| Power Rankings |
| Date | Ranking | Previous |
| 11/17/2008 | 17 | 21 |
| Key offseason acquisition R.J. Umberger is finally paying dividends after a scoreless October. Umberger has seven goals in eight November games. |
| 11/10/2008 | 21 | 26 |
| Derick Brassard was the rookie of the month for the Jackets, who are starting to come alive offensively with 23 goals in the last six games and three wins in a row. |
| 11/09/2008 | 21 | 21 |
| Derick Brassard was the rookie of the month for the Jackets, who are starting to come alive offensively with 23 goals in the past six games and three straight wins. |
| 11/10/2008 | 26 | 26 |
| Derick Brassard leads all rookies in scoring and is on a point-per-game pace. But the Jackets still haven't won two in a row. |
| 10/27/2008 | 26 | 23 |
| Tough weekend for the Jackets, who are struggling to score goals these days and could be without goalie Pascal Leclaire. |
| 10/20/2008 | 23 | 23 |
| One area of improvement in Columbus this season is the power play that now ranks eighth after finishing 26th last season. |
| 10/13/2008 | 23 | 22 |
| Nice debuts for the kids Derick Brassard and Jakub Voracek. Brassard had goals in each of the Jackets' first two games while Voracek had a goal and an assist. |
| 10/03/2008 | 22 | - |
| Rick Nash will have a better supporting cast around him, enough for the Jackets to get serious about a playoff spot, perhaps. |
| 04/07/2008 | 22 | 23 |
| Rick Nash matured a great deal this season and goalie Pascal Leclaire proved he's the real deal, which gives the Blue Jackets the building blocks they need to close the gap on playoff teams. They're not that far away. |
| 03/31/2008 | 23 | 24 |
| Columbus moved forward, but not enough for Ken Hitchcock to miss the playoffs for the first time when spending a full season behind one team's bench. |
