The Chiefs are coming off their very first loss of the season, as the national pundits release their Week 7 power rankings. Keep checking back — we’re updating our weekly tabulation as they come in.
Pundit Power Rankings for Week 7
Chiefs AFC West Teams Other AFC Teams
| Rank | Team | ESPN | SBN | SpNws | Yahoo | CBS | USA |
| 1 (1) | Rams 6-0 | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) |
| 2 (4) | Patriots 4-2 | 2 (3) | 2 (6) | 2 (4) | 3 (3) | 3 (7) | 2 (4) |
| 3 (2) | Chiefs 5-1 | 3 (2) | 3 (2) | 4 (2) | 2 (2) | 4 (2) | 4 (2) |
| 4 (3) | Saints 4-1 | 4 (4) | 4 (3) | 3 (3) | 4 (4) | 2 (4) | 3 (3) |
| 5 (11) | Ravens 4-2 | 5 (10) | 6 (9) | 7 (10) | 9 (13) | 5 (10) | 6 (10) |
| 6 (10) | Chargers 4-2 | 8 (14) | 5 (12) | 5 (11) | 7 (10) | 6 (11) | 5 (5) |
| 7 (9) | Vikings 3-2-1 | 10 (11) | 7 (10) | 6 (9) | 5 (6) | 8 (13) | 9 (12) |
| 8 (12) | Eagles 3-3 | 6 (9) | 9 (11) | 9 (13) | 6 (7) | 13 (16) | 10 (19) |
| Rank | Team | ESPN | SBN | SpNws | Yahoo | CBS | USA |
| 9 (13) | Steelers 3-2-1 | 9 (12) | 10 (16) | 8 (12) | 11 (14) | 7 (12) | 7 (11) |
| 10 (7) | Bengals 4-2 | 7 (6) | 8 (4) | 11 (6) | 12 (11) | 10 (5) | 8 (7) |
| 11 (5) | Panthers 3-2 | 13 (8) | 14 (5) | 10 (5) | 8 (5) | 15 (6) | 13 (6) |
| 12 (8) | Bears 3-2 | 12 (7) | 12 (8) | 15 (8) | 13 (9) | 12 (3) | 15 (9) |
| 13 (14) | Packers 3-2-1 | 14 (13) | 13 (15) | 13 (14) | 14 (12) | 14 (19) | 12 (15) |
| 14 (17) | Redskins 3-2 | 16 (17) | 16 (19) | 12 (15) | 15 (15) | 9 (14) | 11 (14) |
| 15 (16) | Dolphins 4-2 | 15 (16) | 11 (13) | 14 (17) | 16 (18) | 11 (15) | 14 (16) |
| 16 (6) | Jaguars 3-3 | 11 (5) | 15 (7) | 18 (7) | 10 (8) | 17 (9) | 21 (8) |
| Rank | Team | ESPN | SBN | SpNws | Yahoo | CBS | USA |
| 17 (20) | Seahawks 3-3 | 17 (20) | 18 (20) | 16 (20) | 19 (21) | 19 (22) | 17 (25) |
| 18 (24) | Cowboys 3-3 | 20 (25) | 21 (28) | 17 (22) | 20 (23) | 16 (21) | 19 (26) |
| 19 (15) | Titans 3-3 | 18 (15) | 17 (14) | 23 (16) | 23 (19) | 18 (8) | 24 (17) |
| 20 (22) | Falcons 2-4 | 19 (19) | 23 (25) | 19 (23) | 24 (24) | 23 (28) | 16 (21) |
| 21 (20) | Texans 3-3 | 21 (24) | 20 (26) | 21 (27) | 25 (22) | 20 (17) | 18 (20) |
| 22 (18) | Browns 2-3-1 | 22 (18) | 19 (17) | 25 (19) | 22 (20) | 24 (20) | 20 (13) |
| 23 (26) | Jets 3-3 | 25 (27) | 22 (24) | 20 (24) | 17 (25) | 22 (26) | 22 (22) |
| 23 (19) | Lions 2-3 | 23 (23) | 24 (22) | 22 (26) | 18 (17) | 21 (18) | 23 (23) |
| Rank | Team | ESPN | SBN | SpNws | Yahoo | CBS | USA |
| 25 (22) | Buccaneers 2-3 | 26 (22) | 26 (18) | 26 (21) | 21 (16) | 25 (23) | 26 (18) |
| 26 (25) | Broncos 2-4 | 24 (21) | 27 (21) | 24 (18) | 26 (26) | 28 (27) | 25 (24) |
| 27 (29) | Bills 2-4 | 28 (29) | 29 (30) | 27 (25) | 27 (28) | 27 (25) | 28 (28) |
| 28 (27) | Colts 1-5 | 27 (26) | 28 (23) | 30 (29) | 30 (29) | 26 (24) | 27 (27) |
| 29 (31) | 49ers 1-5 | 30 (30) | 25 (27) | 28 (31) | 28 (32) | 29 (32) | 30 (32) |
| 30 (28) | Giants 1-5 | 29 (28) | 30 (29) | 29 (28) | 29 (27) | 31 (30) | 31 (29) |
| 31 (32) | Cardinals 1-5 | 31 (32) | 31 (32) | 31 (30) | 32 (31) | 32 (31) | 29 (31) |
| 32 (30) | Raiders 1-5 | 32 (31) | 32 (31) | 32 (32) | 31 (30) | 30 (29) | 32 (30) |
| Numbers in parentheses are the previous week's ranking. | |||||||