Philip Rivers

NFL Power Rankings, Week 15: Cowboys finally lose grasp of top spot

Published Dec. 14, 2016 9:15 a.m. ET

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The list of teams eliminated from playoff contention has grown to six, and it’s essentially at 10—the Chargers, Saints, Panthers and Eagles all face astronomical odds of reaching the postseason. That quartet also had a decent Power Rankings standing at one point or another this year, before reality set in.

The teams rising toward the top now will be harder to move from the contenders pile. And there is a change atop the rankings this week, after the Cowboys fell in the Meadowlands.

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