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It only makes sense that a team making the postseason is ranked inside the Top 10 -- at least the average among the power rankings that we follow. Brian Billick gave Cincinnati a No. 7 score, whereas ESPN and the Associate Press, angry corporate America throwing lightning strikes at our little party, pushed the Bengals outside the top-ten. Then we realized, we don't really care.
| RANK | L.WEEK | |
| SB Nation | 9 | 10 |
| NFL.com | 8 | 8 |
| CBS Sports (Pete Prisco) | 8 | 8 |
| ESPN | 11 | 11 |
| Fox Sports (Brian Billick) | 7 | 11 |
| Pro Football Talk | 9 | 10 |
| Pro Football Weekly | 9 | 10 |
| Associated Press | 12 | 11 |
| AVG. | 9.1 | 9.9 |