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Rams Power Rankings: Wild Card

Jan 06, 2026 at 10:04 AM

Wyatt Miller

Staff Writer

Each week, TheRams.com will be taking an aggregate look at where the team ranks across different outlets in the sports media landscape. Here are the power rankings for the Rams (12-5) at the end of the regular season and heading into the Wild Card round:

**NFL.com, Eric Edholm Rank**: 7

Last Week: 9

Change: +2

Yahoo! Sports, Frank Schwab Rank: 4

Last Week: 4

Change: 0

Bleacher Report Rank: 4

Last Week: 7

Change: +3

CBS Sports, Pete Prisco Rank: 5

Last Week: 6

Change: +1

AVERAGE RANKING: 5

HIGH: 4 (Yahoo! Sports, Bleacher Report)

LOW: 7 (NFL.com)

BIGGEST CHANGE: +3 (Bleacher Report)

AVERAGE CHANGE: +1.2

THIS WEEK'S OPPONENT'S RANKS — Carolina Panthers (8-9)

NFL.com — 14

Yahoo! Sports — 14

Bleacher Report — 14

CBS Sports — 14

AVERAGE RANKING: 14

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