Going into Week 9, 2026 · Updated
NFL team strength, measured drive by drive
Power rankings, standings and drive efficiency for all 32 teams, rebuilt from every drive after each week's games.
This week in the numbers
Power rankings
Top 5, going into Week 9
- 1
Buffalo Bills (up 3 places since last week) - 2
San Francisco 49ers (no change since last week) - 3
Los Angeles Rams (no change since last week) - 4
Seattle Seahawks (down 3 places since last week) - 5
Chicago Bears (up 1 place since last week)
Division leaders
Standings going into Week 9
Full standings
PIT
JAX
DEN
NYG
CARDrive efficiency leaders
Combined rating going into Week 9; 0 = league average
- Best offense
- San Francisco 49ers+0.284
- Best defense
- Seattle Seahawks+0.208
Latest insights
All insightsWeek 9 Drive Report: Denver Makes the AFC West a Race, and the AFC North Thins Out
Denver beat Kansas City and cut the Chiefs' chance to win the AFC West from 64% to 44%. Pittsburgh's 27-6 win over Cleveland and Baltimore's 36-10 loss in Buffalo thinned the AFC North to two contenders. Plus the drive-efficiency movers and our best forecasting week so far.
Mobile Quarterbacks Don't Get Rushed Faster. They Hold the Ball Longer.
Offenses with scrambling quarterbacks get pressured more than their offensive lines deserve. We measured why on 5,625 tracked dropbacks from weeks 1 to 6 of the 2024 season, and rebuilt the pressure rating without the quarterback's legs.
Week 8 Drive Report: Seattle Takes No. 1, and the AFC North Gets Crowded
Seattle held Kansas City without a touchdown and moved to No. 1 in our power rankings, a hair ahead of San Francisco. Pittsburgh and Cleveland are both 5-2 and above 55% to make the playoffs, Tampa Bay's 43-13 rout of Carolina reshaped the NFC South, and how our Week 7 forecasts did.
How it works
MethodologyEvery drive, rated
Each offense and defense is rated on how its drives end (scores, stalls and turnovers), adjusted for opponents and game situation.
Games played out
Those ratings drive a drive-by-drive simulation of each game, run 2,000 times.
Rankings from the same model
Every team plays a league-average opponent; the power rankings sort teams by how often they win.
Research preview
Player tracking
We're researching player tracking to measure what box scores can't: time to throw, pass-rush pressure and receiver separation. Here is one anonymized play from that pipeline.
See what else video can measure →- Time to throw
- 3.0 s
- Target separation
- 11.4 yd
- Routes run
- 5 (median 4.1 yd open)
- Nearest rusher at throw
- 4.5 yd
Sample output from our tracking pipeline on a single pass play, measured at 10 frames per second. Positions are smoothed for display; teams and players are not identified. Separation is the distance to the nearest defender when the ball is thrown.
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