Nearing the midway point of the schedule, the Giants stand alone atop the NFC East after defeating the Cowboys, 27-20, in Week 7, the team's fourth victory in the last five weeks.
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Big Blue improved to 4-3 and will now travel to New Orleans and Tampa Bay for back-to-back road games against the Saints and Buccaneers.
"We won the game, we're excited about winning the game," Giants coach Tom Coughlin said. "There's a lot of things we can do better. We congratulated our team and then, as we always do, we talked about the areas that must be improved, because improvement is the key. We talk about that every week as we get ready to play—we want to play better than we played the week before, each week."
With seven games down and nine to go, Giants.com takes a look at power rankings coming in from outlets across the country:
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NYG: 12
*Movement: *Up 2
*NFC East:No. 11 Eagles (previously 11), No. 12 Giants (14), No. 18 Redskins (19), No. 22 Cowboys (21)
*NFL Top 5: **Patriots, Packers, Bengals, Panthers, Broncos
NYG: 13
Movement: Up 1
NFC East:No. 13 Giants (14), No. 16 Eagles (12), No. 18 Cowboys (13), No. 19 Redskins (22)
NFL Top 5: Patriots, Bengals, Packers, Panthers, Broncos
NYG:13
Movement:Up 1
NFC East:No. 13 Giants (14), No. 14 Eagles (12), No. 19 Cowboys (21), No. 22 Redskins (26)
NFL Top 5:Patriots, Packers, Bengals, Panthers, Bengals
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NYG:*12
*Movement: *Up 1
*NFC East: *No. 12 Giants (13), No. 16 Eagles (12), No. 18 Cowboys (19), No. 23 Redskins (23)
*NFL Top 5: **Patriots, Packers, Bengals, Panthers, Broncos
NYG: 11
Movement:Up 6
NFC East:No. 11 Giants (17), No. 19 Eagles (12), No. 22 Redskins (28), No. 23 Cowboys (16)
NFL Top 5:Patriots, Bengals, Packers, Broncos, Panthers
NYG:13
Movement:Up 4
NFC East:No. 13 Giants (17), No. 17 Redskins (23), No. 18 Eagles (12), No. 21 Cowboys (16)
NFL Top 5:Patriots, Bengals, Panthers, Packers, Broncos
NYG:14
Movement: None
NFC East:No. 14 Giants (14), No. 15 Eagles (9), No. 20 Cowboys (16), No. 23 Redskins (22)
NFL Top 5:Patriots, Packers, Bengals, Broncos, Panthers
Gameday photo timeline from the Giants Week 7 win vs. Cowboys
1:00 PM - Fans tailgating hours before the Giants take on the Cowboys at MetLife Stadium - View Gallery
2:30 PM - Players take the field to begin their pregame warmups - View Gallery
4:20 PM - Giants line up for the National Anthem shortly before kickoff
4:25 PM - Giants are joined by former CB Everson Walls and SVU's Mariska Hagerty as they get set to kickoff against the Cowboys at MetLife Stadium
5:25, 1ST QTR, Dan Bailey kicks a 30-yard field goal, DAL 3 - NYG 0
14:07, 2ND QTR, Eli Manning passes to Rueben Randle for 24 yards - Watch Highlight
11:02, 2ND QTR, Orleans Darkwa runs for a 15-yard touchdown, NYG 7 - DAL 3 - Watch Highlight
7:29, 2ND QTR, Matt Cassel passes to Terrance Williams for a 27-yard completion, which sets up a 48-yard Dan Bailey field goal, NYG 7 - DAL 6
2:17, 2ND QTR, Darren McFadden rushes for a 1-yard touchdown, DAL 13 - NYG 7
1:04, 2ND QTR, Dwayne Harris hauls in a 38-yard pass from Eli Manning to set up 47-yard Josh Brown field goal, DAL 13 - NYG 10 - Watch Highlight
11:19, 3RD QTR, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie intercepts Matt Cassel, and returns it 58 yards for a touchdown, NYG 17 - DAL 13 - Watch Highlight
7:54, 3RD QTR, Brandon Meriweather intercepts Matt Cassel at the NYG 1 - Watch Highlight
6:33, 3RD QTR, Rueben Randle makes a spectacular one-handed catch near Giants midfield for 44 yards - Watch Highlight
5:55, 3RD QTR, Shane Vereen runs for 39 yards to the DAL 11 - Watch Highlight
3:18, 3RD QTR, After two great plays by Randle and Vereen, Josh Brown kicks a 34-yard field goal, NYG 20 - DAL 13
15:00, 4TH QTR, Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie intercepts his second pass of the day and returns it for 12 yards - Watch Highlight
7:14, 4TH QTR, Devin Street catches a 25-yard pass from Matt Cassel in the back of the end zone for a touchdown, NYG 20 - DAL 20
7:01, 4TH QTR, Dwayne Harris returns the kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown, NYG 27 - DAL 20 - Watch Highlight
1:36, 4TH QTR, Giants' Myles White recovers the muffed punt by Cole Beasley at DAL 16
Final Score: New York Giants 27, Dallas Cowboys 20. Coach Coughlin becomes the seventh coach with at least 100 victories and two Super Bowl wins with one franchise - Watch Game Highlights
Coach Coughlin addresses the team immediately following the Giants win against the Cowboys. Coach Coughlin awarded game ball by Eli Manning - Watch Giants Locker Room Celebration
