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Our power rankings are updated each week during the NFL’s regular season and are intended to rank teams based on their talent and performance to date.
Rankings will change each week because of personnel changes, injuries and performance, and a team’s ranking in any given week has no impact on where they might rank in weeks to come.
These are our NFL Power Rankings headed into Wild Card weekend:
Wild Card power rankings:
Our power rankings are updated each week during the NFL’s regular season and are intended to rank teams based on their talent and performance to date.
Rankings will change each week because of personnel changes, injuries and performance, and a team’s ranking in any given week has no impact on where they might rank in weeks to come.
These are our NFL Power Rankings headed into Wild Card weekend:
| Team | Record | Analysis |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Kansas City | 14-2 | Road to the Super Bowl clearly goes through Kansas City. |
| 2. Green Bay | 13-3 | There are cracks. but Pack is the cream of the NFC. |
| 3. Buffalo | 13-3 | Arguably playing best two-way football of any team in the league. |
| 4. Seattle | 12-4 | ‘D’ has really come on in second half but must have Jamal Adams at safety. |
| 5. New Orleans | 12-4 | Plenty of star power but 10 of 12 wins over nine losing teams and one at .500. |
| 6. Pittsburgh | 12-4 | How far they go now rests on how much Ben Roethlisberger has left. |
| 7. Tampa Bay | 11-5 | Tom Brady now comfortable and hot but pass pro still a concern. |
| 8. Indianapolis | 11-5 | Colts are the No. 7 seed no team wants to see in the playoffs. |
| 9. Tennessee | 11-5 | They’ll score plenty of points, but how many will shaky ‘D’ allow? |
| 10. Baltimore | 11-5 | The question hasn’t changed: is Lamar Jackson a playoff quality QB? |
| 11. Cleveland | 11-5 | Definitely pointed North but ‘D’ not enough to fear in playoffs. |
| 12. L.A. Rams | 10-6 | ‘D’ is Super Bowl ready, but where will they find enough points? |
| 13. Miami | 10-6 | Huge step forward this year, still tons extra draft capital to spend. |
| 14. Chicago | 8-8 | Can they rediscover slumping ‘D’ in time to scare Saints? |
| 15. New England | 7-9 | Maybe some happy but doesn’t feel like playoffs without them. |
| 16. Las Vegas | 8-8 | Best way to be a mediocre team, go 2-6 at home. Viva Las Vegas? |
| 17. Arizona | 8-8 | 3-6 finish rekindles all the questions about Kliff Kingsbury. |
| 18. L.A. Chargers | 7-9 | Surprised Anthony Lynn got gate. Who wouldn’t want to coach Justin Herbert? |
| 19. Washington | 7-9 | Ron Rivera amazing in 2020, but huge QB questions loom going forward. |
| 20. San Francisco | 6-10 | So are Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch buying Jimmy Garoppolo or not? |
| 21. Minnesota | 7-9 | A few more tweaks on ‘D’ and Vikes could be scary in ’21. |
| 22. N.Y. Giants | 6-10 | Sorry, coach, you have to win more than six games to blame Eagles. |
| 23. Dallas | 6-10 | No quick fix here. What do they do about Dak Prescott now? |
| 24. Carolina | 5-11 | Impressive first year under Matt Rhule. What will new G.M. bring? |
| 25. Denver | 5-11 | With healthy Von Miller back, plenty of pieces, but what about QB? |
| 26. Atlanta | 4-12 | Did Raheem Morris earn this job? Many think he did. |
| 27. Cincinnati | 4-11-1 | The question now is how long ‘till Joe Burrow is full tilt again. |
| 28. Houston | 4-12 | Nick Caserio is a solid get at G.M., but Josh McDaniels won’t be coming too. |
| 29. Philadelphia | 4-11-1 | This is a huge mess with very few easy answers. |
| 30. Detroit | 5-11 | More than a bit surprising if Robert Saleh doesn’t land here. |
| 31. N.Y. Jets | 2-14 | The big question now: what do they have in Sam Darnold? |
| 32. Jacksonville | 1-15 | So will Trevor Lawrence be the jackpot everyone expects? |
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