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Rank Team 1 BAL 1 1 3 3 2 NYG 3 4 1 1 3 IND 2 2 4 8 4 ATL 4 6 2 5 5 MIN 8 3 6 2 6 PIT 5 5 5 7 7 NO 7 7 7 4 8 NYJ 6 8 9 6 9 PHI 10 10 11 9 10 NE 9 9 13 10 11 SD 12 13 8 15 12 GB 17 11 10 12 13 SF 13 15 12 11 14 CHI 11 12 14 17 15 DAL 18 14 18 13 16 TEN 16 17 16 16 17 HOU 15 16 15 20 18 ARI 14 18 17 21 19 MIA 19 21 20 19 20 DEN 20 24 24 14 21 BUF 23 22 22 18 22 SEA 24 20 19 23 23 WAS 22 19 23 25 24 CIN 21 25 21 24 25 CAR 26 23 26 22 26 OAK 25 27 25 26 27 JAC 27 26 29 27 28 TB 28 29 28 29 29 CLE 29 28 31 28 30 KC 30 30 27 31 31 DET 32 32 30 30 32 STL 31 31 32 32

Posted by ESPN.com's Mike Sando

My power rankings ballot is due late Monday night for publication here Tuesday.

As always, I'd appreciate your input.

Which teams deserve to climb, and how high? Which teams should fall?

The chart shows how each panelist voted last week (me, John Clayton, Paul Kuharsky and Jeff Chadiha, left to right). Red text highlights losing teams in Week 3.

The Bengals definitely need to climb. I will not knock down the 49ers. The Cardinals probably deserve to fall even though they lost to a good team.

Tampa Bay might drop to 32nd on my ballot after an abysmal performance against the Giants. The Rams aren't very good, but they might be better than the Bucs have proven to be so far this season.

Denver has to stand as one of the surprise teams. I'm not sure how good the Broncos are, but they're 3-0.

I'll move up the Vikings even though they almost lost. Brett Favre's performance convinced me he'll bring more to the Vikings than I once expected. Green Bay, one of the teams whose chances I liked heading into the season, hasn't been all that impressive.

The Monday night game between the Cowboys and Panthers probably won't affect my thinking unless Carolina pulls an upset.