THE Detroit Lions produced a convincing win over the Tennessee Titans to earn their fifth straight victory and improve to 6-1 on the season.

Here’s a look at where Lions rank in a series of power rankings compiled by experts and analysts across the league.

Sports Illustrated

Power Ranking: 1st

Previous rank: 1st

One thing I like Dan Campbell is that when he walks up to the podium for a press conference, he grabs her by the shoulders like someone he bullied in high school. When he is about to start speaking, he there. When I was reporting for the magazine on Campbell and the Lions for our football preview issue, there was a note about the beauty of the way he meanders through talking points, sometimes without conclusion or meaning. With that in mind, his weekly Game Balls segment is a must-watch for me. This team must continue to win.

Athletics

Power Ranking: 1st

Previous ranking: 1st

They peak too soon. That’s about the only thing we can find to worry the Lions right now. Detroit is averaging 43 points per game since Week 4 and its average margin of victory during that span is 22.8 points. Jared Goff passed for 85 yards Sunday and the Lions scored 51 points. For the season, the Lions lead the league in completion rate (47.5%) and are second in expected points added during the running game (0.12 per carry), according to TruMedia.

CBS Sports

Power ranking: 2nd

Previous rank: 2nd

They collected 52 points against the Titans and I didn’t need to do much offensively. Special teams played a big role in this one as they head into a giant division game against the Packers.

Yahoo Sports

Power ranking: 2nd

Previous rank: 2nd

During the last five years of Detroit games they have more touchdowns (25) than incompletions (20), the first team since the 1970 merger to do so over a five-game stretch, according to CBS. Yes, this team is fun to watch.

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Power ranking: 2nd

Previous rank: 2nd

THE Lions are clearly the team to beat in the NFC, and they might be the best team in the NFL. I’d still like to see Detroit make a defensive addition or two before the trade deadline, but the offense (and special teams) can hide a lot of warts even if they don’t.

Jared Goff is playing some of the best football of his career, and offensive coordinator Ben Johnson is making the most of Detroit’s glut of playmakers. The Lions are beatable, but the list of teams capable of knocking them out in January is pretty short.

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Power ranking: 2nd

Previous rank: 3rd

Their 172 points over the last four games are a franchise record, the most of any team in a four-game stretch in five years, and puts them on track to become the 30th team in league annals to score at least 500 points.

ESPN

Power ranking: 2nd

Previous rank: 2nd

Bates signed as a free agent with the Lions in June after one season in the UFL and a brief stint with the Texans in 2023. He was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 7 after hitting the 44-yard game-winner. basket with 15 seconds remaining to help Detroit secure a victory for Minnesota. Bates is 11-of-11 on field goals and 27-of-28 on extra points this season.