NFL 2026 Week 1 Power Rankings

Week 1	RANK	TREND	AVG	BEST	WORST	SD
1 SEASeahawks	1	↑1	2.0	1	6	1.5	1	4	2	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	3	1	6
2 BUFBills	2	↑1	2.1	1	4	1.0	2	1	1	3	3	3	2	1	2	2	4	2	1
3 BALRavens	3	↑2	4.0	1	7	1.7	3	3	3	5	6	7	3	3	5	4	1	6	3
4 SF49ers	4	↑6	4.9	1	10	2.6	6	5	5	1	4	2	9	5	3	3	7	10	4
5 LARams	5	↓4	5.8	2	11	2.5	7	10	4	6	5	5	7	4	4	6	5	11	2
6 CHIBears	6	↑3	6.0	2	10	3.0	4	2	10	4	9	4	8	7	6	9	2	3	10
7 KCChiefs	7	↑9	7.8	5	12	2.1	5	7	7	7	10	6	10	8	7	10	12	8	5
8 JAXJaguars	8	↑2	8.1	2	13	3.5	9	8	6	13	2	8	5	13	8	5	11	5	12
9 PHIEagles	9	↓1	9.2	6	18	3.3	12	6	8	11	7	18	11	6	9	7	9	9	7
10 CINBengals	10	↑4	10.9	4	16	3.8	13	11	12	14	8	9	4	15	13	14	6	7	16
11 HOUTexans	10	↓3	10.9	4	16	2.9	8	16	13	9	12	11	12	11	10	11	14	4	11
12 DENBroncos	12	↓8	11.5	6	15	2.9	14	14	15	12	11	13	6	9	14	8	8	12	14
13 DETLions	13	↓1	11.6	8	15	2.2	10	12	9	8	15	12	13	12	12	13	13	14	8
14 NEPatriots	14	↓8	11.8	9	19	3.2	11	9	11	10	19	10	18	10	11	12	10	13	9
15 MINVikings	15	↑3	16.0	13	22	2.1	15	15	17	15	13	16	22	17	16	15	15	15	17
16 GBPackers	16	↑1	16.8	13	22	2.6	16	19	18	17	14	22	16	14	15	17	18	20	13
17 NYGGiants	17	↑7	17.2	14	21	2.2	18	17	14	18	16	14	15	18	20	21	17	16	20
18 DALCowboys	18	↓3	18.2	15	22	2.2	19	18	16	20	17	15	17	16	18	18	22	22	18
19 PITSteelers	19	↑1	19.0	13	27	3.6	27	13	20	16	20	20	23	21	19	16	16	17	19
20 LACChargers	20	↓8	19.5	15	25	2.6	17	23	19	19	21	25	20	19	17	19	20	19	15
21 TBBuccaneers	21	↓2	20.9	14	26	3.0	21	26	21	22	18	19	14	20	21	20	24	24	22
22 NOSaints	22	↔︎	21.8	17	25	2.4	20	25	23	21	23	17	21	25	22	22	19	21	25
23 INDColts	23	↓2	24.1	21	28	2.1	23	27	24	23	22	26	26	22	23	28	21	25	23
24 ARICardinals	24	↑6	24.2	18	29	3.3	26	20	28	26	24	24	19	24	26	25	25	18	29
25 WASCommanders	25	↔︎	24.3	21	28	2.2	24	24	22	25	26	21	25	23	24	27	26	28	21
26 CARPanthers	26	↓4	24.7	22	28	1.8	22	28	26	24	25	23	27	26	25	23	23	23	26
27 NYJJets	27	↑2	26.2	22	28	1.7	25	22	27	28	27	27	24	27	27	26	27	26	28
28 LVRaiders	28	↔︎	26.9	21	29	2.3	28	21	25	27	28	29	29	28	28	24	29	27	27
29 ATLFalcons	29	↓3	28.5	24	31	1.6	29	31	29	29	29	28	28	29	29	29	28	29	24
30 TENTitans	30	↓3	30.1	29	31	0.5	30	29	31	30	30	30	31	30	30	30	30	30	30
31 CLEBrowns	31	↔︎	31.4	30	32	0.7	31	32	30	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	31	32	31
32 MIADolphins	31	↑1	31.4	30	32	0.8	32	30	32	32	32	32	30	31	31	31	32	31	32

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RANK: Consensus Rank
TREND: Rank Change from Previous Week
AVG: Average Rank
BEST: Best Rank
WORST: Worst Rank
SD: Standard Deviation
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