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2026 Week 9 Rankings

Minnesota Vikings is No. 1 in the Week 9 NovaModel NFL rankings, ahead of San Francisco 49ers and Buffalo Bills. The biggest climb: Arizona Cardinals, up 5 spots. The biggest drop: Kansas City Chiefs, down 5 spots. Every team is rated the same way, on game results alone - no polls and no committee votes.

← Week 8How the rankings work

What happened in Week 8

14 games were played in Week 8. Top-10 teams lost 2 times. 1 game was an upset by the pre-game rankings.

  • Detroit Lions upset No. 1 Minnesota Vikings, 19-15 at home. Jared Goff led Detroit Lions with 176 passing yds. In these rankings, Detroit Lions rises from No. 11 to No. 8 and Minnesota Vikings stays at No. 1.
  • No. 9 Denver Broncos beat No. 6 Kansas City Chiefs, 28-24 at home. Bo Nix led Denver Broncos with 222 passing yds. In these rankings, Denver Broncos rises from No. 9 to No. 7 and Kansas City Chiefs falls from No. 6 to No. 11.
Week 8 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 9 ranking uses only games played before Week 9, 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 8Week 9

Biggest Movers

▼ 5 spots

Kansas City Chiefs logo

Kansas City Chiefs

Now #11

▼ 5 spots

Atlanta Falcons logo

Atlanta Falcons

Now #20

▲ 5 spots

Arizona Cardinals logo

Arizona Cardinals

Now #23

RankTeamRecordLastNextRatingTrend
1Minnesota Vikings logoMinnesota VikingsNFC North6-1L 15-19 @ DETvs #3 BUF67.3O 46.7 · D 59.9–
2San Francisco 49ers logoSan Francisco 49ersNFC West6-1L 20-29 @ ATLvs #19 LV66.4O 54.5 · D 52.2–
3Buffalo Bills logoBuffalo BillsAFC East6-1W 36-10 vs BAL@ #1 MIN66.1O 59.6 · D 47.0▲ 2Up 2 spots since last week
4Jacksonville Jaguars logoJacksonville JaguarsAFC South5-2W 42-7 vs IND@ #21 BAL64.9O 54.9 · D 56.3–
5Chicago Bears logoChicago BearsNFC North6-2W 34-17 @ SEAvs #16 TB64.5O 55.1 · D 52.0▼ 2Down 2 spots since last week
6Pittsburgh Steelers logoPittsburgh SteelersAFC North6-2W 27-6 vs CLE@ #10 CIN62.5O 49.5 · D 54.7▲ 1Up 1 spot since last week
7Denver Broncos logoDenver BroncosAFC West6-2W 28-24 vs KC@ #18 CAR62.3O 49.7 · D 52.4▲ 2Up 2 spots since last week
8Detroit Lions logoDetroit LionsNFC North5-2W 19-15 vs MIN@ MIA61.3O 55.1 · D 48.1▲ 3Up 3 spots since last week
9New England Patriots logoNew England PatriotsAFC East5-3W 24-19 @ MIAvs #12 GB60.1O 50.4 · D 54.5▲ 1Up 1 spot since last week
10Cincinnati Bengals logoCincinnati BengalsAFC North5-2W 43-36 vs TENvs #20 ATL59.8O 57.3 · D 49.4▼ 2Down 2 spots since last week
11Kansas City Chiefs logoKansas City ChiefsAFC West5-2L 24-28 @ DENvs NYJ58.6O 50.1 · D 53.0▼ 5Down 5 spots since last week
12Green Bay Packers logoGreen Bay PackersNFC North5-3W 27-19 vs CAR@ #9 NE57.3O 48.8 · D 53.7▲ 2Up 2 spots since last week
13Seattle Seahawks logoSeattle SeahawksNFC West4-4L 17-34 vs CHIvs #23 ARI54.1O 50.4 · D 53.0▼ 1Down 1 spot since last week
14Cleveland Browns logoCleveland BrownsAFC North5-3L 6-27 @ PIT@ #22 NO51.9O 45.4 · D 51.1▼ 1Down 1 spot since last week
15Los Angeles Rams logoLos Angeles RamsNFC West4-4W 24-9 vs LAC@ WAS51.4O 49.9 · D 51.9▲ 3Up 3 spots since last week
16Tampa Bay Buccaneers logoTampa Bay BuccaneersNFC South3-5W 16-0 vs ATL@ #5 CHI51.1O 50.1 · D 54.5▲ 3Up 3 spots since last week
17New York Giants logoNew York GiantsNFC East4-2-1W 27-21 @ HOU@ PHI47.9O 48.0 · D 49.5▲ 3Up 3 spots since last week
18Carolina Panthers logoCarolina PanthersNFC South3-4L 19-27 @ GBvs #7 DEN47.8O 53.2 · D 45.2▼ 2Down 2 spots since last week
19Las Vegas Raiders logoLas Vegas RaidersAFC West4-4W 38-33 @ NYJ@ #2 SF47.6O 54.5 · D 43.8▲ 2Up 2 spots since last week
20Atlanta Falcons logoAtlanta FalconsNFC South3-5L 0-16 @ TBvs #10 CIN47.5O 49.0 · D 50.3▼ 5Down 5 spots since last week
21Baltimore Ravens logoBaltimore RavensAFC North4-4L 10-36 @ BUFvs #4 JAX45.2O 47.3 · D 48.5▼ 4Down 4 spots since last week
22New Orleans Saints logoNew Orleans SaintsNFC South2-5L 10-16 vs PITvs #14 CLE42.5O 50.6 · D 45.5▲ 1Up 1 spot since last week
23Arizona Cardinals logoArizona CardinalsNFC West3-5W 33-30 @ DAL@ #13 SEA41.4O 49.0 · D 43.6▲ 5Up 5 spots since last week
24Dallas Cowboys logoDallas CowboysNFC East3-5L 30-33 vs ARI@ IND41.3O 53.8 · D 44.9▼ 2Down 2 spots since last week
25Houston Texans logoHouston TexansAFC South2-5L 21-27 vs NYG@ LAC40.9O 49.2 · D 50.6–
26New York Jets logoNew York JetsAFC East2-6L 33-38 vs LV@ #11 KC39.7O 48.1 · D 49.4▼ 2Down 2 spots since last week
27Washington Commanders logoWashington CommandersNFC East2-4-1W 27-10 vs PHIvs #15 LAR38.3O 48.7 · D 46.2▲ 3Up 3 spots since last week
28Miami Dolphins logoMiami DolphinsAFC East1-6L 19-24 vs NEvs #8 DET36.6O 45.2 · D 48.6▼ 1Down 1 spot since last week
29Indianapolis Colts logoIndianapolis ColtsAFC South2-6L 7-42 @ JAXvs #24 DAL36.0O 48.7 · D 44.4▼ 3Down 3 spots since last week
30Philadelphia Eagles logoPhiladelphia EaglesNFC East2-6L 10-27 @ WASvs #17 NYG32.6O 43.1 · D 48.7▼ 1Down 1 spot since last week
31Los Angeles Chargers logoLos Angeles ChargersAFC West0-7L 9-24 @ LARvs #25 HOU28.2O 40.8 · D 49.6–
32Tennessee Titans logoTennessee TitansAFC South1-7L 36-43 @ CINvs #4 JAX26.8O 44.1 · D 46.9–

As of: 2026-11-02