The Precedent Daily: Monday, November 9, 2026

A strip-sack saves the NFL's top team, the Devils blank Toronto, a 2-point try fails in New Orleans, and Austin Reaves scores 43 in Detroit.

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Sunday's top five

1. Denver stays No. 1 in the NFL. The Broncos won 26-21 at Carolina after the Panthers had taken a one-point lead into the fourth quarter. Denver scored 13 points in the fourth, and Nik Bonitto sealed it with a strip-sack of Bryce Young that he recovered himself in the final 90 seconds. Denver is 7-2 and has won five straight.
2. New Jersey shut out Toronto and is still the NHL's No. 1. The Devils won 4-0 in Toronto, scoring twice in the second period after a scoreless first. Connor Hellebuyck made 23 saves for his first shutout with New Jersey and is the first goalie in Devils history to win each of his first five games with the club. Nico Hischier reached 500 career points. Boston beat Florida 4-1 and moved up to second.
3. Winnipeg beat No. 4 Tampa Bay at the buzzer. The Jets, 27th in The Precedent Rating yesterday, let a three-goal lead slip away late in the third period. Mark Scheifele won it 4-3 on a 5-on-3 power play with 1.6 seconds left. Tampa Bay fell from fourth to seventh, and Winnipeg climbed to 25th.
4. New Orleans stopped a 2-point try to win in overtime. The Saints scored a touchdown on the first possession of overtime, and Cleveland answered with a minute left. Shedeur Sanders' pass for a 2-point win fell incomplete, and New Orleans won 23-22, the biggest NFL upset of the day by Rating: No. 23 over No. 12. The Saints climbed from 23rd to 17th, and their record went from 2-5 to 3-5. Cleveland fell to 15th.
5. Austin Reaves scored 43 as the Lakers won in Detroit. With Luka Doncic out with lower-back tightness, Reaves carried the Lakers to a 121-116 win. They led 38-14 after the first quarter and held off a late Pistons rally. The Lakers are 9-2 and climbed from eighth to fifth; their own win counted, and three of the five teams they had already played also won. Detroit fell from third to fourth.

Also worth knowing

• Sunderland beat Chelsea 1-0 on Enzo Le Fee's first-half penalty, its first league win since August, and Chelsea dropped from fourth to fifth in The Precedent Rating.
• Brock Purdy threw his 100th career touchdown pass in his 57th game as San Francisco beat Las Vegas 38-17.
• Cairo Santos kicked a 38-yard field goal as time expired to give Chicago a 27-24 win over Tampa Bay, the Bears' fourth straight win.
• Michigan fired offensive coordinator Jason Beck a day after a 15-6 loss to Michigan State.
• Oklahoma City traded two second-round picks to Sacramento for wing Nique Clifford.

NFL

Denver is still first in The Precedent Rating at 7-2. Minnesota and Buffalo, both 6-1 and idle, are second and third, and San Francisco is fourth after a 38-17 win over Las Vegas. The 49ers led by 11 at halftime and pulled away with 14 points in the third quarter. Jacksonville had the week off and moved up to fifth.

New Orleans had the day's biggest climb, from 23rd to 17th, after its overtime win over Cleveland. Cincinnati beat Atlanta 34-17, scoring 17 points in the second quarter, and rose from 13th to 11th. Atlanta, Carolina and Tampa Bay each fell four places after losses.

Chicago led Tampa Bay by 11 entering the fourth quarter, let the Buccaneers tie it and won 27-24 on the final play. The Bears moved from seventh to sixth. Green Bay won 45-27 at New England, and the two traded places: the Packers are ninth, the Patriots 10th.

Detroit won and fell. The Lions beat Miami 19-9, pulling away with 10 points in the third quarter, but dropped from fifth to seventh. Miami is 1-7, and three of the five teams Detroit had already played lost yesterday, so the combined winning percentage of its opponents fell from .519 to .462. Kansas City beat the NY Jets 35-12 and is 6-2, sixth in the league by record but 12th in The Precedent Rating. The LA Chargers lost 44-22 to Houston and are still winless at 0-8.

Sunday's results

Ranks are The Precedent Rating, yesterday → today.

Biggest upsets by Rating

Rating Top 5

Teams tied on Rating share a rank. SOS = average Rating of the opponents played.

Full NFL Ratings →

Biggest risers

Biggest fallers

Rating vs record

Record rank is by winning percentage. The gap comes from the records of the teams each has played.

Full NFL standings and playoff picture →

Full NFL schedule, week by week →

NHL

New Jersey kept first place in The Precedent Rating at 13-5 with its shutout in Toronto. Boston scored three goals in the first period against Florida, won 4-1 and moved from third to second. Washington didn't play and slipped from second to third; five of the six teams it had played lost yesterday.

Tampa Bay's loss in Winnipeg was the upset of the day by Rating, No. 27 over No. 4. Vegas won 4-1 at Buffalo, scoring all its goals after the first period, and moved from 10th to eighth. Calgary beat Philadelphia 4-3 in overtime and had the day's biggest climb, from 24th to 21st. Anaheim beat Pittsburgh 5-2 and rose from 17th to 15th.

Washington is 10th in the league by record at 9-6 but third in The Precedent Rating. Carolina has the best record, 14-5, and is sixth.

Sunday's results

Ranks are The Precedent Rating, yesterday → today. In The Precedent Rating, an overtime or shootout winner gets a win and the other team a loss, so records here are W-L.

Biggest upsets by Rating

Rating Top 5

Teams tied on Rating share a rank. SOS = average Rating of the opponents played.

Full NHL Ratings →

Biggest risers

Biggest fallers

Rating vs record

Record rank is by winning percentage. The gap comes from the records of the teams each has played.

Full NHL standings and playoff picture →

NBA

Chart of the Day

Boston is 8-2, third in the NBA by record, but The Precedent ranks the Celtics 15th, the widest gap of any team. Philadelphia, first by record at 9-2, is ninth. Both have played teams with poor records.

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Oklahoma City and Houston, both idle, are still first and second. Golden State also had the night off and moved up to third: all five teams it had played won yesterday. The Lakers' win in Detroit moved them to fifth.

Philadelphia won 127-121 at Chicago and is 9-2, the best record in the league, but fell from seventh to ninth. Chicago is 1-8, and the three teams the 76ers had already played all lost yesterday. Boston beat Milwaukee 117-97, pulling away in the second quarter, and slipped from 14th to 15th.

Dallas beat Brooklyn 130-93 after leading by 20 at halftime. The LA Clippers won 139-123 over New Orleans for their second win and rose from 26th to 24th. Miami won 114-108 in Sacramento.

Sunday's results

Ranks are The Precedent Rating, yesterday → today.

Rating Top 5

Teams tied on Rating share a rank. SOS = average Rating of the opponents played.

Full NBA Ratings →

Biggest risers

Biggest fallers

Rating vs record

Record rank is by winning percentage. The gap comes from the records of the teams each has played.

Full NBA standings →

Premier League

Sunderland's win over Chelsea was the upset of the day by Rating, No. 20 over No. 4. Sunderland climbed from last to 17th in The Precedent Rating. Chelsea fell to fifth, and idle Manchester City moved up to fourth.

Brighton scored twice in the first half and beat Brentford 2-0. The Seagulls are second in The Precedent Rating at 7-1-2 and five points behind Arsenal, still first at 9-0-1. Liverpool, third, won 3-1 at Crystal Palace, which has the lowest Rating in the league.

Aston Villa and Manchester United traded goals all afternoon in a 4-4 draw, and Villa slipped from eighth to 10th. Bournemouth won 2-1 at Ipswich Town and had the day's biggest climb, from 10th to sixth.

Sunday's results

Ranks are The Precedent Rating, yesterday → today.

Biggest upsets by Rating

Rating Top 5

Teams tied on Rating share a rank. SOS = average Rating of the opponents played.

Full Premier League Ratings →

Biggest risers

Biggest fallers

Rating vs record

Record rank is by winning percentage. The gap comes from the records of the teams each has played.

Full Premier League standings →

Men's College Basketball

Boise State is the new No. 1 in The Precedent Rating after beating Butler 100-81, leading by 20 at halftime. Dartmouth, one of the teams sharing No. 1 yesterday, lost 78-71 in overtime at home to Central Connecticut and fell to 132nd. Most teams still share ranks this early.

Houston beat California 86-68 and is 2-0. St. John's led Iona by 31 at halftime and won 104-65. Virginia beat Arkansas 91-72 on a neutral floor to go 3-0, Pittsburgh beat Penn State 82-76 on a neutral floor, and USC beat Wichita State 93-86. Hawaii is 3-0 after a 71-62 win over UT Arlington.

Top 25 results

Ranks are The Precedent Rating, yesterday → today. Games with a team ranked in the top 25 yesterday.

Biggest upsets by Rating

Rating Top 5

Teams tied on Rating share a rank. SOS = average Rating of the opponents played.

Full Men's College Basketball Ratings →

Biggest risers

Biggest fallers

Full Men's College Basketball standings →

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NFL · 1 game

Monday night has a top-10 matchup: Buffalo, third in The Precedent Rating, plays at Minnesota, second, at 7:15 PM. Both are 6-1, and one of them will take its second loss.

Men's College Basketball · 7 games with a top-25 team

Auburn, Texas A&M, Northwestern and Hawaii, all sharing second place in The Precedent Rating, play at home: Auburn against Appalachian State, Texas A&M against ULM, Northwestern against Boston University and Hawaii against Portland. Minnesota, 2-0, plays at Cincinnati.

NBA · 8 games

Denver, eighth, plays at Houston, second, in a top-10 matchup. The Lakers play at Atlanta, San Antonio plays at Phoenix, and Golden State hosts New Orleans.

NHL · 3 games

Edmonton, fifth, hosts the NY Rangers, 13th. Philadelphia, 30th, plays at Vancouver, last in The Precedent Rating at 3-16.