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The Los Angeles Chargers moved back into the top wild-card spot in the AFC with their overtime win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night.
Following a 24-17 win over the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday, the Denver Broncos are now ranked fifth in Nate Davis' latest NFL power rankings for USA TODAY Sports. That's unchanged from their ranking last week.
Denver took care of business Sunday, systematically beating the Raiders 24-17 in a game that felt more one-sided than the final score showed. The Broncos are on a 10-game winning streak, and their 11-2 record puts them as the No. 1 seed in the AFC.
Following the crucial showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans, the rest of the AFC got a clear picture of how things will look going into Week 15 of the 2025 NFL season.
Coming into the weekend, the slate had the promise of being an inflection point with multiple divisional matchups on deck between clubs in the thick of the playoff race. That included Steelers-Ravens duking it out for first place in the AFC North,
Another week of AFC West action is in the books, and that means it’s time for updated power rankings. With divisional matchups on the slate, the standings saw a shake-up. Here’s how the latest results reshaped the hierarchy. If the AFC West had a fifth ...