Colts slip from top spot in power rankings

November, 3, 2009
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By Paul Kuharsky
Posted by ESPN.com’s Paul Kuharsky

The latest power rankings are in, and the Indianapolis faithful may be disappointed. After four weeks in the top spot, the Colts have been overtaken by the Saints for the No. 1 slot.

I understand the case for Indy, but I've had them second for a while behind New Orleans. I would love to see the two teams play, and imagine a lot of people would pick it as a Super Bowl matchup right now.

NFC West maven Mike Sando details some of that in his always informative breakdown of the voting which you can find here.

Here’s how the AFC South ranks:
AFC South power rankings
Team Ranking Last week My vote
Colts 2 1 2
Texans 14 17 11
Jaguars 21 21 21
Titans 26 29 26

There is only one team on which I strayed as much as three spots from the rest of the voting panel:

Chicago ranks 17th; I have the Bears 20th, three spots lower than anyone else. I just don’t have a lot of faith in the Bears against good teams right now, and I’d pick the Niners, Dolphins, Jets and Chargers to beat them right now.

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