ESPN Releases Week 6 NFL Rankings as 32 Teams Average 23.3 Points Amid Defensive Struggles
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Updated · ESPN · Oct 13
ESPN Releases Week 6 NFL Rankings as 32 Teams Average 23.3 Points Amid Defensive Struggles
3 articles · Updated · ESPN · Oct 13
Summary
San Francisco stayed No. 1 in ESPN’s Week 6 NFL power rankings, while the report paired all 32 teams with their biggest defensive flaw as scoring sits at 23.3 points per team.
New England made the biggest highlighted climb into the top 10 at No. 9 after back-to-back wins, fueled by a 45-17 rout of Las Vegas that produced its most points and 536 yards since 2021.
Green Bay also surged from No. 23 to No. 14 after crushing Chicago 31-7, with Jordan Love throwing for 367 yards — the second most in Bears-Packers series history.
At the bottom, the Chargers, Titans and Dolphins are all 0-5, marking only the fifth time since the 1970 merger that three teams from one conference have opened that poorly.
The defensive issues varied from San Francisco’s 40.8% third-down rate allowed to Kansas City’s zero sacks, underscoring a leaguewide theme of offenses reaching scoring territory too easily.