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2026 Week 8 Rankings

Minnesota Vikings is No. 1 in the Week 8 NovaModel NFL rankings, ahead of San Francisco 49ers and Chicago Bears. The biggest climb: Cincinnati Bengals, up 6 spots. The biggest drop: Carolina Panthers, down 7 spots. Every team is rated the same way, on game results alone - no polls and no committee votes.

← Week 7How the rankings work

What happened in Week 7

14 games were played in Week 7. Top-10 teams lost 4 times. 3 games were upsets by the pre-game rankings.

  • Atlanta Falcons upset No. 2 San Francisco 49ers, 29-20 at home. Michael Penix Jr. led Atlanta Falcons with 213 passing yds. In these rankings, Atlanta Falcons rises from No. 18 to No. 15 and San Francisco 49ers stays at No. 2.
  • Seattle Seahawks upset No. 3 Kansas City Chiefs, 20-3 at home. Sam Darnold led Seattle Seahawks with 257 passing yds. In these rankings, Seattle Seahawks rises from No. 16 to No. 12 and Kansas City Chiefs falls from No. 3 to No. 6.
  • Tampa Bay Buccaneers upset No. 9 Carolina Panthers, 43-13 on the road. Bucky Irving led Tampa Bay Buccaneers with 106 rushing yds. In these rankings, Tampa Bay Buccaneers rises from No. 24 to No. 19 and Carolina Panthers falls from No. 9 to No. 16.
  • No. 1 Minnesota Vikings beat Indianapolis Colts, 16-10 at home. Kyler Murray led Minnesota Vikings with 150 passing yds. In these rankings, Minnesota Vikings stays at No. 1 and Indianapolis Colts falls from No. 25 to No. 26.
  • No. 7 Chicago Bears beat No. 6 New England Patriots, 30-24 at home. Caleb Williams led Chicago Bears with 308 passing yds. In these rankings, Chicago Bears rises from No. 7 to No. 3 and New England Patriots falls from No. 6 to No. 10.
Week 7 recap reel

All 32 teams

How these rankings work

Every team is rated the same way, on game results alone - no polls and no committee votes. A Week 8 ranking uses only games played before Week 8, so it's the order the teams went into that week in. Movement is the change from the ranking before it.

Every week of 2026

Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8

Biggest Movers

▼ 7 spots

Carolina Panthers logo

Carolina Panthers

Now #16

▲ 6 spots

Cincinnati Bengals logo

Cincinnati Bengals

Now #8

▲ 5 spots

Tampa Bay Buccaneers logo

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Now #19

RankTeamRecordLastNextRatingTrend
1Minnesota Vikings logoMinnesota VikingsNFC North6-0W 16-10 vs IND@ #11 DET72.5O 47.5 · D 60.2–
2San Francisco 49ers logoSan Francisco 49ersNFC West6-1L 20-29 @ ATLvs #21 LV66.8O 54.3 · D 52.3–
3Chicago Bears logoChicago BearsNFC North5-2W 30-24 vs NE@ #12 SEA63.6O 54.1 · D 51.8▲ 4Up 4 spots since last week
4Jacksonville Jaguars logoJacksonville JaguarsAFC South4-2L 31-34 vs HOUvs IND63.2O 53.8 · D 54.8–
5Buffalo Bills logoBuffalo BillsAFC East5-1W 33-30 @ LVvs #17 BAL62.4O 58.8 · D 44.7–
6Kansas City Chiefs logoKansas City ChiefsAFC West5-1L 3-20 @ SEA@ #9 DEN62.4O 50.0 · D 54.3▼ 3Down 3 spots since last week
7Pittsburgh Steelers logoPittsburgh SteelersAFC North5-2W 16-10 vs NOvs #13 CLE60.4O 49.0 · D 53.9▲ 3Up 3 spots since last week
8Cincinnati Bengals logoCincinnati BengalsAFC North4-2W 35-13 @ BALvs TEN60.7O 54.9 · D 52.5▲ 6Up 6 spots since last week
9Denver Broncos logoDenver BroncosAFC West5-2W 30-16 @ ARIvs #6 KC59.8O 48.5 · D 52.6▼ 1Down 1 spot since last week
10New England Patriots logoNew England PatriotsAFC East4-3L 24-30 @ CHI@ MIA59.1O 50.3 · D 54.4▼ 4Down 4 spots since last week
11Detroit Lions logoDetroit LionsNFC North4-2W 20-17 vs GBvs #1 MIN56.9O 55.3 · D 46.4▲ 2Up 2 spots since last week
12Seattle Seahawks logoSeattle SeahawksNFC West4-3W 20-3 vs KCvs #3 CHI56.7O 51.0 · D 54.1▲ 4Up 4 spots since last week
13Cleveland Browns logoCleveland BrownsAFC North5-2W 27-24 @ TEN@ #7 PIT55.8O 46.6 · D 51.8▼ 1Down 1 spot since last week
14Green Bay Packers logoGreen Bay PackersNFC North4-3L 17-20 @ DETvs #16 CAR55.7O 48.3 · D 53.5▼ 3Down 3 spots since last week
15Atlanta Falcons logoAtlanta FalconsNFC South3-4W 29-20 vs SF@ #19 TB51.4O 51.7 · D 49.4▲ 3Up 3 spots since last week
16Carolina Panthers logoCarolina PanthersNFC South3-3L 13-43 vs TB@ #14 GB50.6O 53.3 · D 46.0▼ 7Down 7 spots since last week
17Baltimore Ravens logoBaltimore RavensAFC North4-3L 13-35 vs CIN@ #5 BUF49.5O 50.1 · D 49.1▼ 2Down 2 spots since last week
18Los Angeles Rams logoLos Angeles RamsNFC West3-4W 35-21 @ LVvs LAC48.6O 49.6 · D 50.8▲ 2Up 2 spots since last week
19Tampa Bay Buccaneers logoTampa Bay BuccaneersNFC South2-5W 43-13 @ CARvs #15 ATL48.4O 51.7 · D 51.8▲ 5Up 5 spots since last week
20New York Giants logoNew York GiantsNFC East4-2-1W 27-21 @ HOU@ PHI47.1O 48.1 · D 49.1▲ 2Up 2 spots since last week
21Las Vegas Raiders logoLas Vegas RaidersAFC West3-4L 21-35 vs LAR@ #24 NYJ44.6O 52.7 · D 44.5▼ 4Down 4 spots since last week
22Dallas Cowboys logoDallas CowboysNFC East3-4W 38-21 @ PHIvs ARI43.8O 53.6 · D 46.3▲ 4Up 4 spots since last week
23New Orleans Saints logoNew Orleans SaintsNFC South2-5L 10-16 vs PITvs #13 CLE42.2O 50.4 · D 45.8▼ 2Down 2 spots since last week
24New York Jets logoNew York JetsAFC East2-5L 25-28 vs MIAvs #21 LV41.0O 47.1 · D 50.7▼ 5Down 5 spots since last week
25Houston Texans logoHouston TexansAFC South2-5L 21-27 vs NYG@ LAC40.5O 49.7 · D 50.0▼ 2Down 2 spots since last week
26Indianapolis Colts logoIndianapolis ColtsAFC South2-5L 10-16 @ MIN@ #4 JAX38.8O 50.3 · D 45.9▼ 1Down 1 spot since last week
27Miami Dolphins logoMiami DolphinsAFC East1-5W 28-25 @ NYJvs #10 NE37.0O 45.4 · D 47.8▲ 3Up 3 spots since last week
28Arizona Cardinals logoArizona CardinalsNFC West2-5L 16-30 vs DEN@ #22 DAL36.6O 47.8 · D 43.2–
29Philadelphia Eagles logoPhiladelphia EaglesNFC East2-5L 21-38 vs DAL@ WAS34.9O 44.5 · D 48.6▼ 2Down 2 spots since last week
30Washington Commanders logoWashington CommandersNFC East1-4-1L 17-23 @ SFvs PHI34.7O 48.6 · D 44.8▼ 1Down 1 spot since last week
31Los Angeles Chargers logoLos Angeles ChargersAFC West0-6L 6-22 @ KC@ #18 LAR27.4O 41.5 · D 49.1–
32Tennessee Titans logoTennessee TitansAFC South1-6L 24-27 vs CLE@ #8 CIN26.8O 41.9 · D 49.2–

As of: 2026-10-26