2026 NFL Consensus Power Rankings

The Minnesota Vikings are No. 1 in the latest 2026 NFL consensus power rankings, based on 8 national lists. The full table shows where every team ranks, how far the outlets disagree and where PFM sees the league differently.

The average sets the order. The range shows how much the outlets agree. Some teams land in nearly the same spot across every ranking. Others are separated by several places depending on the outlet.

Updated October 27, 2026 using 8 national rankings. This update includes all 8 approved outlets.

COMPLETE 1-32 ORDER

NFL Consensus Power Rankings

The consensus rank comes only from the outside sources. PFM is kept separate, so the gap shows exactly where our ranking is higher or lower.

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Current 1-32 NFL consensus order with average, PFM comparison and source range.
Consensus	Team	Average	PFM	PFM vs. Consensus	Highest	Lowest	Spread
No. 1	Minnesota Vikings	2.3	No. 14	PFM is Lower by 13	No. 1	No. 5	4 spots
No. 2	San Francisco 49ers	2.4	No. 2	Same rank	No. 1	No. 5	4 spots
No. 3	Buffalo Bills	3.4	No. 7	PFM is Lower by 4	No. 1	No. 9	8 spots
No. 4	Kansas City Chiefs	4.8	No. 1	PFM is Higher by 3	No. 3	No. 7	4 spots
No. 5	Seattle Seahawks	5.5	No. 3	PFM is Higher by 2	No. 4	No. 7	3 spots
No. 6	Chicago Bears	6.1	No. 5	PFM is Higher by 1	No. 2	No. 9	7 spots
No. 7	Jacksonville Jaguars	6.9	No. 11	PFM is Lower by 4	No. 3	No. 9	6 spots
No. 8	Denver Broncos	7.1	No. 9	PFM is Lower by 1	No. 3	No. 12	9 spots
No. 9	Cincinnati Bengals	8.3	No. 8	PFM is Higher by 1	No. 5	No. 17	12 spots
No. 10	New England Patriots	10.1	No. 12	PFM is Lower by 2	No. 8	No. 11	3 spots
No. 11	Detroit Lions	11.3	No. 4	PFM is Higher by 7	No. 10	No. 16	6 spots
No. 12	Pittsburgh Steelers	13.6	No. 15	PFM is Lower by 3	No. 10	No. 16	6 spots
No. 13	Green Bay Packers	14.4	No. 10	PFM is Higher by 3	No. 12	No. 18	6 spots
No. 14	Cleveland Browns	14.5	No. 30	PFM is Lower by 16	No. 12	No. 17	5 spots
No. 15	Baltimore Ravens	14.5	No. 13	PFM is Higher by 2	No. 9	No. 21	12 spots
No. 16	Los Angeles Rams	15.3	No. 6	PFM is Higher by 10	No. 12	No. 21	9 spots
No. 17	Atlanta Falcons	16.3	No. 20	PFM is Lower by 3	No. 10	No. 19	9 spots
No. 18	New York Giants	18.0	No. 27	PFM is Lower by 9	No. 17	No. 22	5 spots
No. 19	Carolina Panthers	18.1	No. 26	PFM is Lower by 7	No. 16	No. 20	4 spots
No. 20	Dallas Cowboys	21.1	No. 19	PFM is Higher by 1	No. 20	No. 23	3 spots
No. 21	Las Vegas Raiders	21.1	No. 24	PFM is Lower by 3	No. 14	No. 25	11 spots
No. 22	Houston Texans	21.3	No. 16	PFM is Higher by 6	No. 18	No. 24	6 spots
No. 23	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	21.3	No. 17	PFM is Higher by 6	No. 14	No. 26	12 spots
No. 24	New Orleans Saints	24.6	No. 28	PFM is Lower by 4	No. 20	No. 27	7 spots
No. 25	Philadelphia Eagles	25.6	No. 23	PFM is Higher by 2	No. 23	No. 29	6 spots
No. 26	Washington Commanders	26.4	No. 18	PFM is Higher by 8	No. 24	No. 29	5 spots
No. 27	Indianapolis Colts	27.4	No. 29	PFM is Lower by 2	No. 24	No. 31	7 spots
No. 28	New York Jets	27.5	No. 22	PFM is Higher by 6	No. 23	No. 31	8 spots
No. 29	Arizona Cardinals	28.1	No. 31	PFM is Lower by 2	No. 26	No. 30	4 spots
No. 30	Miami Dolphins	28.9	No. 25	PFM is Higher by 5	No. 26	No. 30	4 spots
No. 31	Tennessee Titans	30.3	No. 32	PFM is Lower by 1	No. 27	No. 32	5 spots
No. 32	Los Angeles Chargers	31.9	No. 21	PFM is Higher by 11	No. 31	No. 32	1 spot

WHAT STANDS OUT

Key Findings

Consensus No. 1

Minnesota Vikings

Average rank 2.3 across 8 sources.

Widest Ranking Disagreement

Cincinnati Bengals

No. 5 to No. 17 across 8 sources, with a spread of 12 spots.

Strongest Ranking Agreement

Los Angeles Chargers

No. 31 to No. 32 across 8 sources, with a spread of 1 spot.

Largest PFM-Higher Gap

Los Angeles Chargers

Consensus No. 32, PFM No. 21. Higher by 11 across 8 sources.

Largest PFM-Lower Gap

Cleveland Browns

Consensus No. 14, PFM No. 30. Lower by 16 across 8 sources.

WEEK-TO-WEEK MOVEMENT

What's Changed Since the Last Update

Biggest Ranking Move

Carolina Panthers

Down 7 spots.

Strongest Agreement Gain

Dallas Cowboys

Spread narrowed by 4 spots.

PFM Moved Furthest Away

New York Jets

The PFM gap widened by 4 spots.

SOURCE BY SOURCE

How Every National Outlet Ranked All 32 NFL Teams

Here is the full 1-32 order from every national outlet used in this update. It shows exactly where each team landed before the rankings were averaged together.

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Consensus position and all source ranks for every NFL team in the published update.
Team	Consensus	Bleacher Report, Oct 26	CBS Sports, Oct 27	ESPN, Oct 27	FOX Sports, Oct 27	NFL.com, Oct 27	Pro Football Network, Oct 27	USA TODAY, Oct 27	Yahoo Sports, Oct 27
Minnesota Vikings	No. 1	No. 2	No. 1	No. 3	No. 2	No. 1	No. 1	No. 5	No. 3
San Francisco 49ers	No. 2	No. 3	No. 3	No. 1	No. 5	No. 3	No. 2	No. 1	No. 1
Buffalo Bills	No. 3	No. 1	No. 2	No. 2	No. 1	No. 2	No. 8	No. 9	No. 2
Kansas City Chiefs	No. 4	No. 4	No. 4	No. 4	No. 3	No. 7	No. 6	No. 6	No. 4
Seattle Seahawks	No. 5	No. 7	No. 6	No. 5	No. 7	No. 4	No. 4	No. 4	No. 7
Chicago Bears	No. 6	No. 5	No. 8	No. 7	No. 6	No. 9	No. 7	No. 2	No. 5
Jacksonville Jaguars	No. 7	No. 8	No. 9	No. 6	No. 8	No. 6	No. 3	No. 7	No. 8
Denver Broncos	No. 8	No. 6	No. 7	No. 8	No. 4	No. 8	No. 9	No. 3	No. 12
Cincinnati Bengals	No. 9	No. 10	No. 5	No. 9	No. 9	No. 5	No. 5	No. 17	No. 6
New England Patriots	No. 10	No. 9	No. 11	No. 10	No. 11	No. 10	No. 11	No. 8	No. 11
Detroit Lions	No. 11	No. 11	No. 10	No. 11	No. 10	No. 11	No. 16	No. 11	No. 10
Pittsburgh Steelers	No. 12	No. 13	No. 15	No. 14	No. 13	No. 14	No. 10	No. 16	No. 14
Green Bay Packers	No. 13	No. 14	No. 13	No. 15	No. 18	No. 15	No. 13	No. 12	No. 15
Cleveland Browns	No. 14	No. 12	No. 14	No. 16	No. 14	No. 12	No. 17	No. 15	No. 16
Baltimore Ravens	No. 15	No. 15	No. 12	No. 13	No. 15	No. 16	No. 15	No. 21	No. 9
Los Angeles Rams	No. 16	No. 16	No. 16	No. 12	No. 12	No. 21	No. 19	No. 13	No. 13
Atlanta Falcons	No. 17	No. 19	No. 19	No. 19	No. 19	No. 13	No. 12	No. 10	No. 19
New York Giants	No. 18	No. 17	No. 17	No. 17	No. 17	No. 17	No. 20	No. 22	No. 17
Carolina Panthers	No. 19	No. 18	No. 18	No. 18	No. 16	No. 20	No. 18	No. 19	No. 18
Dallas Cowboys	No. 20	No. 21	No. 20	No. 20	No. 22	No. 22	No. 21	No. 23	No. 20
Las Vegas Raiders	No. 21	No. 20	No. 22	No. 22	No. 20	No. 25	No. 24	No. 14	No. 22
Houston Texans	No. 22	No. 22	No. 21	No. 21	No. 21	No. 18	No. 22	No. 24	No. 21
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	No. 23	No. 23	No. 23	No. 24	No. 26	No. 19	No. 14	No. 18	No. 23
New Orleans Saints	No. 24	No. 25	No. 27	No. 25	No. 25	No. 23	No. 27	No. 20	No. 25
Philadelphia Eagles	No. 25	No. 24	No. 24	No. 23	No. 23	No. 28	No. 28	No. 29	No. 26
Washington Commanders	No. 26	No. 27	No. 29	No. 29	No. 27	No. 24	No. 26	No. 25	No. 24
Indianapolis Colts	No. 27	No. 29	No. 25	No. 26	No. 24	No. 31	No. 25	No. 31	No. 28
New York Jets	No. 28	No. 26	No. 26	No. 27	No. 31	No. 29	No. 23	No. 28	No. 30
Arizona Cardinals	No. 29	No. 28	No. 28	No. 28	No. 28	No. 30	No. 30	No. 26	No. 27
Miami Dolphins	No. 30	No. 30	No. 30	No. 30	No. 30	No. 26	No. 29	No. 27	No. 29
Tennessee Titans	No. 31	No. 31	No. 31	No. 31	No. 29	No. 27	No. 32	No. 30	No. 31
Los Angeles Chargers	No. 32	No. 32	No. 32	No. 32	No. 32	No. 32	No. 31	No. 32	No. 32

BIGGEST RANGES

Where the National Rankings Disagree Most

A wide spread means the outlets are all over the place on that team. That does not make one ranking wrong. It means there is no clear national answer.

Cincinnati Bengals

No. 5 to No. 17 across 8 sources, with a spread of 12 spots.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

No. 14 to No. 26 across 8 sources, with a spread of 12 spots.

Baltimore Ravens

No. 9 to No. 21 across 8 sources, with a spread of 12 spots.

Las Vegas Raiders

No. 14 to No. 25 across 8 sources, with a spread of 11 spots.

Atlanta Falcons

No. 10 to No. 19 across 8 sources, with a spread of 9 spots.

INDEPENDENT PFM VIEW

Where PFM Sees the League Differently

PFM is not built to match the national average. These are the teams where our current order is furthest from the non-PFM consensus.

Cleveland Browns

Consensus: No. 14
PFM: No. 30
PFM gap: Lower by 16

See why PFM ranks the Browns here

Minnesota Vikings

Consensus: No. 1
PFM: No. 14
PFM gap: Lower by 13

See why PFM ranks the Vikings here

Los Angeles Chargers

Consensus: No. 32
PFM: No. 21
PFM gap: Higher by 11

See why PFM ranks the Chargers here

Los Angeles Rams

Consensus: No. 16
PFM: No. 6
PFM gap: Higher by 10

See why PFM ranks the Rams here

New York Giants

Consensus: No. 18
PFM: No. 27
PFM gap: Lower by 9

See why PFM ranks the Giants here

Washington Commanders

Consensus: No. 26
PFM: No. 18
PFM gap: Higher by 8

See why PFM ranks the Commanders here

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Sources Used in This Update

Bleacher Report, Gary Davenport, published October 26, 2026.
CBS Sports, Pete Prisco, published October 27, 2026.
ESPN, NFL Nation, published October 27, 2026.
FOX Sports, Ralph Vacchiano, published October 27, 2026.
NFL.com, Nick Shook, published October 27, 2026.
Pro Football Network, Jacob Infante, published October 27, 2026.
USA TODAY, Nate Davis, published October 27, 2026.
Yahoo Sports, Frank Schwab, published October 27, 2026.

RESEARCH AND REVIEW

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Reviewed by: Justin Fuhr
Edition: 2026 Weekly Consensus - 2026-10-27
Updated: October 27, 2026

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Key Findings

Minnesota Vikings

Cincinnati Bengals

Los Angeles Chargers

Los Angeles Chargers

Cleveland Browns

What's Changed Since the Last Update

Carolina Panthers

Dallas Cowboys

New York Jets

How Every National Outlet Ranked All 32 NFL Teams

Where the National Rankings Disagree Most

Where PFM Sees the League Differently

Sources Used in This Update

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