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 14 of the NFL Title Rankings of the 2025 season. See here for last week’s results.

8 of the 14 games (MORE THAN HALF!) ended with the lower ranked team winning. The largest jump was the Steelers who jumped 20 spots after they beat the Ravens. The Titans are the lowest ranked team to win their game. There was so much movement, 3 of the jumps didn’t actually increase their rankings since other teams jumped them.

The Panthers kept first and the NFL Title Belt while on bye.

The Titans beat the Browns to move out of last. The Raiders are now last place. They will have a chance to move out of last in week 15 when they play the Eagles.

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 Wk14 Δ Notes
1 Panthers – The Panthers kept first and the NFL Title Belt while on bye.
2 Rams –  
3 Seahawks –  
4 Texans –  
5 Jaguars –  
6 Bills +9 The Bills jumped 9 spots by beating the Bengals.
7 Bengals -1  
8 Steelers +20 The Steelers jumped 20 spots by beating the Ravens.
9 Ravens -2  
10 Packers -1 The Packers dropped only 1 spot by beating and jumping the Bears.
11 Bears -3  
12 Vikings -2  
13 Lions – The Lions maintained their rank by beating and jumping the Cowboys.
14 Cowboys -3  
15 Chargers +12 The Chargers jumped 12 spots by beating the Eagles.
16 Eagles -4  
17 Patriots -3  
18 Saints +5 The Saints jumped 5 spots by beating the Bucs.
19 Bucs -3  
20 Broncos -3  
21 49ers -3  
22 Giants -3  
23 Dolphins -1 The Dolphins dropped only 1 spot by beating and jumping the Jets.
24 Jets -4  
25 Falcons -4  
26 Cardinals -2  
27 Chiefs -2  
28 Commanders -2  
29 Colts –  
30 Titans +2 The Titans jumped 2 spots by beating the Browns.
31 Browns -1  
32 Raiders -1 The Raiders lost to the Broncos and fell to 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.

  • Omega@lemmy.worldOP
    5·
    8 days ago

    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
    Rams 1 178
    Texans 2 127
    Jaguars 3 127
    Seahawks 4 119
    49ers 5 103
    Broncos 6 99
    Eagles 7 64
    Patriots 8 61
    Packers 9 58.5
    Bills 10 47
    Colts 11 46
    Chargers 12 46
    Bucs 13 43
    Lions 14 24
    Bears 15 23
    Panthers 16 14
    Steelers 17 10
    Chiefs 18 3
    Cowboys 19 -15.5
    Cardinals 20 -35
    Ravens 21 -44
    Vikings 22 -57
    Dolphins 23 -67
    Saints 24 -71
    Falcons 25 -75
    Bengals 26 -82
    Titans 27 -82
    Giants 28 -112
    Commanders 29 -129
    Raiders 30 -129
    Jets 31 -138
    Browns 32 -156