The San Francisco 49ers survived a scare Monday night, holding off a Washington Commanders comeback to secure a 23-17 win at Levi's Stadium and improve to 6-0.

The 49ers face a short week before traveling to take on the Atlanta Falcons, their final opponent before the bye week.


Can San Francisco extend its winning streak to seven games and head into the bye week undefeated?

Injuries have taken their toll on the 49ers, who must push through one more game before getting some much-needed rest.

How does the national media view the 49ers compared to the rest of the NFL? Below is a roundup of the latest NFL power rankings, highlighting where San Francisco currently stands across various outlets. As always, the highest rankings are listed first.

The Athletic
Current Ranking: 1
Previous Ranking: 1
"The 30-year-old running back might end up being all the Niners have left after Mike Evans joined an absurdly long injury list on Monday night after suffering an Achilles injury. If McCaffrey stays healthy — and that feels like a huge if considering how things are going in San Francisco — he might be enough. He is fourth among running backs in fantasy scoring (20.3 ppg) after totaling 117 yards of offense and two touchdowns Monday night." — Josh Kendall and Chad Graff

The Big Lead
Current Ranking: 1
Previous Ranking: 1
"The Niners just keep chugging along after their victory over the Commanders. They now have a three-game lead over the Seahawks and the NFC West may prove to be a softer division than originally thought. It's a bit early to rest players with the goal of the No. 1 seed still at stake, but the division all but seems wrapped up at this point." — Cam Giangrande


Bleacher Report
Current Ranking: 1
Previous Ranking: 1
"The San Francisco 49ers lost wide receiver Mike Evans to an Achilles injury during Monday night's win over the Commanders. San Francisco also picked up far too many penalties while allowing Washington to make things dangerously close late. However, great teams find ways to win, and San Francisco has done just that six times this season. At some point, injuries may take their toll on San Francisco, but we haven't seen it yet. The 49ers continue to look like the best team in football and a squad that could finally get Kyle Shanahan a Super Bowl ring in Year 10. Shanahan keeps finding ways to adapt the offense to changing personnel—Kyle Juszczyk's return certainly helped—and Brock Purdy has played at an MVP level regardless of who has been in the lineup. Defensively, San Francisco has been superb under first-year coordinator Raheem Morris. The 49ers have no glaring weaknesses, and while it would obviously help if they could stop losing key players almost weekly, they could have players like Nick Bosa and Christian Kirk back sooner rather than later." — Kris Knox

CBS Sports
Current Ranking: 1
Previous Ranking: 1
"They made it interesting against the Commanders, but they still found a way. Now they face a long road trip to play the Falcons on a short week." — Pete Prisco

ESPN
Current Ranking: 1
Previous Ranking: 1
"The Niners haven't had many problems in terms of production, but they have had a significant amount of attrition at wideout. Ricky Pearsall (knee), De'Zhaun Stribling (ankle), Christian Kirk (calf) and Demarcus Robinson (ankle) were supposed to be four of the team's top five receivers and all landed on IR before Week 3. That doesn't account for Deebo Samuel Sr.'s multiweek hamstring injury or the various bumps and bruises Mike Evans played through before departing Monday night's game with Achilles tendinitis. The good news? Most of them are expected back this season, but the 49ers have had to scramble in the meantime." — Nick Wagoner

FOX Sports
Current Ranking: 1
Previous Ranking: 1
"The 49ers are held together at times by Band-Aids and gauze tape, but there's no question they're the best team in football a third of the way through the season. They need a rest, especially after WR Mike Evans reinjured his Achilles on Monday night, joining WR Deebo Samuel, WR Christian Kirk, edge rusher Nick Bosa and more on the sideline. But they're so deep and so good, they can sleepwalk through wins — like they seemed to do at times in the second half Monday night when they nearly blew their game against the Commanders. Now they just have to get through Atlanta to hit their bye week undefeated and see if they can get some of their walking wounded back after that." — Ralph Vacchiano

NFL.com
Current Ranking: 1
Previous Ranking: 1
"San Francisco flirted with an epic collapse, but the same battered defensive line came through again in the final moments, sacking Jayden Daniels to bury Washington's comeback bid. The fashion in which this game ended might cause some to question the 49ers' standing atop the Power Rankings; we often fail to remember, however, that there are professional football players on both sides (and the Commanders feature a dynamic quarterback in Daniels). Kyle Shanahan's propensity for letting things get a little too close for comfort reared its unwelcome head again, but San Francisco finished the job like a proven winner usually does. Let's not allow the anxiety-inducing fourth quarter to overshadow how dominant the Niners were earlier in the game. They're undefeated and keeping the throne." — Nick Shook


Pro Football Talk
Current Ranking: 1
Previous Ranking: 1
"Kyle Shanahan is having his best year yet." — Mike Florio

The Score
Current Ranking: 1
Previous Ranking: 1
"This week, we identify someone on the hot seat from every team. [Mykel Williams] only has 11 career games under his belt, but the 49ers are counting on him to reinforce their defensive line. If there's one concern with San Francisco so far, it's a pass rush that's relying on unproven players. Nick Bosa will eventually return and anchor the pass rush, but Williams has to pitch in too. A first-round pick last year, Williams recorded just one sack as a rookie but got the second of his career Monday night against Washington." — Staff

Sports Illustrated
Current Ranking: 1
Previous Ranking: 1
"A clinical dispensing of the Commanders keeps Kyle Shanahan's 49ers atop the Power Rankings and Brock Purdy at the forefront of the MVP conversation. Aided by Dan Quinn, it also very well may have kept Raheem Morris in the running for assistant of the year, even if toppling Brian Flores feels like a tall order right now." — Conor Orr

USA Today
Current Ranking: 1
Previous Ranking: 1
"It wasn't pretty, but they held off Washington on Monday night to become the league's first 6-0 team. However, with Mike Evans limping off before halftime with an Achilles injury, will GM John Lynch have to delve into the wideout trade market?" — Nate Davis

Yahoo! Sports
Current Ranking: 1
Previous Ranking: 1
"The Mike Evans injury is scary for the 49ers because they don't have much left at receiver. Deebo Samuel Sr. was out Monday night with a hamstring injury. De'Zhaun Stribling, Demarcus Robinson and Ricky Pearsall are on IR. Brock Purdy is playing very well but he needs something at receiver. The good news was that Evans' injury isn't considered serious and no more testing is needed, according to 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan. It's still not out of the question that Evans could miss a little time or that the injury could be an issue that lingers. And the offense without Evans didn't look great Monday. The offense struggled in the second half with 67 net yards, 65 of which came on the first drive of the half. That's hard to believe from a Shanahan-coached team, but the 49ers were playing receivers who were nowhere near their plans when the season started. The 49ers' bad injury luck has been startling, and it could end up affecting what could be a special season." — Frank Schwab


Sporting News
Current Ranking: 2
Previous Ranking: 2
"The 49ers went four games up on the Rams and three games up on Seahawks with a win over the Commanders on Monday night, also having won road games over both teams. They have a 96 percent chance of winning the NFC West, which they can clinch as early as Week 11." — Vinnie Iyer

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