Bleacher Report Power Rankings: Where did the Vikings land for Week 9?

As we get started in November, we are now complete with Week 8. The Vikings remain atop the NFC North, but they have lost their undefeated record after a road loss to the Detroit Lions. After such a performance, we wanted to look at what others thought of their work in Week 8 on the road. As always,

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we get started in November, we are now complete with Week 8. The Vikings remain atop the NFC North, but they have lost their undefeated record after a road loss to the Detroit Lions. After such a performance, we wanted to look at what others thought of their work in Week 8 on the road.

As always, with the season going on and on, we took a look at power rankings heading into Week 9. Bleacher Report's Gary Davenport released the latest rankings. He ranked the Lions 6th following the road loss we alluded to earlier.

The rest of the NFC North shaped up as follows: