CBSSports.com is tracking the 2026 NFL Draft order as it changes on a weekly basis. In an effort to project what the eventual order will look like upon the conclusion of the season, current win-loss record, as well as remaining schedules were considered. There are going to be injuries and trades that reshape the trajectory, but this is a snapshot on Oct. 7.

To share a bit of the simple, infallible formula used to derive these rankings, a win total was reached by calculating the number of winnable games (for example, the number of teams in a similar weight class and dividing it in half.) Those figures then allowed the 10 teams below to be sorted by those season-long projections. There are a few surprises, but the hope is that a look at the bigger picture will provide some perspective o

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