At the midway point of the 2025 NFL season, the contenders have begun to separate themselves from the pretenders, giving fans a look at the teams that will realistically compete for the Lombardi Trophy in February.

For the fourth straight week, Tom Brady has a new No. 1 in his power rankings. This one has him "feeling sick."

The Indianapolis Colts have the NFL's best record, but the Kansas City Chiefs have steamrolled their past three opponents.

The Cardinals, Seahawks and Rams were all idle. They had their byes.

This past week, teams dealing with questionable coaching futures had gut-checking wins. The New York Jets rallied to give Aaron Glenn his first win and the Miami Dolphins had a stunning blowout of the Atlanta Falcons a week after Mike McDaniel appeared to have lost the team.

Despite the Cowboys' embarrassing showing in Week 8, the team remains in second place in the NFC East. With the next three weeks including a Monday Night Football showdown with the struggling Arizona Cardinals, a bye week, and another MNF outing against the lowly Las Vegas Raiders, there is an opportunity for the Cowboys to be sitting at 6-4-1.

NFL Week 9 power rankings react to the surprising first-place Arizona Cardinals, Washington Commanders, Pittsburgh Steelers and Buffalo Bills.

NFL Week 9 picks, predictions for this week's games, including Ravens-Dolphins, Vikings-Lions, Chiefs-Bills, Seahawks-Commanders, Cardinals-Cowboys.