{"id":932472,"date":"2026-10-14T07:58:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T07:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/932472\/"},"modified":"2026-10-14T07:58:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T07:58:25","slug":"ranking-the-nfls-5-true-super-bowl-contenders-after-week-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/932472\/","title":{"rendered":"Ranking the NFL&#8217;s 5 True Super Bowl Contenders After Week 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">The first five weeks of the 2026 NFL season have revealed a handful of legitimate Super Bowl contenders. These teams&#8217; championship prospects are reflected in the updated <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fanduel.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">FanDuel Sportsbook<\/a> odds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Although just two teams opened the year at 10-1 or shorter odds, five squads now fall into that range heading into Week 6. <\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Here&#8217;s a look at where each of these top contenders currently stands and where they began the year on the odds list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Although long shots can win a Super Bowl, it&#8217;s rare to see a team that went into the season with 11-1 odds or longer accomplish the job. The reigning champion Seattle Seahawks, who opened 2025 with 60-1 odds to lift the Lombardi Trophy, were one of just four teams since the start of the 2013 campaign to pull off the feat.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">Opening as an extremely short favorite hasn&#8217;t been ideal either. Over the last 30 years, the 20 teams that had  5-1 or better preseason Super Bowl odds came up short <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong mui-mlpnpn\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BFawkes22\/status\/2094210024356663534\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">all 20 times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium mui-m06sf4\">With that in mind, let&#8217;s rank\u2014based on key factors such as how they&#8217;ve started, how they project to finish, potential to pull off a blockbuster trade before the deadline, playoff experience and injuries\u2014the five &#8220;true&#8221; Super Bowl contenders that have emerged over the first five weeks of the 2026 NFL season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first five weeks of the 2026 NFL season have revealed a handful of legitimate Super Bowl contenders.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":932473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-932472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=932472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/932472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/932473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=932472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=932472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=932472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}