NFL Power Rankings - 2025 Season
The entire 2025 NFL season commenced with the Super Bowl on February 8th. Here is one final Power Ranking.
This may be a tad late, but I wanted to get one more power ranking in, this time encapsulating the entire season, including the playoffs. This will be based on how the teams performed in the 2025 season, not having anything to do with the state of their team going forwards.
I will be briefly recapping the end of the season and providing a high and low for each team. As 18 teams haven't even played since our last ranking, those teams will only get a high and low write-up.
The end of the season will have the majority influence, as that's what truly matters in a season. The + and - indicate where they were after our post-Week 18 Power Rankings. Let's get into the final rankings!
SEA Seahawks. --
The Super Bowl champions went on one of the more dominant playoff runs in recent memory.
HIGH: Beating two division rivals in the playoffs en route to winning the Super Bowl.
LA Rams. +4
Despite almost losing in the Wild Card(and Divisional), the Rams showed why they were Super Bowl contenders for most of the year in the NFCCG against Seattle. Their elite weapons allow ed their offense to compete with anyone.
HIGH: Stafford winning MVP and OT win over Chicago in the Divisional Round.
LOW: Both Seattle losses, losing by a combined 5 points. Lost the 1 seed and the NFC.
NE Patriots. --
A great season for New England, it finished in ugly fashion. That doesn't take away their MVP QB and the fact that the defense stepped up in the postseason in Year 1 of Vrabel's regime.
HIGH: Drake Maye's run to ice the AFCCG, Week 5 win vs Buffalo.
LOW: Getting shellacked in the Super Bowl.
DEN Broncos. +3
An unfortunate ending to the Broncos fantastic season. A great defense, the offense stepped up in an exhilarating divisional round game.
HIGH: Winning an OT shootout in the divisional round, sweeping Kansas City to clinch the AFCW.
LOW: Finding out Bo Nix broke his ankle shortly after the divisional round win.
BUF Bills. +3
One of the worst Buffalo teams in the Josh Allen era, the Bills still had a chance to make a playoff run. I wouldn't say they over-performed, but this caliber of roster going to OT in the divisional round is cool.
HIGH: Winning on the road in the wild card round.
LOW: Losing OT due to 5 turnovers in the divisional round game.
JAC Jaguars. -4
A team I loved going into the postseason, the stars just didn't align. A strong roster with a lack of postseason experience, and they lost because of it.
HIGH: Beating the AFC's 1 seed by two touchdowns in the middle of their 8 game win streak, with Lawrence playing flawlessly.
LOW: Having a chance to go on a GW drive in the Wild Card and losing on the first play of the drive.
HOU Texans. -3
An absolutely dominant, straight up defense. One of the best over the last decade. Houston had an excellent season after starting 0-3 and starting a backup QB for multiple weeks.
HIGH: Going on a 9 game win streak, kicked off by a massive comeback win against JAC, and including close wins over BUF and LAC. Also scoring two defensive TDs in a WC win.
LOW: Their franchise QB turning the ball over 6 times in the playoffs.
SF 49ers. +1
An incredible season for San Francisco, overcoming injuries to multiple All-Pro players. They were in the division race until the final seconds of the season and had a top offense despite so much turnover.
HIGH: Win over LAR in OT in Week 5 and Wild Card win in the final seconds.
LOW: Losing to Seattle twice in 3 weeks, one of which was a blowout.
CHI Bears. +1
A miraculous type of season from Chicago, winning in classic fashion multiple times. They seem to have a great HC-QB combo for the future, and that's really the best thing you can ask for as an organization.
HIGH: Beating GB twice within a month in dramatic, comeback fashion, including a playoff win!
LOW: Losing the divisional round in OT after turning the ball over 3 times.
LA Chargers. +1
A solid year 2 in the Harbaugh regime, not having your All-Pro tackles made it rough on offense. Minter's defense was outstanding, and Herbert made the offense good enough.
HIGH: Opening season victory over KC in Brazil.
LOW: Losing a non-competitive playoff game in the wild card round again.
GB Packers. +4
Despite the collapse without Parsons, this was a solid season in Green Bay. The offense was solid, with Jordan Love having the best season of his career.
HIGH: Being 9-3-1 after beating the Bears in their first matchup.
LOW: Losing 5 straight games after Parsons tore his knee, including blowing a 3 score lead to ChI.
PHI Eagles. -6
Coming off a Super Bowl, another strange up and down season for Philadelphia. The amount of young talent in Philly is still astronomical, and it showed in 2025.
HIGH: Starting the year with a 4 game win streak, including blocking two kicks against LA in a last second win.
LOW: Losing in the Wild Card to an inferior roster, with a pitiful offensive performance.
DET Lions. --
HIGH: Four game win streak at the beginning of the season by a combined 76 points.
LOW: Three game losing streak in December to eliminate them from the playoffs.
PIT Steelers. -2
Pittsburgh's roster was in an interesting spot, and yet the same old, 10 win, first round exit Steelers.
HIGH: Winning four out of five to end the regular season, featuring some vintage ARod moments.
LOW: Getting smoked in the Wild Card round, again.
CAR Panthers. +2
An overachievement of a season in Carolina nearly resulted in a playoff win, and included multiple upsets. The new regime has a lot to be proud of, but a lot to do to become a real contender and not just a frisky squad.
HIGH: Pick an upset win. Rams, Packers, or maybe the dominant sweep of Atlanta!
LOW: Losing Week 18 to TB, or playing great in the Wild Card only to break down defensively at the end.
BAL Ravens. -2
HIGH: Tyler Huntley beating CHI to keep the playoff hopes alive, or beating GB to keep their playoff hopes alive.
LOW: Missing a kick that would have sent them to the playoffs.
MIN Vikings. +4
HIGH: J.J. McCarthy 3 TD performance in Week 1 or ending on a 5 game win streak.
LOW: McCarthy suffering multiple injuries, having to watch Carson Wentz and Max Brosmer make multiple starts on a good team.
ATL Falcons. -2
HIGH: Ending the season on a four game win streak and sweeping NOLA.
LOW: Getting eliminated from the playoffs in November and Michael Penix tearing his knee.
IND Colts. --
HIGH: Starting the season 7-1 with one of the best offenses of the 21st century.
LOW: Losing the final seven games of the season with Daniel Jones tearing his achilles.
TB Buccaneers. -2
HIGH: A 5-1 start that included 4 incredible late game victories.
LOW: Losing 6 out of 8 in Nov/Dec to essentially knock themselves out of the division title.
NO Saints. -2
HIGH: Tyler Shough going 6-3 as a starter and Chris Olave playing 16 games.
LOW: Losing to Miami? I'm struggling here.
DAL Cowboys. --
HIGH: Exciting Week 2 OT win against NYG?
LOW: The back-to-back losses to DEN and AZ that sank their season.
CIN Bengals. +1
HIGH: Burrow's return and win over Baltimore on Thanksgiving.
LOW: Joe Burrow going down with turf toe, ending their season in Week 2.
CLE Browns. +1
HIGH: Myles Garrett 5 sack performance, and Garrett breaking the sack record in Week 18.
LOW: Having to watch their offense all season long, particularly Week 15.
MIA Dolphins. -2
HIGH: Tua 4 TD game, Ewers Week 17 performance.
LOW: Watching Tua's injuries clearly inhibit his play and have the McDaniel era end.
NY Giants. --
HIGH: Skattebo's 3 TD game in a 17 point win over PHI.
LOW: 9 game losing streak after said win over PHI.
WAS Commanders. --
HIGH: Josh Johnson beating PHI in Week 18? Or Jayden Daniels beating LAC to sit at 3-2.
LOW: Daniels playing just 7 games due to multiple injuries.
KC Chiefs. +1
HIGH: Overtime win over a good Indy team to have a winning record.
LOW: Patrick Mahomes tearing his ACL late in the season.
TEN Titans. +1
HIGH: Cam Ward's Week 16 performance against KC, Arizona comeback win.
LOW: 1-5 start, which ended the Brian Callahan era(maybe a high?).
AZ Cardinals. -2
HIGH: 2-0 start to the season and Michael Wilson's breakout(specifically Weeks 11/12)
LOW: The rest of the season, winning just 1 more game with Jacoby Brissett.
LV Raiders. --
HIGH: Week 1 win over NE as well as beating KC and still landing the top pick.
LOW: Having to play Kenny Pickett at QB in a 31-0 shutout loss.
NY Jets. --
HIGH: Justin Fields' Week 1 performance against PIT.
LOW: Being so bad they had to trade their best two players at the deadline.
Thank you for reading, and until next season...
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