The 2022 Vikings, According to All National Power Rankings: Week 4
Dustin Baker
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Each week, VikingsTerritory catalogs the Minnesota Vikings placement in national power rankings. Eleven sources are vetted, detailed, and plopped here for reference.
The Vikings defeated the Detroit Lions in a rollercoaster Week 3 affair, 28-24. Minnesota took the lead with 45 seconds left — the only lead at all for the team since Week 1.
Minnesota now has around 22:1 odds to win the Super Bowl in 2022, improving a bit after toppling Detroit. The Vikings are 80-40-2 (.663) all-time versus the Lions.
Per EPA/Play, the Vikings own the NFL’s 15th-best offense and 18th-best defense after Week 3. Minnesota’s Week 4 opponent, the New Orleans Saints, sunk to 1-2 after a surprising loss at the Carolina Panthers.
These are the Vikings weekly power rankings heading into Week 4.
[format = ranking entity: power ranking position (variation from last week)]
- USA Today: 7th (+2)
- Bleacher Report: 9th (-1)
- Pro Football Focus: 9th (+1)
- Yahoo Sports: 9th (+2)
- Pro Football Network: 9th (+2)
- NFL.com: 9th (+2)
- The Score: 9th (+2)
- ESPN: 9th (+2)
- Sporting News: 10th (-1)
- FiveThirtyEight: 12th (+1)
- Pro Football Talk: 16th (+7)
The national average of these totals is 9.8. The world believes the Vikings are about the NFL’s 9th- or 10th-best team. Last week, Minnesota was 11th-12th via all averages.
Vinnie Iyer from Sporting News aptly summarized the current state of the Vikings, “The Vikings have been a bit all over the place with their offensive identity with Kevin O’Connell with Kirk Cousins and Justin Jefferson cooling down after Week 1 and giving way more to the rushing attack. The 3-4 defense also will be a roller coaster. But they should take their start to the season as a positive with a pair of divisional wins now under their belts.”
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Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the University of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his daily YouTube Channel, VikesNow. He hosts a podcast with Bryant McKinnie, which airs every Wednesday with Raun Sawh and Sally from Minneapolis. His Viking fandom dates back to 1996. Listed guilty pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ and The Doors (the band).
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