NFL -
Arizona Cardinals 
Atlanta Falcons
Chicago Bears 
Cincinnati Bengals 
Cleveland Browns 
Dallas Cowboys 
Denver Broncos 
Detroit Lions 
Green Bay Packers 
Houston Texans 
Indianapolis Colts 
Kansas City Chiefs 
Jacksonville Jaguars 
Los Angeles Chargers 
Los Angeles Rams 
Miami Dolphins 
Minnesota Vikings 
New England Patriots 
New York Giants 
New York Jets 
Philadelphia Eagles 
Pittsburgh Steelers 
San Francisco 49ers 
Seattle Seahawks 
Washington Commanders 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 17 of the NFL Title Rankings of the 2025 season. See here for last week's results.
6 of the 16 games ended with the lower ranked team winning. The largest jump was the Browns who jumped 18 spots after they beat the Steelers. The Giants are the lowest ranked team to win their game.
The Saints kept first and the NFL Title Belt. The Falcons will have an opportunity to take the belt when they play the Saints in week 18. With only 1 games left, there are only 2 paths left for the NFL title belt to go, Saints and Falcons. With the Saints winning, the belt can no longer reach the playoffs. If Titans had won, the Jaguars could have won the belt and taken it to the playoffs.
The Raiders are still last after losing to the Giants. They will have a chance to move out of last in week 18 when they play the Chiefs. Last place will fall to one of three teams, the Raiders, the Colts, or the Chiefs.
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 Wk17 | Δ | Notes | |
| 1 | Saints | -- | The Saints beat the Titans to keep first and the NFL Title Belt. | |
| 2 | Seahawks | +1 | The Seahawks jumped 1 spot by beating the Panthers. | |
| 3 | Panthers | -1 | ||
| 4 | Falcons | +16 | The Falcons jumped 16 spots by beating the Rams. | |
| 5 | Rams | -1 | ||
| 6 | Texans | -1 | ||
| 7 | Jaguars | -1 | ||
| 8 | Eagles | +11 | The Eagles jumped 11 spots by beating the Bills. | |
| 9 | Bills | -2 | ||
| 10 | Patriots | -2 | ||
| 11 | Ravens | -2 | ||
| 12 | Bengals | -2 | ||
| 13 | Browns | +18 | The Browns jumped 18 spots by beating the Steelers. | |
| 14 | Steelers | -3 | ||
| 15 | Broncos | -3 | ||
| 16 | 49ers | +6 | The 49ers jumped 6 spots by beating the Bears. | |
| 17 | Bears | -4 | ||
| 18 | Packers | -4 | ||
| 19 | Vikings | -4 | ||
| 20 | Lions | -4 | ||
| 21 | Chargers | -4 | ||
| 22 | Cowboys | -4 | ||
| 23 | Dolphins | +2 | The Dolphins jumped 2 spots by beating the Bucs. | |
| 24 | Bucs | -3 | ||
| 25 | Commanders | -2 | ||
| 26 | Giants | -2 | ||
| 27 | Jets | -1 | ||
| 28 | Cardinals | -1 | ||
| 29 | Titans | -1 | ||
| 30 | Chiefs | -1 | ||
| 31 | Colts | -1 | ||
| 32 | Raiders | -- | The Raiders lost to the Giants 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.