This is an objective, unbiased ranking in the same vein as the NFL Title Belt. As such, the number 1 ranked team will always be the same as the current NFL Title Belt holder.
This is Week 1 of the NFL Title Rankings of the 2025 season. See here for the pre-Super Bowl results.
7 of the 16 games ended with the lower ranked team winning. The largest jump is 30 spots, which is one short of the highest possible jump (31 spots).
The 49ers beat the Seahawks to take the NFL Title Belt and first ranking. The Saints will have a chance to take the belt in week 2.
The Falcons will have a chance to move out of last when they play Vikings.
Let me know if you’d like to see more of this, if you’re curious about how I came up with these rankings, or if you noticed any mistakes.
| Ranking | 2025 Wk1 | Δ | Notes | |
| 1 | 49ers | +30 | The 49ers beat the Seahawks to jump 30 spots and take the NFL Title Belt. | |
| 2 | Seahawks | -1 | ||
| 3 | Eagles | -1 | ||
| 4 | Rams | -1 | ||
| 5 | Raiders | +13 | The Raiders jumped 13 spots by beating the Patriots. | |
| 6 | Patriots | -2 | ||
| 7 | Chargers | +6 | The Chargers jumped 6 spots by beating the Chiefs. | |
| 8 | Chiefs | -3 | ||
| 9 | Bills | -3 | ||
| 10 | Broncos | -3 | ||
| 11 | Commanders | -3 | ||
| 12 | Ravens | -3 | ||
| 13 | Cowboys | -3 | ||
| 14 | Bucs | -3 | ||
| 15 | Texans | -3 | ||
| 16 | Packers | +1 | The Packers jumped 1 spot by beating the Lions. | |
| 17 | Lions | -3 | ||
| 18 | Vikings | -3 | ||
| 19 | Bears | -3 | ||
| 20 | Cardinals | +6 | The Cardinals jumped 6 spots by beating the Saints. | |
| 21 | Saints | -2 | ||
| 22 | Bengals | -2 | ||
| 23 | Steelers | -2 | ||
| 24 | Jets | -2 | ||
| 25 | Colts | +3 | The Colts jumped 3 spots by beating the Dolphins. | |
| 26 | Dolphins | -3 | ||
| 27 | Browns | -3 | ||
| 28 | Jaguars | +1 | The Jaguars jumped 1 spot by beating the Panthers. | |
| 29 | Panthers | -4 | ||
| 30 | Giants | -3 | ||
| 31 | Titans | -1 | ||
| 32 | Falcons | – | The Falcons lost to the Bucs and will remain last. |
This ranking assumes that there are never any fluke games and all teams are appropriately ranked. If you beat a team that is higher ranked than you, you move ahead of them and they move down one spot. However, other teams can jump in front of teams that are higher ranked than you, moving you further down the rankings.
Bonus rankings! This one is more straightforward. Teams get points for wins. They get more points for beating good teams and fewer points for beating bad teams. (+32 for beating the best team, +1 for beating the worst). Teams lose points for losses. They lose more points for losing to bad teams and fewer points for losing to good teams. (-32 for losing to the worst team, -1 for losing to the best). The point total was reset with the first game of the season.
TEAM Ranking Points Chargers 1 31 Packers 2 30 Bills 3 27 49ers 4 23 Rams 5 18 Bucs 6 16 Eagles 7 14 Vikings 8 11 Colts 9 10 Cardinals 10 9 Jaguars 11 8 Steelers 12 6 Commanders 13 5 Bengals 14 4 Raiders 15 3 Broncos 16 1 Cowboys 17 -1 Bears 18 -4 Ravens 19 -5 Giants 20 -7 Lions 21 -8 Texans 22 -9 Falcons 23 -11 Titans 24 -12 Chiefs 25 -13 Jets 26 -14 Saints 27 -16 Browns 28 -18 Seahawks 29 -20 Dolphins 30 -21 Patriots 31 -26 Panthers 32 -31