NFL Title Rankings Week 1, 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 1 of the NFL Title Rankings of the 2025 season. See here for the pre-Super Bowl results.

7 of the 16 games ended with the lower ranked team winning. The largest jump is 30 spots, which is one short of the highest possible jump (31 spots).

The 49ers beat the Seahawks to take the NFL Title Belt and first ranking. The Saints will have a chance to take the belt in week 2.

The Falcons will have a chance to move out of last when they play Vikings.

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 Wk1 | Δ | Notes | || 1 | 49ers | +30 | The 49ers beat the Seahawks to jump 30 spots and take the NFL Title Belt. | || 2 | Seahawks | -1 |   | || 3 | Eagles | -1 |   | || 4 | Rams | -1 |   | || 5 | Raiders | +13 | The Raiders jumped 13 spots by beating the Patriots. | || 6 | Patriots | -2 |   | || 7 | Chargers | +6 | The Chargers jumped 6 spots by beating the Chiefs. | || 8 | Chiefs | -3 |   | || 9 | Bills | -3 |   | || 10 | Broncos | -3 |   | || 11 | Commanders | -3 |   | || 12 | Ravens | -3 |   | || 13 | Cowboys | -3 |   | || 14 | Bucs | -3 |   | || 15 | Texans | -3 |   | || 16 | Packers | +1 | The Packers jumped 1 spot by beating the Lions. | || 17 | Lions | -3 |   | || 18 | Vikings | -3 |   | || 19 | Bears | -3 |   | || 20 | Cardinals | +6 | The Cardinals jumped 6 spots by beating the Saints. | || 21 | Saints | -2 |   | || 22 | Bengals | -2 |   | || 23 | Steelers | -2 |   | || 24 | Jets | -2 |   | || 25 | Colts | +3 | The Colts jumped 3 spots by beating the Dolphins. | || 26 | Dolphins | -3 |   | || 27 | Browns | -3 |   | || 28 | Jaguars | +1 | The Jaguars jumped 1 spot by beating the Panthers. | || 29 | Panthers | -4 |   | || 30 | Giants | -3 |   | || 31 | Titans | -1 |   | || 32 | Falcons | -- | The Falcons lost to the Bucs 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.