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NFL Power Rankings Recap: Week 15

After falling to the New Orleans Saints, where do the Tampa Bay Buccaneers end up in this week’s Experts’ Power Rankings?

Dec 15, 2015 at 07:00 AM

NFL.com, Elliot Harrison Rank: 19Last Week: 15
Change: -4*NFL Top 5: Panthers, Cardinals, Patriots, Seahawks, Steelers NFC South: Panthers (1), Saints (18), Falcons (28) Week 15 Opponent Ranking: Rams (24) CBSSports.com, Pete Prisco Rank: 17 Last Week: 15
Change: -2 NFL Top 5: Panthers, Cardinals, Patriots, Seahawks, Bengals NFC South: Panthers (1), Falcons (21), Saints (27) Week 15 Opponent Ranking: Rams (25) FoxSports.com Rank: 16 Last Week: 12
Change: -4 NFL Top 5: Panthers, Cardinals, Patriots, Seahawks, Steelers NFC South: Panthers (1), Saints (22), Falcons (23) Week 15 Opponent Ranking: Rams (20) ProFootballTalk, Mike Florio Rank: 18 Last Week: 15
Change: -3 NFL Top 5: Panthers, Cardinals, Patriots, Packers, Seahawks NFC South: Panthers (1), Falcons (22), Saints (25) *Week 15 Opponent Ranking: Rams (24)

SBNation.com Rank: 17Last Week: 14*Change: -3 NFL Top 5: Panthers, Cardinals, Patriots, Broncos, Seahawks NFC South: Panthers (1), Saints (24), Falcons (26) Week 15 Opponent Ranking: Rams (22) Yahoo! Shutdown Corner Rank: 19 Last Week: 15
Change: -4 NFL Top 5: Panthers, Patriots, Cardinals, Broncos, Bengals NFC South: Panthers (1), Saints (21), Falcons (23) Week 15 Opponent Ranking: Rams (25) * USA Today Rank: 17Last Week: 17
Change: 0*NFL Top 5: Panthers, Patriots, Cardinals, Seahawks, Steelers NFC South: Panthers (1), Falcons (21), Saints (25) Week 15 Opponent Ranking: Rams (26) ESPN.com Rank: 18 Last Week: 14
Change: -4 NFL Top 5: Panthers, Cardinals, Patriots, Bengals, Broncos NFC South: Panthers (1), Saints (22), Falcons (27) *Week 15 Opponent Ranking: Rams (26)

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