NFL power rankings 2026: Week 3
Going into week 3, the 49ers are first, the Seahawks second and the Chiefs third.Every team ranked from our own numbers going into each week, each number weighted by how well it foretold the rest of past seasons. A ranking from data, never a pick.
| +0.0827th | +0.2463rd | +21.01st | 1.0008th | +0.04211th | |
| +0.2191st | +0.3711st | +13.52nd | 1.0007th | +0.02914th | |
| +0.0818th | +0.2622nd | +12.04th | 1.0003rd | +0.0458th | |
| +0.01116th | +0.04216th | +11.55th | 1.0006th | +0.04012th | |
| −0.17331st | +0.1117th | +13.03rd | 1.0004th | −0.04324th | |
| +0.1723rd | +0.02618th | +7.010th | .5009th | +0.1093rd | |
| −0.01219th | +0.1964th | +10.06th | 1.0002nd | +0.01417th | |
| +0.0985th | +0.1078th | +7.59th | 1.0001st | +0.0467th | |
| +0.1544th | +0.1695th | +8.57th | .50014th | −0.04525th | |
| +0.03914th | +0.08110th | +8.08th | .50019th | −0.03221st | |
| +0.02515th | +0.07411th | +5.511th | .50011th | −0.00619th | |
| −0.05222nd | +0.01219th | +3.016th | .50024th | +0.03313th | |
| −0.07623rd | +0.0939th | +4.514th | .50023rd | −0.02220th | |
| −0.16230th | +0.1446th | +5.012th | .50010th | −0.09630th | |
| −0.04221st | +0.04017th | +4.513th | .50017th | −0.09029th | |
| +0.1752nd | +0.07112th | +1.017th | .50021st | −0.00218th | |
| −0.11528th | −0.07422nd | −6.021st | .50022nd | +0.1122nd | |
| +0.04910th | −0.19729th | −7.022nd | .50015th | +0.1171st | |
| +0.0946th | +0.06613th | +3.015th | 1.0005th | −0.16332nd | |
| −0.00118th | −0.03320th | −5.019th | .50012th | +0.0459th | |
| +0.04112th | +0.04515th | −4.518th | .50018th | +0.02316th | |
| −0.08725th | −0.16525th | −7.023rd | .50016th | +0.0674th | |
| −0.14029th | −0.19028th | −10.028th | .50013th | +0.0655th | |
| −0.02420th | −0.05721st | −5.020th | .00032nd | −0.07628th | |
| +0.0529th | −0.22031st | −9.526th | .00026th | +0.04310th | |
| −0.09427th | −0.17426th | −9.527th | .00030th | +0.02615th | |
| +0.04111th | −0.16024th | −10.529th | .00027th | +0.0536th | |
| +0.04013th | +0.05514th | −7.024th | .50020th | −0.07527th | |
| −0.23132nd | −0.20630th | −8.525th | .00028th | −0.03422nd | |
| +0.00417th | −0.18527th | −12.030th | .00029th | −0.14431st | |
| −0.09126th | −0.15523rd | −18.031st | .00025th | −0.04626th | |
| −0.08224th | −0.31632nd | −19.032nd | .00031st | −0.03923rd |
What the ranking weighs: point difference 80%, strength of schedule 20%.
A week's ranking reads only the regular-season games played before its first kick-off, so it never changes once it is out. Each number is set against the league's average and spread, then weighted; the weights are the ones that best matched the rest of past seasons, checked on seasons they were not fitted on.
Results through September 21, 2026.