| Team | Mitch Bannon Rank | OS Computer Rank | Power | Schedule | Adjusted Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City | 1 | 4 | +20.34 | 0.47 | +9.59 |
| Detroit | 2 | 3 | +34.15 | 0.53 | +17.93 |
| Green Bay | 3 | 6 | +18.74 | 0.52 | +9.75 |
| Baltimore | 4 | 1 | +19.92 | 0.57 | +11.36 |
| Houston | 5 | 5 | +7.81 | 0.48 | +3.71 |
| Buffalo | 6 | 10 | +29.84 | 0.43 | +12.68 |
| Washington | 7 | 12 | +15.59 | 0.42 | +6.58 |
| Philadelphia | 8 | 8 | +8.26 | 0.42 | +3.49 |
| San Francisco | 9 | 2 | +18.70 | 0.54 | +10.18 |
| Minnesota | 10 | 14 | +4.88 | 0.55 | +2.68 |
| Pittsburgh | 11 | 16 | +23.49 | 0.46 | +10.81 |
| Atlanta | 12 | 9 | -7.62 | 0.54 | -3.53 |
| LA Chargers | 13 | 18 | +15.23 | 0.46 | +7.04 |
| Cincinnati | 14 | 23 | +12.19 | 0.44 | +5.42 |
| Chicago | 15 | 13 | +7.76 | 0.49 | +3.80 |
| Tampa Bay | 16 | 19 | +9.77 | 0.54 | +5.25 |
| Denver | 17 | 20 | +2.41 | 0.46 | +1.10 |
| Seattle | 18 | 17 | +0.73 | 0.50 | +0.37 |
| Arizona | 19 | 28 | -5.53 | 0.58 | -2.32 |
| LA Rams | 20 | 21 | -4.85 | 0.52 | -2.32 |
| Dallas | 21 | 11 | -8.72 | 0.53 | -4.07 |
| Indianapolis | 22 | 27 | -9.41 | 0.50 | -4.71 |
| Miami | 23 | 7 | -33.52 | 0.44 | -18.86 |
| New Orleans | 24 | 29 | +0.19 | 0.54 | +0.10 |
| NY Jets | 25 | 15 | +9.24 | 0.55 | +5.08 |
| Jacksonville | 26 | 26 | -20.49 | 0.46 | -11.06 |
| Cleveland | 27 | 22 | -25.64 | 0.47 | -13.67 |
| NY Giants | 28 | 30 | -13.61 | 0.55 | -6.13 |
| Las Vegas | 29 | 25 | -21.39 | 0.53 | -9.98 |
| New England | 30 | 31 | -32.65 | 0.41 | -19.18 |
| Tennessee | 31 | 24 | -27.30 | 0.49 | -13.92 |
| Carolina | 32 | 32 | -52.31 | 0.49 | -26.74 |
NFL Power Rankings Notes:
The above power rankings include Mitch Bannon's personal power rankings after Week 8 as well as the 'combined power ranking' generated by our computer, based on data from the early 2024-25 season and the second half of last season.
Here is where Mitch disagrees with the computer most:
Most Overrated Team: Miami Dolphins
Why in the world does our computer have the Dolphins as a top-10 team? The results speak for themselves. Miami is 2-5 and losing ground in the AFC East fast. The only wins the Dolphins have this season have come against the Patriots and Jaguars — two of the worst teams in football.
Without Tua back at quarterback, it didn't really matter. Sure, this Dolphins offense looked better last week, but they still couldn't beat a middling Cardinals team. The Fins have dug themselves into a significant hole — one I'm not sure they can crawl out of.
This is not the type of squad that deserves to be top-10 in any power rankings. My ranking of Miami is much more in line with where they fall in current Super Bowl odds.
Most Underrated Team: Cincinnati Bengals
I just can't quit the 2024 Cincinnati Bengals. Even after a 20-point loss to the Eagles last week, I've still talked myself into the Bengals being a legit contender this year. They may be 3-5, but there's so much going right in Cinci. Joe Burrow looks like an MVP candidate, Ja'Marr Chase is having one of his best seasons, and the Bengals have a better point differential than playoff teams like the Texans and Falcons.
They'll need a string of wins to really get back in the playoff picture, but I disagree with where our power rankings has the Bengals right now. At worst, they're a middle-of-the-pack team, not a bottom-10 squad like our computer suggests.
How Are Our NFL Football Power Rankings Compiled?
These power rankings show both our NFL experts' custom rankings and the computer's adjusted power ratings for an objective approach. Ranks are updated at the end of each week and are based on a rolling 10-game range. Early in the season, this date range reaches back to regular-season games of the previous year.
Standings only tell part of the story for fans who like to bet on the NFL. A first-place team may have a lousy defense but lucked into a 3-0 record by playing three teams even worse than themselves. However, beating the point spread requires the whole story – what are the stat strengths and weaknesses of each team and how can you exploit that data to find edges for your NFL bets?
Check out the NFL Football Power Rankings here at Odds Shark to get a different approach to the standings as you handicap the NFL football odds.
The computer uses different sortable stats for team offense, time of possession, ATS wins, points per game, rushing and passing yard data (for both sides of the ball), turnover ratios, and many other metrics to determine these power rankings.
Of note, these NFL football rankings will be different from other power ranking systems because our computer weighs the data over a rolling 10-game date range. We don’t start from scratch in Week 1, we look back at 10 regular-season games to give a bigger sample of data and we feel it is a more accurate reflection of true power if we consider only the past 10 games.
