INDYCAR Power Rankings: It's Alex Palou And Then Everyone Else

Alex Palou didn’t win at Portland, but he celebrated big on Sunday night.

Palou won his fourth title (third consecutive) with his third-place finish. So in the rankings, he has all the power — even though Portland was a big weekend for race winner Will Power.

Here are the power rankings following Portland and entering a weekend off before the season ends with races at Milwaukee and Nashville.

Dropped out:  Kyle Kirkwood (Last Week: 7), David Malukas (Last Week: 10)

On the verge: Kyle Kirkwood, David Malukas, Christian Rasmussen

10. Graham Rahal (Last Week: Not Ranked)

Rahal finished fourth at Portland, continuing a stretch of four solid finishes in the last five races with an 11th, seventh, 12th and then the fourth among them. Rahal left Portland with a good feeling about his Rahal Letterman Lanigan teams on road courses.

9. Scott McLaughlin (Last Week: Not Ranked)

McLaughlin started 11th and finished seventh at Portland. The Penske driver is 11th in the standings, thanks to three top 10s in his last five starts.

8. Colton Herta (Last Week: 5)

Herta finished 10th at Portland and that might feel respectable, but the Andretti team tested at Portland a week prior to the race and Herta was the best in 10th. Andretti had three top fives in his previous five races.

7. Felix Rosenqvist (Last Week: 9)

Rosenqvist started on the front row, so finishing ninth was a little disappointing for the Meyer Shank Racing driver. The top-10 result stopped the bleeding from a couple of bad finishes. It was his fourth top 10 in his last seven starts.

6. Marcus Armstrong (Last Week: 6)

Armstrong placed eighth at Portland. It was the eighth top 10 in the last nine starts for the Meyer Shank Racing driver. He isn’t