record—that show grit and aggression. Down are teams that are planning faraway vacations at their Virgin Islands cabana.
Last week’s ranking: No. 3
Last week’s result: beat Ravens, 33–10
This week: at Titans
As I was writing this about the Jaguars today, Liam Coen was saying this:
We got better today.#DUUUVAL pic.twitter.com/4tsOwpru8x
— Jacksonville Jaguars (@Jaguars) November 10, 2026
Last week’s ranking: No. 2
Last week’s result: beat Buccaneers, 27–24
This week: idle
More Jeffery Simmons mythmaking in Chicago, Volume II: Daring an offensive lineman to block him without a chipper and then throwing said person into another universe. The Bears most certainly fit my requirements for a team making every effort to go to the Super Bowl.
Last week’s ranking: No. 1
Last week’s result: beat Vikings, 23–6
This week: at Jets
A knock-it-out victory for the Bills, who successfully ground down the machine-like Vikings defense. It felt like a final boss video game battle where you need to land hundreds of body shots before the wheels started falling off and smoke started pouring from the behemoth.
Last week’s ranking: No. 5
Last week’s result: beat Raiders, 38–17
This week: at Cowboys
The 49ers are on an incredible run and, yet, there were more than 10 arrests and 40 ejections in Sunday’s rivalry game against the Raiders. Good on Levi’s Stadium security for getting the jerks out of there. A football game should be a safe space for all.
Last week’s ranking: No. 8
Last week’s result: beat Patriots, 45–27
This week: vs. Vikings
Here’s why I love what I do (honestly): I spent all offseason studying the run game, heavier personnel packages and the increased usage of 21 personnel. Jordan Love is going to come out and throw for 5,000 yards (seriously) with no running game to speak of whatsoever and the Packers are one of the best teams in the NFL.
Last week’s ranking: No. 4
Last week’s result: beat Dolphins, 19–9
This week: vs. Patriots (Germany)
Having spent time in Buffalo after Damar Hamlin’s near-death experience in a Bills-Bengals game, I can still only begin to fathom the heaviness this Lions team is dealing with on a daily basis in the aftermath of the Jack Campbell injury. It makes the Dolphins victory feel very different…and somehow more amazing.
Last week’s ranking: No. 10
Last week’s result: beat Falcons, 34–17
This week: vs. Steelers
Joe Burrow said after a win over the Falcons in Spain that his favorite Pokemon was Snorlax. I challenge you to find a cooler collection of words than that.
Last week’s ranking: No. 7
Last week’s result: beat Panthers, 26–21
This week: idle
I promise you this: I will not rest until I get to the absolute bottom of why Sean Payton, 20 years after Colorado banned indoor smoking and 16 years after North Carolina banned indoor smoking (the game was in Charlotte), thought a professional reporter from a reputable news outlet was preparing to roast a bone at his press conference.
Last week’s ranking: No. 12
Last week’s result: beat Jets, 35–12
This week: at Falcons
I wonder if there was a more wild series of events in a professional football game this year than, right before the half, Patrick Mahomes appearing to have sustained a horrific injury, the Jets squandering the subsequent possession with a missed field goal, Mahomes returning after mere minutes on the sideline and Harrison Butker missing both the initial field goal attempt and the post-penalty field goal attempt. The beautiful game, my friend.
Last week’s ranking: No. 11
Last week’s result: beat Commanders, 20–13
This week: at Cardinals
Myles Garrett having a talented enough supporting cast to essentially be a freelance sniper positioning himself against the worst interior offensive linemen each week is going to be a hilarious game-wrecking component of this new Rams defense. Who needs a wide receiver when your defense won’t even allow a quarterback to drop back to pass?
Last week’s ranking: No. 15
Last week’s result: beat Eagles, 19–11
This week: vs. Commanders
The Giants soar up the Power Rankings not just because of a gritty win over the Eagles, but because John Harbaugh seems prepared to move heaven and earth to trade for someone—anyone—at the deadline. And he will call your manager.
Last week’s ranking: No. 6
Last week’s result: beat Cardinals, 17–3
This week: at Raiders
It’s the Drew Lock show for Seattle once again. I think it’s time to revisit a Sam Darnold column we wrote at the beginning of the season. How soon before we have the conversation about Seattle’s QB situation?
Last week’s ranking: No. 9
Last week’s result: lost to Bills, 23–6
This week: at Packers
Last week’s ranking: No. 13
Last week’s result: idle
This week: at Bengals
At the bye for Pittsburgh, here’s a bit of a mea culpa I wrote on Mike McCarthy and, really, all of the NFL head coaching hires I graded back in January.
Last week’s ranking: No. 14
Last week’s result: lost to Packers, 45–27
This week: vs. Lions (Munich)
I am always fascinated by why a coach will all of a sudden try and pick on one of the best players in the NFL, like the Packers did with Christian Gonzalez on Sunday. What did Matt LaFleur see on film that made him so vulnerable, when Gonzalez had done little but show he was one of the most elite corners in football?
Last week’s ranking: No. 25
Last week’s result: beat Chargers, 44–22
This week: at Browns
Yes, it’s the Chargers. But L.A.’s defense isn’t the problem (and is actually pretty good). So you can take that C.J. Stroud top 10 talk very seriously. Five touchdowns. Three hundred eighty-four yards. Mercy.
Last week’s ranking: No. 31
Last week’s result: lost to Lions, 19–9
This week: at Colts
I am giving the Dolphins a one-week ceremonial bump due to effort. This team of largely rookies and younger players are working their collective asses off on a week-to-week basis. While linear ascension is not guaranteed, I would expect Miami to be in the surprise playoff conversation sooner (2027) rather than later.
Last week’s ranking: No. 24
Last week’s result: lost to Jaguars, 33–10
This week: vs. Chargers
Last year, I read Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry and it was a beautiful epic about cowboys driving cattle from Texas to Montana. And somehow, their trying journey feels less nomadic and fraught than Jacoby Brissett’s path from Patriots draft pick in 2016 all the way to…Ravens emergency starter 10 years later.
Last week’s ranking: No. 18
Last week’s result: lost to Saints, 23–22 (OT)
This week: vs. Texans
Re-upping this from Sunday, but I have had just as much fun at Shedeur Sanders’s expense as anyone. And I still think his desire to somehow outsmart the collected media at his press conferences—which inadvertently causes him to swat away questions with no hidden animus—will be his ultimate downfall. But…this kid is tough as nails. Look at the pummeling he took to get the Browns into field goal range.
Last week’s ranking: No. 17
Last week’s result: lost to 49ers, 38–17
This week: vs. Seahawks
A video with MMQB Podcast teammate Albert Breer from Monday’s show where we argue the merits of Minnesota giving up a first-round pick to Las Vegas for Kirk Cousins. Really? Yes, really.
Last week’s ranking: No. 16
Last week’s result: lost to Bears, 27–24
This week: idle
It’s a weird position for Todd Bowles’s Buccaneers to be in. If this were a normal season where Tampa didn’t need every single victory to stave off an early exit from playoff contention, I think we would have called Sunday night’s near takedown of the Bears a rare encouraging loss.
Last week’s ranking: No. 19
Last week’s result: lost to Bengals, 34–17
This week: vs. Chiefs
If I told you that Bijan Robinson was top five in the NFL in touches and Drake London was both top 13 in touches and top 10 in success rate per touch at the beginning of the season, would you have taken it? It’s one of the reasons I still really like this Falcons team.
Last week’s ranking: No. 26
Last week’s result: beat Browns, 23–22 (OT)
This week: vs. Panthers
I do love that some Saints fans, amid the internet’s seedy underbelly, are taking Harold Fannin’s rumbling touchdown from Sunday as evidence of a choreographed phony and not—as they should—that the Saints just can’t tackle.
Last week’s ranking: No. 20
Last week’s result: lost to Broncos, 26–21
This week: at Saints
The Zapruder film tracking whether or not Sean Payton actually threw a challenge flag in a win over the Panthers is just incredible. For the record, I don’t think he did!
Last week’s ranking: No. 23
Last week’s result: lost to Seahawks, 17–3
This week: vs. Rams
While I am obviously bummed that Gardner Minshew is hurt, there is something poetic about the way he simply appears in and out of our lives, like a kind of mystic. See you soon, Cowboy Killer.
Last week’s ranking: No. 29
Last week’s result: lost to Cowboys, 27–23
This week: vs. Dolphins
I enjoy the fact that the Colts were roundly panned by trading DeForrest Buckner and Quentin Nelson super early, so they are forcing Jonathan Taylor and Josh Downs to wait until the absolute last possible second Tuesday to find out where they’re going.
Last week’s ranking: No. 21
Last week’s result: beat Colts, 27–23
This week: vs. 49ers
When you’re inactive with a hamstring injury, the best thing you can do is run onto the field—emphasis run—in sweats and force a 15-yard penalty to be called because you forgot the rules of football.
Last week’s ranking: No. 22
Last week’s result: lost to Rams, 20–13
This week: at Giants
I think if there was a team that didn’t need to be the focal point of an end-of-game situational football occurrence gone awry, it would be the Washington Commanders. Alas…
Last week’s ranking: No. 30
Last week’s result: idle
This week: vs. Jaguars
Robert Saleh was one of the hardest coaches to re-grade in my Monday column. On one hand, Tennessee’s record is awful. On the other, I think there are very specific instances where Saleh has been exceptional.
Last week’s ranking: No. 28
Last week’s result: lost to Chiefs, 35–12
This week: vs. Bills
Chris Banjo has been the—THE—lone bright spot for Aaron Glenn’s Jets. Placing a fullback sized player at kicker to add an 11th tackler to the field will be a smart trend we see utilized deeper into the season.
Last week’s ranking: No. 27
Last week’s result: lost to Giants, 19–11
This week: idle
While I have spent the last week ranting about how draft equity is overrated, the Eagles having 10 picks in the first and second round combined over the next three years is a horrifying proposition for everyone—especially since the Eagles have another defensive tackle they can slot in Jordan Davis’s place.
Last week’s ranking: No. 32
Last week’s result: lost to Texans, 44–22
This week: at Ravens
It’s wild that the Chargers are blaming almost everyone else for this utter collapse…except for the coordinator and the quarterback.
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