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 10 of the NFL Title Rankings of the 2025 season. See here for last week’s results.
Yes, this should have come out last week.
6 of the 14 games ended with the lower ranked team winning. The largest jump was the Ravens who jumped 8 spots after they beat the Vikings. The Jets are the lowest ranked team to win their game.
The Seahawks beat the Cardinals to keep the NFL Title Belt and first ranking. The Rams will have a chance to take the belt when they play the Seahawks in week 11 (spoiler, they do).
The Titans had a bye in week 10 and will remain last. They will have a chance to move out of last in week 11 when they play the Texans (spoiler, they don’t).
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 Wk10 | Δ | Notes | |
| 1 | Seahawks | – | The Seahawks beat the Cardinals keep first and the NFL Title Belt. | |
| 2 | Rams | – | ||
| 3 | Texans | +5 | The Texans jumped 5 spots by beating the Jaguars. | |
| 4 | Jaguars | -1 | ||
| 5 | Ravens | +8 | The Ravens jumped 8 spots by beating the Vikings. | |
| 6 | Vikings | -2 | ||
| 7 | Lions | -2 | ||
| 8 | Patriots | +4 | The Patriots jumped 4 spots by beating the Bucs. | |
| 9 | Bucs | -3 | ||
| 10 | Broncos | -3 | ||
| 11 | 49ers | -2 | ||
| 12 | Eagles | -2 | ||
| 13 | Bears | +1 | The Bears jumped 1 spots by beating the Giants. | |
| 14 | Giants | -3 | ||
| 15 | Saints | – | ||
| 16 | Cardinals | – | ||
| 17 | Cowboys | – | ||
| 18 | Dolphins | +6 | The Dolphins jumped 6 spots by beating the Bills. | |
| 19 | Bills | -1 | ||
| 20 | Chiefs | -1 | ||
| 21 | Commanders | -1 | ||
| 22 | Chargers | +1 | The Chargers jumped 1 spots by beating the Steelers. | |
| 23 | Steelers | -2 | ||
| 24 | Colts | -2 | ||
| 25 | Falcons | – | ||
| 26 | Raiders | – | ||
| 27 | Jets | – | ||
| 28 | Bengals | – | ||
| 29 | Panthers | – | ||
| 30 | Packers | – | ||
| 31 | Browns | – | ||
| 32 | Titans | – | The Titans had a bye 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.