NFL Title Rankings Week 18, 2025 Season
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 18 of the NFL Title Rankings of the 2025 season. See here for last week's results.
9 of the 16 games (MORE THAN HALF!) ended with the lower ranked team winning. The largest jump was the Bucs who jumped 20 spots after they beat the Panthers. The Raiders are the lowest ranked team to win their game.
The Falcons beat the Saints to take first and the NFL Title Belt. Because the Falcons did not make the playoffs, first place and the NFL Title Belt will remain with the Falcons. The Seahawks are ranked 3 and are the highest ranked team to make the playoffs. This means that the Super Bowl winner will end the post-season ranked 3.
The Raiders beat the Chiefs to leave last. The Colts lost to the Texans to fall to last.
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 Wk18 | Δ | Notes | |
| 1 | Falcons | +3 | The Falcons beat the Saints to take first and the NFL Title Belt. | |
| 2 | Saints | -1 | ||
| 3 | Seahawks | -1 | ||
| 4 | Bucs | +20 | The Bucs jumped 20 spots by beating the Panthers. | |
| 5 | Panthers | -2 | ||
| 6 | Rams | -1 | ||
| 7 | Texans | -1 | ||
| 8 | Jaguars | -1 | ||
| 9 | Commanders | +16 | The Commanders jumped 16 spots by beating the Eagles. | |
| 10 | Eagles | -2 | ||
| 11 | Bills | -2 | ||
| 12 | Patriots | -2 | ||
| 13 | Steelers | +1 | The Steelers jumped 1 spots by beating the Ravens. | |
| 14 | Ravens | -3 | ||
| 15 | Browns | -2 | The Browns fell only 2 spots by beating and jumping the Bengals. | |
| 16 | Bengals | -4 | ||
| 17 | Broncos | -2 | ||
| 18 | 49ers | -2 | ||
| 19 | Lions | +1 | The Lions jumped 1 spot by beating the Bears. | |
| 20 | Bears | -3 | ||
| 21 | Vikings | -2 | The Vikings fell only 2 spots by beating and jumping the Packers. | |
| 22 | Packers | -4 | ||
| 23 | Chargers | -2 | ||
| 24 | Giants | +2 | The Giants jumped 2 spots by beating the Cowboys. | |
| 25 | Cowboys | -3 | ||
| 26 | Dolphins | -3 | ||
| 27 | Jets | -- | ||
| 28 | Cardinals | -- | ||
| 29 | Titans | -- | ||
| 30 | Raiders | +2 | The Raiders jumped 2 spots by beating the Chiefs. | |
| 31 | Chiefs | -1 | ||
| 32 | Colts | -1 | The Colts lost to the Texans to fall 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.
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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.