NFL Week 9 Power Rankings: Two-loss teams make a statement as Bills, Broncos, Lions rise
Multiple outlets' updated 1-32 rankings track Minnesota's lone unbeaten run, a reshaping trade deadline, and surging two-loss contenders.
What to know
- The Minnesota Vikings entered the stretch as the NFL's last unbeaten team while the Los Angeles Chargers were the league's only winless team.
- Trade-deadline moves reshaped several rosters, including the Titans trading Jeffrey Simmons and the Colts dealing Quenton Nelson and DeForest Buckner amid rebuilds.
- Week 9 rankings from ESPN, NY Post, NYT and others spotlight a cluster of two-loss teams and risers such as the Bills, Broncos and Lions, with the Ravens falling.
- Coverage is routine weekly power-rankings content published in parallel by multiple major sports outlets rather than a single breaking event.
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NYT and other outlets add their own Week 9 rankings takes
The New York Times and SB Nation's Big Blue View published parallel Week 9 power-rankings pieces, continuing the same-day wave of coverage.
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first by NFL.com, 8d ago · also Atlanta Falcons, USA Today, Yahoo Sports, Bills Wire, Sports Illustrated
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- Week 9 NFL Power Rankings Roundup: Broncos, Bears surging, NFC South confounded Atlanta Falcons · 8d ago
- NFL power rankings Week 9: Where do Bears, Seahawks settle after Monday night clash? USA Today · 8d ago
- NFL power rankings roundup: Where the Bills land in national polls ahead of Week 9 Bills Wire · 8d ago
- Seahawks slide in Bleacher Report’s Week 9 power rankings Yahoo Sports · 8d ago
- Week 9 NFL Power Rankings Roundup: Bills Are Mid-Season Kings of NFL Sports Illustrated · 8d ago
- Week 9 NFL Power Rankings Roundup: Seahawks Tumble Following Loss to Bears Sports Illustrated · 8d ago
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3 outlets NFL Week 9 Power Rankings: You decide
first by The New York Times, 8d ago · also Yahoo Sports, Denver Post
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- NFL power rankings round-up 2026: How do Texans fare entering Week 9? Yahoo Sports · 8d ago
- Broncos 2026 NFL power rankings tracker: How national experts rank Denver entering Week 9 Denver Post · 8d ago
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If the season ended today, the NFC North would get all three wild cards. Lol the whole division would be in.
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NY Post frames Week 9 as a statement weekend for two-loss teams
The New York Post's Week 9 rankings centered on four two-loss teams that had a standout weekend, comparing them to each other and the rest of the league.
“How do those four hot teams compare to each other and to the rest of the league?”
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4 outlets first by New York Post, 8d ago · also Big Blue View, Yahoo Sports, NY Post · read ↗
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ESPN publishes Week 9 power rankings and all-time trade picks
ESPN's NFL Nation released its updated 1-32 Week 9 poll alongside a list of the best in-season trade-deadline acquisitions in league history.
“How does every NFL team stack up heading into Week 9? We made our 1-32 list and picked the best trade deadline acquisitions of all time.”
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2 outlets NFL Week 9 Power Rankings: Updated 1-32 poll, plus the best in-season trade acquisitions ever
first by ESPN NFL, 8d ago · also ESPN
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first by ESPN, 8d ago
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Rankings shift with Bills, Broncos, Lions wins; Ravens fall
Ahead of Week 9, Sports Illustrated, azcentral.com and Bleacher Report released updated rankings based partly on Super Bowl odds, showing the Bills, Broncos and Lions rising and the Ravens sliding.
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3 outlets B/R Experts Week 9 NFL Power Rankings
first by Bleacher Report, 9d ago · also azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic, Sports Illustrated
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- NFL power rankings Week 9 change with Bills, Broncos, Lions, Rams wins azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic · 9d ago
- NFL Power Rankings Based on Super Bowl Odds Ahead of Week 9 (Bills, Broncos, Lions Rise; Ravens Done?) Sports Illustrated · 9d ago
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Yahoo SportsVikings only unbeaten, Chargers only winless
Entering Week 8, Yahoo's rankings noted Minnesota as the NFL's sole remaining unbeaten team and Los Angeles as the sole winless team, while flagging trade-deadline moves including the Titans shipping out Jeffrey Simmons and the Colts dealing Quenton Nelson and DeForest Buckner.
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first by Yahoo Sports, 10d ago
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r/NFL publishes 4-week rolling average rankings
A follow-up post aggregated four weeks of community rankings into a rolling-average chart for Week 7.
“People will say “boring offense” and “schedule” but yall are a 6-0 team with lights out defense. Like if anything it shows how great the team is to be 6-0 w/Kyler Murray and Carson Wentz.”
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People will say “boring offense” and “schedule” but yall are a 6-0 team with lights out defense. Like if anything it shows how great the team is to be 6-0 w/Kyler Murray and Carson Wentz.
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r/NFL community posts Week 7 power rankings
A crowdsourced reddit power-rankings post placed the 6-1 49ers at No. 1 with 29 of 32 voters reporting, kicking off this stretch's rankings coverage.
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1 outlet first by EssentiallySports, 9d ago · read ↗
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