NFL Playoffs power rankings: Ravens team to beat entering AFC, NFC Championship games
Just four teams remain in the NFL Playoffs after the NFL Divisional Round.
Which of those four teams is the most likely to win the Super Bowl this season?
We rank the remaining NFL playoff teams from least likely to most likely to win the Super Bowl this postseason, with the Baltimore Ravens set to host the Kansas City Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game and the San Francisco 49ers set to host the Detroit Lions in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday, Jan. 28.
Which teams now have the best chance to lift the Vince Lombardi Trophy at the end of the NFL Playoffs?
Check out our NFL power rankings heading into the conference championship games, with each team's ranking before the Divisional Round in parenthesis.
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4. Detroit Lions (5)
The Lions have now won two playoff games, both at home, with the most recent a 31-23 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Ford Field. This team continues to impress, but now has to go on the road to face the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship Game. A win in that game would really impress.
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3. Kansas City Chiefs (4)
Patrick Mahomes won his first NFL Playoff game on the road Sunday (it was remarkably the first he's ever played in as all of his previous postseason games have been at home or at neutral sites) in the Chiefs' 27-24 win over the Buffalo Bills. A win over the Baltimore Ravens in Baltimore in the AFC Championship Game would elevate his already legendary status.
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2. San Francisco 49ers (2)
The 49ers did enough to beat the Green Bay Packers in the Divisional Round, 24-21, with Brock Purdy avoiding big mistakes and the defense making timely stops. That's a recipe that has worked for the 49ers all season and it’s a recipe that could lead San Francisco back to the Super Bowl for the first time since 2020.
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1. Baltimore Ravens (1)
In the 34-10 win over the Houston Texans, Lamar Jackson went 16-for-22 for 152 yards and two touchdown passes, adding two touchdown runs. His play, and that stifling defense, makes Baltimore the team to beat in the NFL in our book entering the conference championship weekend, but a very tough test awaits against Kansas City.
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This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: NFL power rankings: Baltimore Ravens No. 1 before AFC, NFC title games