PANTHERS POWER UP: With a shout-out to Cam Newton and the defense, Pete Prisco of CBSSports.com vaults the Panthers into the top 10 in his latest power rankings at No. 8. Carolina moves up five spots to No. 13 in Mike Florio’s rankings for Pro Football Talk.
POWER SHORTAGE: A couple of other power rankers aren’t as quick to hop about the bandwagon. Frank Schwab at Yahoo.com has Carolina at 19th – below four 0-2 teams - while Elliot Harrison at NFL.