The latest NFL power rankings aren’t taking a kind view of the New Orleans Saints after their third straight loss, having fallen to 1-3 on the year against the Minnesota Vikings in London. New Orleans is being commonly ranked as the second-worst team in their own division as more ballots roll in, with a widening gap separating them from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and, yeah, the Atlanta Falcons. Here are the average rankings of each NFC South team after Week 5 from 15 different outlets:
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 6.8 (-0.2 from last week)
- Atlanta Falcons: 21.1 (+6.3 from last week)
- New Orleans Saints: 24.1 (-1.8 from last week)
- Carolina Panthers: 30.3 (-2.5 from last week)
So the Falcons were the only team to improve their positioning, while some uncertainty is building around the 2-2 Bucs. The Panthers are flirting with irrelevance, but the Saints risk joining them if they don’t turn it around soon. They’ve fallen further down the board in each of the last three weeks.
With that in mind, let’s survey all of the different NFL power rankings from around the league’s media landscape: