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NFL power rankings, Week 12: Super Bowl rematch will decide No. 1 team

In the 1992 and 1993 NFL seasons, the Dallas Cowboys and Buffalo Bills met in Super Bowls XXVII and XXVIII. It was, and remains to this day, the only time the same two teams played in the Super Bowl in back-to-back seasons.

It doesn’t work like that in other sports. A pair of juggernauts meeting at the end on an annual basis has happened several times.

The Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics met in back-to-back NBA Finals four different times and it wasn’t that long ago that the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers played for the title in four straight years. There are plenty of stretches in MLB history where the perennial AL champ New York Yankees just kept running into the Dodgers, Giants, or Cardinals in the World Series.

It’s just too dang hard to stay on top in football, though.

Yet, here we are — more than nine months removed from the Kansas City Chiefs’ 38-35 win over the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl LVII — and those are still the two best teams in football.

Of course, there’s still a lot to be decided over the next three months or so. There are more than a few contenders in each conference who will have something to say about a Super Bowl rematch coming to fruition.

But when the Chiefs and Eagles duked it out Monday, it was for the title of the best football team of right this second and Philadelphia came out on top. Here’s how the rest of the league stacks up entering Week 12:

1
Philadelphia Eagles (9-1)

Gary A. Vasquez-USA TODAY Sports

Last week: No. 1

Week 11 result: 21-17 win vs. Chiefs

2
Kansas City Chiefs (7-3)

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports

Last week: No. 2

Week 11 result: 21-17 loss vs. Eagles

3
Baltimore Ravens (8-3)

Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK

Last week: No. 5

Week 11 result: 34-20 win vs. Bengals

4
Detroit Lions (8-2)

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK

Last week: No. 3

Week 11 result: 31-26 win vs. Bears

5
San Francisco 49ers (7-3)

Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports

Last week: No. 6

Week 11 result: 27-14 win vs. Buccaneers

6
Cleveland Browns (7-3)

Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports

Last week: No. 4

Week 11 result: 13-10 win vs. Steelers

7
Dallas Cowboys (7-3)

Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports

Last week: No. 7

Week 11 result: 33-10 win vs. Panthers

8
Miami Dolphins (7-3)

Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports

Last week: No. 9

Week 11 result: 20-13 win vs. Raiders

9
Houston Texans (6-4)

Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports

Last week: No. 8

Week 11 result: 21-16 win vs. Cardinals

10
Jacksonville Jaguars (7-3)

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports

Last week: No. 13

Week 11 result: 34-14 win vs. Titans

11
Buffalo Bills (6-5)

Jamie Germano/Rochester Democrat and Chronicle / USA TODAY NETWORK

Last week: No. 14

Week 11 result: 32-6 win vs. Jets

12
Denver Broncos (5-5)

Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports

Last week: No. 16

Week 11 result: 21-20 win vs. Vikings

13
Minnesota Vikings (6-5)

Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports

Last week: No. 12

Week 11 result: 21-20 loss vs. Broncos

14
Seattle Seahawks (6-4)

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Last week: No. 10

Week 11 result: 17-16 loss vs. Rams

15
Cincinnati Bengals (5-5)

Sam Greene/The Enquirer / USA TODAY NETWORK

Last week: No. 11

Week 11 result: 34-20 loss vs. Ravens

16
Pittsburgh Steelers (6-4)

Ken Blaze-USA TODAY Sports

Last week: No. 17

Week 11 result: 13-10 loss vs. Browns

17
Los Angeles Chargers (4-6)

Dan Powers/USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin.

Last week: No. 15

Week 11 result: 23-20 loss vs. Packers

18
Las Vegas Raiders (5-6)

Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports

Last week: No. 18

Week 11 result: 20-13 loss vs. Dolphins

19
New Orleans Saints (5-5)

Brad Rempel-USA TODAY Sports

Last week: No. 19

Week 11 result: BYE

20
Indianapolis Colts (5-5)

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports

Last week: No. 21

Week 11 result: BYE

21
Green Bay Packers (4-6)

Mark Hoffman / USA TODAY NETWORK

Last week: No. 25

Week 11 result: 23-20 win vs. Chargers

22
Los Angeles Rams (4-6)

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Last week: No. 27

Week 11 result: 17-16 win vs. Seahawks

23
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-6)

Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports

Last week: No. 20

Week 11 result: 27-14 loss vs. 49ers

24
Atlanta Falcons (4-6)

Joe Rondone/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK

Last week: No. 23

Week 11 result: BYE

25
New York Jets (4-6)

Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports

Last week: No. 22

Week 11 result: 32-6 loss vs. Bills

26
Chicago Bears (3-8)

Junfu Han / USA TODAY NETWORK

Last week: No. 24

Week 11 result: 31-26 loss vs. Lions

27
New York Giants (3-8)

Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports

Last week: No. 32

Week 11 result: 31-19 win vs. Commanders

28
Arizona Cardinals (2-9)

Thomas Shea-USA TODAY Sports

Last week: No. 26

Week 11 result: 21-16 loss vs. Texans

29
Washington Commanders (4-7)

Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports

Last week: No. 28

Week 11 result: 31-19 loss vs. Giants

30
Tennessee Titans (3-7)

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports

Last week: No. 29

Week 11 result: 34-14 loss vs. Jaguars

31
New England Patriots (2-8)

Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports

Last week: No. 31

Week 11 result: BYE

32
Carolina Panthers (1-9)

Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports

Last week: No. 30

Week 11 result: 33-10 loss vs. Cowboys

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