Power rankings. Ongoing.

Raptorman · Post by **Raptorman** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 11:57 am

Not that I take much stock in power rankings, I do like to see were others are placing them. So here we have the rankings for week 6.

Bleacher report. 13th.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2578 ... -6/page/21

USA Today 10th.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/rankings/

ESPN 16th.

http://espn.go.com/nfl/powerrankings

Yahoo sports. 11th.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-shutd ... 15893.html

Fox sports. 9th

http://www.foxsports.com/nfl/power-rankings

CBS Sports. 15th.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/powerrankings

PFT 15th.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/20 ... -rankings/

jackal · Post by **jackal** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 12:55 pm

funny we dropped in some during the bye week...

mansquatch · Post by **mansquatch** » Tue Oct 13, 2015 2:37 pm

I found it funnier that several of those power rankings have the Chargers ranked ahead of us despite the drubbing we gave them three weeks ago.

jackal · Post by **jackal** » Wed Oct 14, 2015 5:23 pm

I found it funnier that several of those power rankings have the Chargers ranked ahead of us despite the drubbing we gave them three weeks ago.

yeah I know they scored two garbage TD's but our D line crushed them and had Rivers foaming at the mouth...

Post by **Mothman** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 12:11 pm

The Vikes are 11th in Peter King's "Fine Fifteen" this week:

http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2015/10/13/char ... ngs-week-5

11. Minnesota (2-2). Lots of upside coming off the bye, with a running game purring along at 4.9 yards per rush, and a 67 percent passer getting better every week. Very bullish on the Vikings’ playoff chances.

Raptorman · Post by **Raptorman** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 9:47 am

Rather than a new thread, I will just say this. For those that follow, The Vikings are pretty much ranked 10th in every ranking after beating the Chiefs.

mansquatch · Post by **mansquatch** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 10:36 am

Hopefully our offense can get through it's growing pains and hit some kind of stride. If we want a wild card berth we need to win the next few games and a performance like last Sunday will put winnable games in jeopardy.

fiestavike · Post by **fiestavike** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 3:02 pm

Mothman wrote:The Vikes are 11th in Peter King's "Fine Fifteen" this week:

http://mmqb.si.com/mmqb/2015/10/13/char ... ngs-week-5

Interestingly, the vikings are also 11th in point differential with +2.6. I anticipate moving up in these ranking quite a bit over the next two weeks!

11 Minnesota Vikings 96 83 13 19.2 16.6 2.6

http://www.sportingcharts.com/nfl/stats ... inst/2015/

fiestavike · Post by **fiestavike** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 3:05 pm

interesting stats on those two next oppontents, ranked 29th and 30th in differential with -8.7 and -9.8 respectively.

29 Detroit Lions 120 172 -52 20.0 28.7 -8.7
30 Chicago Bears 120 179 -59 20.0 29.8 -9.8

Post by **Mothman** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 4:39 pm

The Vikes are up to #3 in SI's power rankings, ahead of Arizona and Cincy, behind only the Pats and Panthers:

http://www.si.com/nfl/2015/11/18/nfl-po ... s-steelers

They're #5 at NFL.com, USAToday and ESPN.com:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap300000 ... r-top-five

http://espn.go.com/nfl/powerrankings

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/nfl/rankings/

#6 at CBS (behind Seattle!):
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/writer/pat ... -of-nfl-is

Just Me · Post by **Just Me** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 5:44 pm

I actually like it better when we "fly under the radar." The last time we were "trendy" we opened the season at SF...

frosted · Post by **frosted** » Wed Nov 18, 2015 11:17 pm

I don't like this... It makes me nervous. It's hard being a Minnesotan sometimes. These teams have been so hard on us over the years, Vikes in particular.

Tortured existence as a sports fan. Hard to just live in the moment and be glad

jackal · Post by **jackal** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 12:20 am

Yeah but we can't control others.. 5 straight wins especially in division means the radar..

if we are going to win the big one we have to handle the pressure and win big games

Crax · Post by **Crax** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 12:27 am

Mothman wrote:
#6 at CBS (behind Seattle!):
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/writer/pat ... -of-nfl-is

I don't have a problem with the Vikings being 6, but putting Seattle at #5 is crap, especially after just losing at home. No 4-5 team should be ahead of the Vikings.

Post by **Mothman** » Thu Nov 19, 2015 6:59 am

Crax wrote: I don't have a problem with the Vikings being 6, but putting Seattle at #5 is crap, especially after just losing at home. No 4-5 team should be ahead of the Vikings.

... or in the top 5. I understand they've been to back-to-back Super Bowls but they're still 4-5 (and only there because Detroit was screwed out of a likely win @SEA).

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