The 49ers hold the top spot in this week's power rankings consensus, per Pro Football Talk and Yahoo Sports. The Chiefs, who sat idle through Week 5 on their bye, appear nearly unanimous at No. 2 across the national media landscape, according to reporting from Yahoo Sports and Arrowhead Pride.
Kansas City enters Week 6 with an undefeated record through the bye. ESPN ranked the Chiefs at No. 2 with no change from their previous ranking, and identified their biggest defensive issue for the week ahead, per Arrowhead Pride's roundup of the week's power rankings.
Other outlets providing Week 6 rankings this week include ESPN, which published a full 1-32 ranking of all teams and identified the biggest defensive problem for every club. Yahoo Sports also published Nick's Power Rankings heading into the week.
On the field, New England won decisively against Las Vegas 45-17 on Sunday to improve to 3-2 and extend their winning streak to two games. The Patriots, in second place in the AFC East, will face the Jets on Sunday, Oct. 18. The Jets, who sit in third in the division at 2-3, snapped a two-game skid with a 17-12 win over Cleveland the same day.
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The Eagles, meanwhile, have lost three consecutive games. Their latest setback came 19-17 at Jacksonville on Sunday—a one-point loss that drops Philadelphia to 2-3 and second in the NFC East. The Eagles face Carolina next Sunday. In the NFC West, the Seahawks fell 32-29 to San Francisco on Sunday to slip to 3-2, ending their winning streak. Seattle travels to Denver on Thursday, Oct. 15.
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