2024 Power Rankings – Syndication Server

Perhaps out of spite, Jets ranked 25th by Pro Football Talk heading into summer

By many accounts, the Jets are at least ranked in the top half of the league. Some even have them in the top 10 heading into the season. But 25th? That feels incredibly low. But that’s exactly where Pro Football Talk has the Jets in their pre-camp power rankings.

Now, one can make the argument this is purely out of spite. It’s no secret PFT and head writer and founder Mike Florio is not the biggest fan of quarterback Aaron Rodgers. To each their own, but that shouldn’t effect one’s ranking of the team as a whole.

At No. 25, the only teams PFT has ranked below the Jets are the Raiders, Titans, Giants, Commanders, Cardinals, Patriots and Panthers. Take that how you will.

This is just one set of rankings but it shows how one’s thoughts can completely change the landscape of a list. The Jets may be full of questions, but not to the point where they’re a bottom-ten team in the entire league.

Bucs land middle of the pack in ESPN’s 2024 power rankings

Where do you think the Bucs stack up with the rest of the league for next year?

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers ended 2023 as one of the NFL’s top eight squads. But will they continue that momentum heading into next year?

The Bucs have a few question marks going into the offseason, and ESPN took notice when making their early 2024 power rankings. Tampa Bay came in at 16th in their rankings, exactly in the middle of the NFL pack, and the need for consistency and their pending free agents were listed as a big cause.

Here is what Bucs ESPN writer Jenna Laine said about the Bucs heading into the offseason:

Offensive coordinator Dave Canales took the Panthers’ head-coaching job, and WR Mike Evans and QB Baker Mayfield are set to become unrestricted free agents, so it was imperative that the Bucs found a new offensive coordinator who could build off what Canales installed in Tampa and do so without too much change. Liam Coen brings not only that but also a previous working relationship with Mayfield from when the two were with the Rams. Both are very high on each other, and with Evans, Canales’ system is one he liked.

So now it’s really about dollars and cents in re-signing two of the Bucs’ key offensive players, in addition to safety Antoine Winfield Jr. (their top defensive player last season) and inside linebacker Lavonte David.

Tampa Bay’s free agency will be a big factor in whether or not they’ll be competitive next year. Retain players like Mike Evans and Baker Mayfield, and the team could be successful. Let them go (or perhaps Antoine Winfield Jr.), and there will be some struggle. While it’s a little early for these sorts of things, it the offseason will be important to nail to see if that momentum carries on.

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Way too early 2024 SEC Football Power Rankings

The Sooners and Longhorns are making the jump to the SEC in 2024, so where do they land in our way-too-early power rankings?

In 2024, college football will look like nothing we’ve ever seen. Conference realignment did plastic surgery to the game we’ve grown up with.

The Pac-12 is essentially gone as Oregon, USC, Washington, and UCLA move to the Big Ten. The Big 12 added Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, and Utah. Stanford and Cal are off to the ACC, along with SMU getting a promotion from the AAC. The SEC is adding Texas and Oklahoma.

The College Football Playoff is expanding to 12 teams, coming off its most competitive four-team version.

All of this is happening in 2024.

It’s a new era of college football. For the SEC, the Sooners and Longhorns are coming off of double-digit win seasons and Texas made the playoff. But how do they stack up against their future SEC counterparts?

Here’s a look at our way-too-early SEC power rankings.