In Week 14, the Kansas City Chiefs are ranked from second to sixth in the national power rankings we’re following. This is after the team advanced to 11-1, becoming the first NFL team to clinch a 2024 playoff spot. We can confirm that the NFL’s official fairy dust tiebreakers never entered that playoff calculation.
Here’s this week’s sampling:
NFL.com: 4
(unchanged from 4)
I encountered plenty of backlash for dropping Kansas City another slot last week after a victory — but then Friday’s slog against the Raiders kinda backed my instincts up.