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 12 of the NFL Title Rankings of the 2025 season. See here for last week’s results.
As promised, this is last week’s late rankings.
4 of the 14 games ended with the lower ranked team winning. The largest jump was the Cowboys who jumped 10 spots after they beat the Eagles. The Browns are the lowest ranked team to win their game.
The Rams beat the Bucs to keep the NFL Title Belt and first ranking. The Panthers will have a chance to take the belt when they play the Rams in week 13 (they do).
The Titans lost to the Seahawks to remain last. They will have a chance to move out of last again in week 13 when they play the Jaguars (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 Wk12 | Δ | Notes | |
| 1 | Rams | – | The Rams beat the Bucs to keep first and the NFL Title Belt. | |
| 2 | Seahawks | – | ||
| 3 | Texans | – | ||
| 4 | Jaguars | – | ||
| 5 | Ravens | – | ||
| 6 | Bears | – | ||
| 7 | Packers | +8 | The Packers jumped 8 spots by beating the Vikings. | |
| 8 | Vikings | -1 | ||
| 9 | Cowboys | +10 | The Cowboys jumped 10 spots by beating the Eagles. | |
| 10 | Eagles | -2 | ||
| 11 | Lions | -2 | ||
| 12 | Patriots | -2 | ||
| 13 | Bills | -2 | ||
| 14 | Bucs | -2 | ||
| 15 | Broncos | -2 | ||
| 16 | 49ers | -2 | ||
| 17 | Giants | -1 | ||
| 18 | Falcons | +9 | The Falcons jumped 9 spots by beating the Saints. | |
| 19 | Saints | -2 | ||
| 20 | Cardinals | -2 | ||
| 21 | Dolphins | -1 | ||
| 22 | Chiefs | -1 | ||
| 23 | Commanders | -1 | ||
| 24 | Chargers | -1 | ||
| 25 | Steelers | -1 | ||
| 26 | Colts | -1 | ||
| 27 | Panthers | -1 | ||
| 28 | Browns | +3 | The Browns jumped 3 spots by beating the Raiders. | |
| 29 | Raiders | -1 | ||
| 30 | Jets | -1 | ||
| 31 | Bengals | -1 | ||
| 32 | Titans | – | The Titans lost to the Seahawks 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.
Fun fact, both of last week’s rankings predicted the Texans beating the Bills.
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 1 184 Seahawks 2 103 49ers 3 100 Eagles 4 89 Broncos 5 88 Texans 6 84 Jaguars 7 77 Colts 8 67 Bucs 9 64 Patriots 10 61 Chiefs 11 37 Chargers 12 28 Packers 13 25.5 Bears 14 25 Lions 15 20 Bills 16 16 Steelers 17 -3 Ravens 18 -12 Cowboys 19 -13.5 Panthers 20 -24 Cardinals 21 -38 Falcons 22 -51 Vikings 23 -52 Bengals 24 -68 Dolphins 25 -78 Saints 26 -80 Titans 27 -81 Giants 28 -96 Commanders 29 -108 Raiders 30 -115 Browns 31 -120 Jets 32 -124