JACKSONVILLE – Senior writer John Oehser's pre-Week 13 2020 NFL power rankings. And we all know how important these are …
Rank.Team (record) | Prev. | Comment
1.Pittsburgh Steelers (11-0) | 1 | Worth the wait
2.Kansas City Chiefs (10-1) | 2 | Defending champs looking really, really good
3.New Orleans Saints (9-2) | 3 | Remember when there were questions about the Saints?
4.Green Bay Packers (8-3) | 5 | Feeling more and more like Saints-Packers in NFC
5.Tennessee Titans (8-3) | 6 | Re-establishing themselves as AFC South favorites
6.Buffalo Bills (8-3) | 7 | Further establishing themselves as AFC East favorites
7.Seattle Seahawks (8-3) | 9 | Alone again in first place
8.Indianapolis Colts (7-4) | 4 | Missed a chance to take control of AFC South Sunday
9.Cleveland Browns (8-3) | 12 | Not dominant, just continue to win
10.Los Angeles Rams (7-4) | 8 | Sunday's loss could hurt come late December
11.Tampa Bay Buccaneers (7-5) | 10 | Three losses in four games; bye week this week
12.Baltimore Ravens (6-5) | 11 | Gotta get busy to get in
13.Miami Dolphins (7-4) | 13 | Seven victories in last nine games
14.New England Patriots (5-6) | 17 | Not out of it yet
15.Arizona Cardinals (6-5) | 14 | Huge home games versus Rams Sunday
16.Las Vegas Raiders (6-5) | 15 | Wha-appened?
17.Minnesota Vikings (5-6) | 18 | Can reach .500 for first time this season versus Jaguars Sunday
18.San Francisco 49ers (5-6) | 20 | Not qui-i-i-i-te out of it yet
19.Chicago Bears (5-6) | 16 | Five consecutive losses have their season in peril
20.New York Giants (4-7) | 24 | Your first-place New York Giants
21.Denver Broncos (4-7) | 19 | A game without a quarterback may have ended their fading hopes
22.Atlanta Falcons (4-7) | 25 | Won four of six since Week 6 regime change
23.Detroit Lions (4-7) | 21 | Four losses in five games made changes inevitable
24.Philadelphia Eagles (3-7-1) | 22 | No one's out of it in the NFC East
25.Houston Texans (4-7) | 28 | Won three of four since Week 8 bye
26.Washington Football Team (4-7) | 29 | No one's out of it in the NFC East
27.Los Angeles Chargers (3-8) | 23 | Even Herbert may not prevent major reset
28.Dallas Cowboys (3-8) | 27 | No one's out of it in the NFC East
29.Carolina Panthers (4-8) | 26 | Blown lead Sunday cost them a chance to sorta stay in contention
30.Cincinnati Bengals (2-8-1) | 30 | Limping to the finish without Burrow
31.Jacksonville Jaguars (1-10) | 31 | Lost 10 consecutive games since Week 1
32.New York Jets (0-11) | 32 | Oof
