Trevor Siemian

NFL Week 7 Power Rankings: The list of true contenders is a very short one

Published Jun. 30, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET

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Each week this season, it has grown tougher and tougher to pick teams worthy of a top-10 spot in the Power Rankings but easier and easier to fill out the bottom spots. The bloated number of teams that are mediocre-at-best is likely a huge part of why the NFL's TV ratings are falling this season.

The AFC has it worse than the NFC through six weeks, with 15 of 16 teams in the former already saddled by at least two losses. The playoffs are still well off in the distance, but the current list of true contenders is short.

Here’s how everyone falls after Week 6, and we'll start it from the bottom this time:

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