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NFL power rankings 2026: Week 6

Going into week 6, the 49ers are first, the Jaguars 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.

NFL power rankings 2026, week 6
+0.0817th+0.0849th+12.21st1.0003rd+0.0169th
2Same place as last weekJAX1st in net EPA4-1
+0.1861st+0.1851st+10.62nd.8006th+0.00911th
3Up 1 place since last weekKC1st in win percentage4-0
+0.0826th+0.1742nd+10.33rd1.0001st−0.04029th
4Up 1 place since last weekMIN2nd in win percentage5-0
+0.03513th+0.1276th+9.04th1.0002nd−0.02225th
5Up 2 places since last weekBUF2nd in strength of schedule4-1
+0.1144th+0.1423rd+4.67th.8004th+0.0752nd
6Up 8 places since last weekNE3rd in strength of schedule3-2
+0.1105th−0.01319th+3.210th.6008th+0.0683rd
7Down 1 place since last weekSEA2nd in net EPA3-2
+0.1692nd+0.1375th+5.85th.60017th−0.01321st
8Up 1 place since last weekCIN6th in strength of schedule3-2
−0.02420th+0.05011th+3.89th.6009th+0.0296th
9Down 6 places since last weekCHI8th in point difference3-2
+0.02914th−0.01721st+4.68th.60015th−0.02526th
−0.07525th+0.01116th+3.012th.50018th+0.00316th
11Up 1 place since last weekBAL5th in win percentage4-1
+0.03512th+0.00817th+5.46th.8005th−0.07531st
12Up 1 place since last weekLAR3rd in net EPA2-3
+0.1353rd+0.1257th−0.217th.40023rd+0.0425th
13Up 3 places since last weekDEN1st in strength of schedule3-2
+0.03811th+0.02515th−2.824th.60013th+0.0911st
14Up 5 places since last weekPIT10th in win percentage3-2
−0.00517th−0.04924th+0.415th.60010th+0.00314th
15Up 7 places since last weekDET4th in recent form3-2
+0.0779th+0.1414th+3.211th.60014th−0.06930th
16Down 8 places since last weekLV12th in win percentage3-2
−0.12329th+0.03014th+0.613th.60012th−0.00318th
17Down 6 places since last weekDAL16th in point difference2-3
−0.06323rd−0.02122nd+0.416th.40022nd0.00017th
18Down 1 place since last weekATL12th in recent form2-3
−0.00718th+0.04412th−0.620th.40024th−0.01422nd
19Down 4 places since last weekIND7th in strength of schedule2-3
+0.02615th−0.01620th−2.823rd.40020th+0.0257th
20Up 5 places since last weekHOU8th in net EPA1-4
+0.0808th+0.03313th−0.418th.20026th−0.03928th
21Same place as last weekNYJ19th in point difference2-3
−0.14730th−0.09027th−0.619th.40019th−0.03627th
22Up 9 places since last weekGB8th in recent form3-2
+0.05410th+0.0928th−1.621st.60016th−0.02124th
23Down 5 places since last weekNYG7th in win percentage3-1-1
−0.03422nd−0.03723rd+0.614th.7007th−0.08232nd
24Up 2 places since last weekTB18th in recent form1-4
−0.01319th0.00018th−2.422nd.20029th−0.01723rd
25Down 2 places since last weekPHI13th in strength of schedule2-3
+0.01016th−0.18730th−4.026th.40021st+0.00613th
26Down 6 places since last weekCLE10th in recent form3-2
−0.08827th+0.07910th−3.825th.60011th−0.01119th
27Up 1 place since last weekWSH8th in strength of schedule1-3-1
−0.06924th−0.05825th−6.828th.30025th+0.0228th
28Down 1 place since last weekNO15th in strength of schedule1-4
−0.07926th−0.09128th−6.627th.20028th+0.00315th
29Up 1 place since last weekLAC12th in strength of schedule0-5
−0.02621st−0.08926th−9.029th.00032nd+0.00812th
30Down 6 places since last weekARI4th in strength of schedule1-4
−0.16031st−0.35032nd−10.831st.20027th+0.0534th
31Down 2 places since last weekTEN20th in strength of schedule0-5
−0.25132nd−0.24431st−10.230th.00031st−0.01120th
−0.10128th−0.11429th−12.432nd.00030th+0.01010th

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 October 12, 2026.