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 3 of the NFL Title Rankings of the 2025 season. See here for last week’s results.
7 of the 16 games ended with the lower ranked team winning. The largest jump is 17 spots. The Vikings are the lowest ranked team to win their game.
The 49ers beat the Cardinals to keep the NFL Title Belt and first ranking. The Jaguars will have a chance to take the belt in week 3.
The Titans lost to the Colts to remain last. They will have a chance to move out of last when they play the Texans.
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 Wk3 | Δ | Notes | |
| 1 | 49ers | – | The 49ers beat the Cardinals to maintain their rank and keep the NFL Title Belt. | |
| 2 | Seahawks | – | ||
| 3 | Eagles | – | ||
| 4 | Rams | – | ||
| 5 | Chargers | – | ||
| 6 | Commanders | +7 | The Commanders jumped 7 spots by beating the Raiders. | |
| 7 | Raiders | -1 | ||
| 8 | Steelers | +17 | The Steelers jumped 17 spots by beating the Patriots. | |
| 9 | Patriots | -2 | ||
| 10 | Chiefs | -2 | ||
| 11 | Bills | -2 | ||
| 12 | Colts | -2 | ||
| 13 | Broncos | -2 | ||
| 14 | Browns | +14 | The Browns jumped 14 spots by beating the Packers. | |
| 15 | Packers | -3 | ||
| 16 | Lions | +2 | The Lions jumped 2 spots by beating the Ravens. | |
| 17 | Ravens | -3 | ||
| 18 | Bears | +3 | The Bears jumped 3 spots by beating the Cowboys. | |
| 19 | Cowboys | -4 | ||
| 20 | Bucs | -4 | ||
| 21 | Jaguars | +8 | The Jaguars jumped 8 spots by beating the Texans. | |
| 22 | Texans | -5 | ||
| 23 | Panthers | +7 | The Panthers jumped 7 spots by beating the Falcons. | |
| 24 | Falcons | -5 | ||
| 25 | Vikings | -5 | ||
| 26 | Cardinals | -4 | ||
| 27 | Saints | -4 | ||
| 28 | Bengals | -4 | ||
| 29 | Jets | -3 | ||
| 30 | Dolphins | -3 | ||
| 31 | Giants | – | ||
| 32 | Titans | – | The Titans lost to the Colts to 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 Eagles 1 57 49ers 2 51 Chargers 3 44 Bucs 4 44 Bills 5 26 Vikings 6 26 Colts 7 23 Lions 8 20 Commanders 9 18 Jaguars 10 16 Rams 11 15 Browns 12 14 Packers 13 12 Steelers 14 9 Cardinals 15 2 Seahawks 16 1 Raiders 17 -4 Broncos 18 -4 Chiefs 19 -4 Bengals 20 -7 Bears 21 -12 Panthers 22 -13 Ravens 23 -14 Falcons 24 -19 Cowboys 25 -30 Titans 26 -33 Dolphins 27 -35 Texans 28 -36 Saints 29 -37 Jets 30 -39 Patriots 31 -44 Giants 32 -47