rank order for workflow columns

as a product owner, i need to know what card is highest priority in the under consideration column (at least) in order to pick the most important card up for analysis unlike right now, there is a random order applied that does not correlate to any of the board views. i've just discovered the prioritized view - will this give me the correct order?? even there though - the rank of the prioritisation does not match the rank given - i can add the rank column to the view and it shows me different numbers. this is all very confusing