The Vikings took a tough 23-10 loss in the divisional matchup with the Green Bay Packers on Sunday at U.S. Bank Stadium.

Minnesota moved to 10-5 and has one home game left remaining to wrap up the regular season against the Chicago Bears.

The experts released their Power Rankings lists heading into Week 17.

Here's a look at where the Vikings rank:

9 (Down 1 Spot): Dan Hanzus – NFL.com

The Vikings have to be wondering where they truly stand amongst the league's power players after a humbling 23-10 loss to the Packers that decided the NFC North for Green Bay. Minnesota's offense — playing without star running back Dalvin Cook— looked utterly lost, managing just 139 yards and seven (yes, seven) first downs all night. It was the team's fewest number of first downs in a game since 1971. That it came in this spot, against this opponent, at U.S, Bank Stadium, serves as a major red flag for a Vikings team that entered Monday night fancying itself a Super Bowl contender. Kirk Cousins must live with this as well, a prime-time stinker for a highly paid quarterback whose had far too many of them. Cousins, now an outrageous 0-9 on the _Monday Night Football stage, will continue to be doubted in money games like these. Now even more so._

9 (Down 1 Spot): Frank Schwab – Yahoo! Sports

Plenty will be said about Kirk Cousins playing poorly in that moment, and it's all deserved. But what about Mike Zimmer? The Vikings called timeout to punt in the second half, and if you thought that would be the worst decision of the night, Zimmer decided to punt trailing by two scores with less than four minutes left. That's inexcusably bad game management from an NFL coach.

8 (Same Spot): Pete Prisco – CBS Sports

The Packers mauled them Monday night at home. Now they will have to take the rough road in the playoffs as the sixth seed.

8 (Same Spot): NFL Staff – Bleacher Report

_High: __8_

_Low: __9_

_Last Week: __8_

_Week 16 Rest: _Lost vs. Green Bay 23-10

Much like the Buffalo Bills, the Minnesota Vikings had a chance to send a message to the big bad bully of their division in Week 16. Granted, the Packers haven't won umpteen consecutive division titles like the [New England Patriots], but the Pack is the most consistently successful team in the NFC North over the past decade-plus.

Like the Bills, the Vikings failed.

Minnesota's defense kept it in the game in the first half against Green Bay, but the offense was a complete mess without Dalvin Cook. The Vikings had 139 yards of total offense and seven first downs.

Period. For the entire game.

"Yes, Kirk Cousins is still winless on Monday night," Gary Davenport said. "But expecting him to block for himself feels rather unreasonable. Given how the Vikings O-line looked against Green Bay, apparently expecting anyone to block for Cousins is unreasonable."

The Vikings are a very good team. But in Week 16, they didn't look close to capable of going into New Orleans, San Francisco or even Green Bay and getting a playoff win.

At least there are no playoff games on Mondays.

7 (Same Spot): The MMQB Staff – Sports Illustrated

Previous rank: 7

Points in poll: 178

Highest-place vote: 4 (1 voter)

Lowest-place vote: 10 (2 voters)

Last week's result: Lost to Green Bay, 23-10

This week: vs. Chicago

For a team whose only "quality win" of note this season came against the Cowboys, this felt like a much-needed wake-up call ahead of the postseason. Kirk Cousins stunk (16-of-31, 122 yards, TD, INT), the ground game was lost without Dalvin Cook (57 team rush yards) and the Vikes' offense couldn't take anything even resembling an advantage from the three turnovers and solid effort produced by their defense. Oh, and Kirk? That's nine straight Ls onMonday Night Football.

9 (Same Spot): Vinnie Iyer – Sporting News

The Vikings don't want to be forgotten in the NFC playoff picture with their ticket punched. But their loss to the Packers brought up more skepticism against Kirk Cousins and their defense.

10 (Down 3 Spots): Nate Davis – USA TODAY Sports

Less-than-inspiring Monday night performance (without Dalvin Cook) locked them into sixth seed and strongly suggested this will be one-and-done playoff outfit.

8 (Same Spot) Courtney Cronin – ESPN.com

Cook is expected to be shut down for the final week, given the Vikings have locked up a playoff bid, but the running back's impact on this offense is the reason they'll be playing in January. The way the offense was built around him has helped everyone be successful, notably quarterback Kirk Cousins, whose play-action attack has the Vikings firing on all cylinders. When Adam Thielen missed six weeks, Minnesota was able to thrive with the heavy use of its run game, and Cook entered the league-wide MVP conversation in that stretch.