NFL Power Ranks: Week 8

The crazy Eagles fan as back as our picture this week. It's been a pretty exciting time in Philly lately, with the Phillies pushing the World Series back to New York for a game 6, and now, after their huge win over the Giants in Week 8, the Eagles have taken over 1st place in the NFC East and moved all the way to #3 in the power ranks. The undefeated Colts and Saints remain at #1 and #2, respectively, while the Patriots are Vikings sit barely behind the Eagles. The Broncos, who got their first loss of the year, drop to #6.

We finally had a shakeup on the bottom side of things. The Titans and Rams got their first wins of the season, leaving only the Buccaneers winless, which sent them to the bottom spot (but only barely behind the awful Rams). The Rams' victim, the Lions, drop all the way back to #30 and believe it or not, make their first appearance of the year in the bottom 5, which means I can use their snazzy updated logo (which in my opinion kind of looks like their old logo right after filming a porn scene, but at least it looks more like a Lion now than the ambiguous blue blob they have used for the past 50+ years). The Browns stay at #29 while the Titans move up to #28 after finally winning.

There wasn't a ton of big moves this week, but the biggest gainers were the Dolphins (+6), who are looking like they are turning things around, and the Ravens (+5), who ended the Broncos' perfect season. The biggest losers were the Giants (-7), who got crushed by the Eagles and fall all the way to #18. They were #1 just 3 weeks ago. The Jaguars (-7) are ridiculously inconsistent, and got dominated by the Titans.

Projected playoff matchups:
NFC
First Round Byes: #2 Saints, #3 Eagles
#10 Packers @ #5 Vikings
#9 Cowboys @ #15 Cardinals
Top 3 Out: #12 Falcons, #17 Bears, #18 Giants

AFC
First Round Byes: #1 Colts, #4 Patriots
#11 Texans @ #6 Broncos
#8 Bengals @ #7 Steelers
Top 3 Out: #13 Ravens, #14 Chargers, #16 Dolphins

Full Ranks:
1. Colts - 86.42 - Even
2. Saints - 82.70 - Even
3. Eagles - 73.62 - +4
4. Patriots - 73.16 - Even
5. Vikings - 73.13 - Even
6. Broncos - 72.32 - -3
7. Steelers - 67.96 - +1
8. Bengals - 67.46 - +1
9. Cowboys - 66.78 - +1
10. Packers - 63.08 - -4
11. Texans - 62.93 - +3
12. Falcons - 56.98 - +1
13. Ravens - 56.35 - +5
14. Chargers - 53.27 - +1
15. Cardinals - 53.14 - -3
16. Dolphins - 52.21 - +6
17. Bears - 51.68 - +4
18. Giants - 51.31 - -7
19. Jets - 48.34 - -2
20. Bills - 45.54 - -1
21. Panthers - 44.57 - +3
22. 49ers - 43.05 - -2
23. Jaguars - 42.23 - -7
24. Redskins - 34.16 - +1
25. Seahawks - 33.95 - -2
26. Chiefs - 28.09 - +1
27. Raiders - 25.93 - +1
28. Titans - 25.34 - +3
29. Browns - 22.51 - Even
30. Lions - 20.93 - -4
31. Rams - 18.98 - +1
32. Buccaneers - 16.32 - -2