OWINGS MILLS, Md. -- Baltimore Ravens safety Earl Thomas offered a confident take when asked if Sunday's game against the San Francisco 49ers will be a Super Bowl preview.

"You think the 49ers are going to the Super Bowl?" Thomas said Wednesday. "It could be. Let's see. ... When the Super Bowl comes, whoever we play, they're going to be in trouble."

This marks the first time Thomas has made such a Super Bowl prediction, but it comes in a timely fashion.

The Ravens (9-2) have overtaken the New England Patriots (10-1) as favorites to win the Super Bowl, according to ESPN's Football Power Index. Baltimore now has a projected 26.2% chance of winning the Super Bowl, which moved the Ravens ahead of the Patriots (25.7%).

Ravens wide receiver Willie Snead IV was asked about Lamar Jackson's prediction, immediately after he was drafted, of winning a Super Bowl for Baltimore.

"He brought that vision since he got drafted," Snead said. "If the guys around him ain't got that vision, it's like we got the wrong guys in he huddle. I feel like everybody in the huddle has that same vision -- all 11 guys see the Super Bowl in our near future, and it starts with Lamar."

The Ravens have won seven straight games, the longest current winning streak in the NFL. The 49ers (10-1) are tied with the Patriots for the best record in the league.

Jackson and Jimmy Garoppolo have the best combined record (33-6, .846) by opposing starting quarterbacks since the merger, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. It's also the first matchup in NFL history featuring teams coming off wins of at least 28 points against winning teams, per Elias.

"These guys are the best team in football," Ravens coach John Harbaugh said of the 49ers after Monday night's win. "They're playing at the highest level right now. I don't know. Nobody's crowned, like I said. They're the best team in football right now. February's when they make that decision still."