It took us eight weeks into the NFL regular season to see a team other than the New England Patriots be ranked first overall in our power rankings. It was the San Francisco 49ers who claimed the first overall spot this week after a very impressive win over the Carolina Panthers. These two teams will likely bounce back and forth as the number one overall team in our rankings as long as they both remain undefeated.
This week it was the Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles who took the biggest leap forward in our rankings, while a handful of other teams dropped three spots.