2026 NFL Consensus Power Rankings

The Los Angeles Rams 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.

2026 Weekly Consensus - 2026-09-08

Updated September 8, 2026 using 8 national rankings.

Source publication dates range from July 29, 2026 to September 8, 2026.

This update includes all 8 approved outlets.

WHAT STANDS OUT

Key Findings

Consensus No. 1

Los Angeles Rams

Average rank 1.1 across 8 sources.

Widest Ranking Disagreement

Jacksonville Jaguars

No. 3 to No. 17 across 8 sources, with a spread of 14 spots.

Strongest Ranking Agreement

Los Angeles Rams

No. 1 to No. 2 across 8 sources, with a spread of 1 spot.

Largest PFM-Higher Gap

Kansas City Chiefs

Consensus No. 16, PFM No. 3. Higher by 13 across 8 sources.

Largest PFM-Lower Gap

Baltimore Ravens

Consensus No. 5, PFM No. 15. Lower by 10 across 8 sources.

WEEK-TO-WEEK MOVEMENT

What's Changed Since the Last Update

Biggest Ranking Move

Cincinnati Bengals

Up 3 spots.

Strongest Agreement Gain

Baltimore Ravens

Spread narrowed by 3 spots.

PFM Moved Furthest Away

Houston Texans

The PFM gap widened by 3 spots.

Biggest Risers

Cincinnati BengalsUp 3 spots
Houston TexansUp 2 spots
New York GiantsUp 2 spots
Baltimore RavensUp 1 spot
Dallas CowboysUp 1 spot

Biggest Fallers

Chicago BearsDown 2 spots
Detroit LionsDown 2 spots
Green Bay PackersDown 2 spots
Washington CommandersDown 2 spots
Cleveland BrownsDown 2 spots

Disagreement Increased

New England PatriotsSpread widened 4 spots
Chicago BearsSpread widened 4 spots
Jacksonville JaguarsSpread widened 2 spots
Tampa Bay BuccaneersSpread widened 2 spots
Washington CommandersSpread widened 2 spots

Outlets Moved Closer

Baltimore RavensSpread narrowed 3 spots
Houston TexansSpread narrowed 3 spots
Pittsburgh SteelersSpread narrowed 3 spots
Carolina PanthersSpread narrowed 3 spots
Las Vegas RaidersSpread narrowed 3 spots

Largest PFM Gap Changes

Houston TexansGap widened 3 spots
Cincinnati BengalsGap widened 3 spots
Chicago BearsGap narrowed 2 spots
Green Bay PackersGap widened 2 spots
New Orleans SaintsGap narrowed 2 spots

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	Los Angeles Rams	1.1	No. 2	PFM is Lower by 1	No. 1	No. 2	1 spot
No. 2	Seattle Seahawks	2.3	No. 1	PFM is Higher by 1	No. 1	No. 4	3 spots
No. 3	Denver Broncos	3.8	No. 9	PFM is Lower by 6	No. 2	No. 6	4 spots
No. 4	Buffalo Bills	4.1	No. 7	PFM is Lower by 3	No. 3	No. 7	4 spots
No. 5	Baltimore Ravens	7.5	No. 15	PFM is Lower by 10	No. 3	No. 12	9 spots
No. 6	New England Patriots	8.1	No. 8	PFM is Lower by 2	No. 5	No. 16	11 spots
No. 7	Houston Texans	9.6	No. 11	PFM is Lower by 4	No. 4	No. 11	7 spots
No. 8	Philadelphia Eagles	9.8	No. 6	PFM is Higher by 2	No. 5	No. 17	12 spots
No. 9	Chicago Bears	10.0	No. 13	PFM is Lower by 4	No. 5	No. 15	10 spots
No. 10	San Francisco 49ers	10.1	No. 4	PFM is Higher by 6	No. 4	No. 17	13 spots
No. 11	Cincinnati Bengals	11.3	No. 16	PFM is Lower by 5	No. 7	No. 16	9 spots
No. 12	Jacksonville Jaguars	11.3	No. 14	PFM is Lower by 2	No. 3	No. 17	14 spots
No. 13	Dallas Cowboys	11.4	No. 21	PFM is Lower by 8	No. 5	No. 17	12 spots
No. 14	Detroit Lions	12.5	No. 5	PFM is Higher by 9	No. 9	No. 19	10 spots
No. 15	Green Bay Packers	12.5	No. 12	PFM is Higher by 3	No. 7	No. 17	10 spots
No. 16	Kansas City Chiefs	13.9	No. 3	PFM is Higher by 13	No. 12	No. 17	5 spots
No. 17	Los Angeles Chargers	14.8	No. 10	PFM is Higher by 7	No. 10	No. 19	9 spots
No. 18	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	18.5	No. 20	PFM is Lower by 2	No. 14	No. 22	8 spots
No. 19	Minnesota Vikings	19.5	No. 17	PFM is Higher by 2	No. 18	No. 22	4 spots
No. 20	Pittsburgh Steelers	20.3	No. 18	PFM is Higher by 2	No. 19	No. 21	2 spots
No. 21	Indianapolis Colts	20.5	No. 23	PFM is Lower by 2	No. 19	No. 23	4 spots
No. 22	New Orleans Saints	22.9	No. 29	PFM is Lower by 7	No. 19	No. 25	6 spots
No. 23	Carolina Panthers	23.4	No. 30	PFM is Lower by 7	No. 21	No. 26	5 spots
No. 24	New York Giants	23.8	No. 26	PFM is Lower by 2	No. 22	No. 26	4 spots
No. 25	Washington Commanders	24.1	No. 19	PFM is Higher by 6	No. 18	No. 31	13 spots
No. 26	Atlanta Falcons	25.9	No. 22	PFM is Higher by 4	No. 23	No. 28	5 spots
No. 27	Tennessee Titans	27.0	No. 32	PFM is Lower by 5	No. 24	No. 28	4 spots
No. 28	Las Vegas Raiders	27.9	No. 28	Same rank	No. 26	No. 29	3 spots
No. 29	New York Jets	28.5	No. 25	PFM is Higher by 4	No. 27	No. 31	4 spots
No. 30	Cleveland Browns	30.1	No. 31	PFM is Lower by 1	No. 29	No. 31	2 spots
No. 31	Arizona Cardinals	30.1	No. 27	PFM is Higher by 4	No. 25	No. 32	7 spots
No. 32	Miami Dolphins	31.8	No. 24	PFM is Higher by 8	No. 30	No. 32	2 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, Sep 7	CBS Sports, Sep 8	ESPN, Aug 31	FOX Sports, Sep 8	NFL.com, Sep 8	Pro Football Network, Jul 29	USA TODAY, Sep 8	Yahoo Sports, Sep 7
Los Angeles Rams	No. 1	No. 1	No. 2	No. 1	No. 1	No. 1	No. 1	No. 1	No. 1
Seattle Seahawks	No. 2	No. 2	No. 1	No. 2	No. 4	No. 3	No. 2	No. 2	No. 2
Denver Broncos	No. 3	No. 3	No. 6	No. 4	No. 2	No. 2	No. 6	No. 3	No. 4
Buffalo Bills	No. 4	No. 5	No. 4	No. 3	No. 7	No. 4	No. 3	No. 4	No. 3
Baltimore Ravens	No. 5	No. 11	No. 9	No. 8	No. 3	No. 6	No. 5	No. 12	No. 6
New England Patriots	No. 6	No. 6	No. 16	No. 6	No. 5	No. 13	No. 8	No. 6	No. 5
Houston Texans	No. 7	No. 4	No. 11	No. 10	No. 11	No. 10	No. 11	No. 10	No. 10
Philadelphia Eagles	No. 8	No. 9	No. 13	No. 5	No. 9	No. 5	No. 12	No. 17	No. 8
Chicago Bears	No. 9	No. 13	No. 15	No. 12	No. 6	No. 11	No. 7	No. 5	No. 11
San Francisco 49ers	No. 10	No. 8	No. 10	No. 9	No. 10	No. 17	No. 4	No. 7	No. 16
Cincinnati Bengals	No. 11	No. 15	No. 8	No. 16	No. 8	No. 7	No. 13	No. 8	No. 15
Jacksonville Jaguars	No. 12	No. 7	No. 3	No. 17	No. 12	No. 9	No. 14	No. 14	No. 14
Dallas Cowboys	No. 13	No. 14	No. 5	No. 15	No. 17	No. 8	No. 16	No. 9	No. 7
Detroit Lions	No. 14	No. 12	No. 19	No. 11	No. 13	No. 15	No. 10	No. 11	No. 9
Green Bay Packers	No. 15	No. 16	No. 7	No. 7	No. 16	No. 12	No. 9	No. 16	No. 17
Kansas City Chiefs	No. 16	No. 17	No. 12	No. 13	No. 15	No. 14	No. 15	No. 13	No. 12
Los Angeles Chargers	No. 17	No. 10	No. 17	No. 14	No. 14	No. 16	No. 19	No. 15	No. 13
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	No. 18	No. 18	No. 14	No. 18	No. 22	No. 18	No. 17	No. 20	No. 21
Minnesota Vikings	No. 19	No. 21	No. 18	No. 22	No. 18	No. 19	No. 22	No. 18	No. 18
Pittsburgh Steelers	No. 20	No. 19	No. 20	No. 21	No. 20	No. 21	No. 20	No. 21	No. 20
Indianapolis Colts	No. 21	No. 23	No. 21	No. 19	No. 19	No. 20	No. 21	No. 22	No. 19
New Orleans Saints	No. 22	No. 20	No. 24	No. 25	No. 25	No. 22	No. 24	No. 19	No. 24
Carolina Panthers	No. 23	No. 22	No. 23	No. 23	No. 21	No. 23	No. 26	No. 24	No. 25
New York Giants	No. 24	No. 24	No. 22	No. 24	No. 23	No. 26	No. 25	No. 23	No. 23
Washington Commanders	No. 25	No. 25	No. 26	No. 20	No. 26	No. 31	No. 18	No. 25	No. 22
Atlanta Falcons	No. 26	No. 28	No. 25	No. 26	No. 24	No. 27	No. 23	No. 26	No. 28
Tennessee Titans	No. 27	No. 27	No. 28	No. 28	No. 27	No. 24	No. 27	No. 28	No. 27
Las Vegas Raiders	No. 28	No. 26	No. 29	No. 27	No. 29	No. 29	No. 28	No. 29	No. 26
New York Jets	No. 29	No. 29	No. 27	No. 29	No. 28	No. 28	No. 31	No. 27	No. 29
Cleveland Browns	No. 30	No. 30	No. 31	No. 31	No. 30	No. 30	No. 29	No. 30	No. 30
Arizona Cardinals	No. 31	No. 31	No. 30	No. 30	No. 31	No. 25	No. 32	No. 31	No. 31
Miami Dolphins	No. 32	No. 32	No. 32	No. 32	No. 32	No. 32	No. 30	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.

Jacksonville Jaguars

No. 3 to No. 17 across 8 sources, with a spread of 14 spots.

San Francisco 49ers

No. 4 to No. 17 across 8 sources, with a spread of 13 spots.

Washington Commanders

No. 18 to No. 31 across 8 sources, with a spread of 13 spots.

Dallas Cowboys

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

Philadelphia Eagles

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

Kansas City Chiefs

Consensus: No. 16
PFM: No. 3
PFM gap: Higher by 13

See why PFM ranks the Chiefs here

Baltimore Ravens

Consensus: No. 5
PFM: No. 15
PFM gap: Lower by 10

See why PFM ranks the Ravens here

Detroit Lions

Consensus: No. 14
PFM: No. 5
PFM gap: Higher by 9

See why PFM ranks the Lions here

Dallas Cowboys

Consensus: No. 13
PFM: No. 21
PFM gap: Lower by 8

See why PFM ranks the Cowboys here

Miami Dolphins

Consensus: No. 32
PFM: No. 24
PFM gap: Higher by 8

See why PFM ranks the Dolphins here

Los Angeles Chargers

Consensus: No. 17
PFM: No. 10
PFM gap: Higher by 7

See why PFM ranks the Chargers here

ORIGINAL ARTICLES

Sources Used in This Update

Bleacher Report, Gary Davenport, published September 7, 2026.
CBS Sports, Pete Prisco, published September 8, 2026.
ESPN, NFL Nation, published August 31, 2026.
FOX Sports, Ralph Vacchiano, published September 8, 2026.
NFL.com, Nick Shook, published September 8, 2026.
Pro Football Network, Jacob Infante, published July 29, 2026.
USA TODAY, Nate Davis, published September 8, 2026.
Yahoo Sports, Frank Schwab, published September 7, 2026.

RESEARCH AND REVIEW

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Reviewed by: Justin Fuhr
Edition: 2026 Weekly Consensus - 2026-09-08
Updated: September 8, 2026

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Key Findings

Los Angeles Rams

Jacksonville Jaguars

Los Angeles Rams

Kansas City Chiefs

Baltimore Ravens

What's Changed Since the Last Update

Cincinnati Bengals

Baltimore Ravens

Houston Texans

Biggest Risers

Biggest Fallers

Disagreement Increased

Outlets Moved Closer

Largest PFM Gap Changes

NFL Consensus Power Rankings

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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