With Week 15 of the 2025 NFL season is in the books, it’s time for an incredibly meaningful and serious exercise: NFL Power Rankings! What differentiates these rankings from all the others is that they’re THE only truly accurate ones in the entire universe. Hard to believe, I know. Let’s take a look at how all 32 teams stack up.
BLG’S NFL WEEK 16 POWER RANKINGS
1 – Los Angeles Rams (Last Week: 1) – The Rams keep rolling. They can cement their status as the NFL’s top team by sweeping the season series with Seattle on Thursday night.
2 – Seattle Seahawks (LW: 2) – It took a 56-yard field goal with under a minute remaining to narrowly beat the Philip Rivers-led Colts at home. The defense is good but the offense is in question.
3 – Denver Broncos (LW: 4) – The Broncos are getting all the one-score game luck this season; they have six straight wins by eight points or fewer. Denver might ride their fortune all the way to the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoff picture.
4 – New England Patriots (LW: 3) – The Pats have shown a lot of promise this season but blowing a 21-point lead shows they might not have fully arrived just yet. It’ll be interesting to see how they respond with a road game against the Ravens in Week 16.
5 – San Francisco 49ers (LW: 6) – Must be nice to the get a four-game stretch of the Cardinals, Panthers, Browns, and Titans. And now the Colts are up next. Could very well be five wins in a row.
6 – Houston Texans (LW: 7) – Six straight wins and they get the Raiders next, so, make it seven. Houston’s in a good spot to at least be the No. 7 seed. They also have a valuable head-to-head tiebreaker over Buffalo and they could earn another one over the Chargers with a win in Week 17. Could move up to the No. 5 spot.
7 – Buffalo Bills (LW: 9) – Josh Allen, this is your year. No Patrick Mahomes in the playoffs to stop you.
8 – Green Bay Packers (LW: 5) – Losing Micah Parsons for the season is a huge deal. Just look at how the Dallas defense fell off without him.
9 – Detroit Lions (LW: 8) – The Lions are committed to the bit of alternating between wins and losses. They lost to the Rams but they’ll beat the Steelers in Week 16. Good chance Detroit makes the playoffs if they win out.
10 – Chicago Bears (LW: 10) – The Bears picked up an easy win over the Browns but now it’s three challenging games to end the season: vs. Packers, at 49ers, vs. Lions. Not impossible that Chicago loses out and misses the postseason.
11 – Jacksonville Jaguars (LW: 11) – It’s been hard to take the Jags seriously but they rank seventh in point differential and Trevor Lawrence has thrown nine touchdown passes to zero interceptions over the past three weeks. Still don’t seeing them going on a playoff run.
12 – Los Angeles Chargers (LW: 13) – Fun fact: the Bolts are the only team to not lose a division game this season. They’re 5-0 with a Week 18 matchup against the Broncos remaining. If Denver stumbles, the Chargers might seize the AFC West.
13 – Philadelphia Eagles (LW: 14) – Are the Eagles truly back on track? It’s too early to conclude as much. But dominating the Raiders was at least a step in the right direction. Now let’s see if they can build on that performance and pick up at least one more win to officially clinch the NFC East.
14 – Pittsburgh Steelers (LW: 16) – Two weeks ago, there was a lot of talk about Mike Tomlin’s uncertain future. That’ll pick up again if the Steelers falter down the stretch but they’re currently in a solid position to lock up the AFC North with a magic number of three.
15 – Baltimore Ravens (LW: 17) – Even if the Ravens go 2-0 and the Steelers go 0-2 over the next two weeks, Baltimore must beat Pittsburgh in Week 18 to win the AFC North. The pressure is on Lamar Jackson to come up big down the stretch.
16 – Tampa Bay Buccaneers (LW: 15) – Losing at home to the Falcons is pretty unserious. The Bucs might win the NFC South anyway despite going 1-5 in their last six games.
17 – Minnesota Vikings (LW: 22) – The Vikings were eliminated from playoff contention prior to their Week 15 game but they fought hard to beat the Cowboys anyway. J.J. McCarthy has played his best two games of the season over the past two weeks.
18 – Dallas Cowboys (LW: 12) – The Cowboys’ red hot streak is over after two straight losses. Their path to winning the NFC East is now limited to the Eagles going 0-3 and Dallas going 3-0 down the stretch.
19 – Carolina Panthers (LW: 18) – With the Bucs losing on Thursday night, the Panthers had a golden opportunity to take the NFC South lead with a win over the Saints. Instead, they lost. Now the Panthers play the Bucs twice within the last three weeks with the Seahawks sandwiched between those games. The winner of this division is probably just going to get crushed by the No. 5 seed (likely the Seahawks or Rams) anyway.
20 – Miami Dolphins (LW: 19) – Needing a win to keep their season alive, the Dolphins no-showed in Pittsburgh.
21 – Indianapolis Colts (LW: 21) – To their credit, the Colts showed good fight and nearly stole a win in Seattle. But they didn’t pull it off and have now lost four straight. Looking like they won’t make the playoffs despite their 8-2 start.
22 – Kansas City Chiefs (LW: 20) – Clearly just not their year.
23 – Atlanta Falcons (LW: 26) – Interested to see how they handle their quarterback situation after this season. Seems like Kirk Cousins might still be able to play. Do they reinstall him as the starter or just try to ride with Michael Penix Jr.?
24 – New Orleans Saints (LW: 27) – Tyler Shough hasn’t been so good that the Saints should avoid drafting another quarterback. But he’s making a case to be in the mix for the starting job next year.
25 – Cincinnati Bengals (LW: 23) – Joe Burrow seems pretty disillusioned with his situation in Cincy. Bengals fans should be nervous about that.
26 – Cleveland Browns (LW: 24) – Shedeur Sanders sure looked like a rookie in the Browns’ blowout loss to the Bears.
27 – New York Jets (LW: 25) – The Jets would be wise to lose out. They really need a quarterback.
28 – Washington Commanders (LW: 29) – The Commanders made a lot of dumb decisions last offseason but now they’re making a smart decision to shut down Jayden Daniels. Washington will still be looking to play spoiler to Philly with two of three remaining games against the Eagles.
29 – Arizona Cardinals (LW: 28) – Jonathan Gannon is 1-11 in his last 12 games. He is 15-33 as the Cards’ head coach.
30 – New York Giants (LW: 30) – The Giants can make this bad season worth it by getting the No. 1 pick in the 2026 NFL Draft. They must lose their Week 17 game against the Raiders. Otherwise, that could be the difference.
31 – Tennessee Titans (LW: 31) – One thing you can say about the 2025 Titans is that they’re bad.
32 – Las Vegas Raiders (LW: 32) – The Raiders are listless. Outside of Maxx Crosby, the players look ready for the season to be over.
