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2025 Week 17 Rankings

Seattle Seahawks is No. 1 in the Week 17 NovaModel NFL rankings, ahead of Los Angeles Rams and Jacksonville Jaguars. The biggest climb: Los Angeles Chargers, up 3 spots. The biggest drop: Denver Broncos, down 3 spots. Every team is rated the same way, on game results alone - no polls and no committee votes.

← Week 16Week 18 →Latest rankingsHow the rankings work

What happened in Week 16

16 games were played in Week 16. Top-10 teams lost 3 times. Seattle Seahawks is the new No. 1.

  • No. 2 Seattle Seahawks beat No. 1 Los Angeles Rams, 38-37 at home. Sam Darnold led Seattle Seahawks with 270 passing yds. In these rankings, Seattle Seahawks rises from No. 2 to No. 1 and Los Angeles Rams falls from No. 1 to No. 2.
  • No. 5 Jacksonville Jaguars beat No. 3 Denver Broncos, 34-20 on the road. Trevor Lawrence led Jacksonville Jaguars with 279 passing yds. In these rankings, Jacksonville Jaguars rises from No. 5 to No. 3 and Denver Broncos falls from No. 3 to No. 6.
  • No. 4 Houston Texans beat Las Vegas Raiders by 2 points, 23-21 at home. C.J. Stroud led Houston Texans with 187 passing yds. In these rankings, Houston Texans stays at No. 4 and Las Vegas Raiders stays at No. 32.
  • No. 7 Buffalo Bills beat Cleveland Browns by 3 points, 23-20 on the road. Josh Allen led Buffalo Bills with 130 passing yds. In these rankings, Buffalo Bills falls from No. 7 to No. 8 and Cleveland Browns rises from No. 31 to No. 30.
Week 16 recap reel

All 32 teams

How these rankings work

Every team is rated the same way, on game results alone - no polls and no committee votes. A Week 17 ranking uses only games played before Week 17, so it's the order the teams went into that week in. Movement is the change from the ranking before it.

Every week of 2025

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Biggest Movers

▼ 3 spots

Denver Broncos logo

Denver Broncos

Now #6

▲ 3 spots

Los Angeles Chargers logo

Los Angeles Chargers

Now #9

▲ 3 spots

Chicago Bears logo

Chicago Bears

Now #11

RankTeamRecordLastNextRatingTrend
1Seattle Seahawks logoSeattle SeahawksNFC West12-3W 38-37 vs LAR@ #16 CAR70.8O 57.5 · D 55.8▲ 1Up 1 spot since last week
2Los Angeles Rams logoLos Angeles RamsNFC West11-4L 37-38 @ SEA@ #22 ATL70.7O 59.3 · D 55.1▼ 1Down 1 spot since last week
3Jacksonville Jaguars logoJacksonville JaguarsAFC South11-4W 34-20 @ DEN@ #12 IND65.8O 55.6 · D 52.9▲ 2Up 2 spots since last week
4Houston Texans logoHouston TexansAFC South10-5W 23-21 vs LV@ #9 LAC64.1O 50.5 · D 58.7–
5San Francisco 49ers logoSan Francisco 49ersNFC West11-4W 48-27 @ INDvs #11 CHI63.4O 53.9 · D 52.6▲ 1Up 1 spot since last week
6Denver Broncos logoDenver BroncosAFC West12-3L 20-34 vs JAX@ #18 KC61.6O 50.2 · D 52.9▼ 3Down 3 spots since last week
7New England Patriots logoNew England PatriotsAFC East12-3W 28-24 @ BAL@ NYJ61.2O 52.7 · D 51.5▲ 1Up 1 spot since last week
8Buffalo Bills logoBuffalo BillsAFC East11-4W 23-20 @ CLEvs #10 PHI60.8O 55.9 · D 48.6▼ 1Down 1 spot since last week
9Los Angeles Chargers logoLos Angeles ChargersAFC West11-4W 34-17 @ DALvs #4 HOU58.3O 49.7 · D 52.3▲ 3Up 3 spots since last week
10Philadelphia Eagles logoPhiladelphia EaglesNFC East10-5W 29-18 @ WAS@ #8 BUF57.7O 48.9 · D 54.9▼ 1Down 1 spot since last week
11Chicago Bears logoChicago BearsNFC North11-4W 22-16 vs GB@ #5 SF56.8O 52.0 · D 48.2▲ 3Up 3 spots since last week
12Indianapolis Colts logoIndianapolis ColtsAFC South8-7L 27-48 vs SFvs #3 JAX56.2O 56.3 · D 49.9▼ 1Down 1 spot since last week
13Green Bay Packers logoGreen Bay PackersNFC North9-5-1L 16-22 @ CHIvs #19 BAL55.9O 49.6 · D 53.4▼ 3Down 3 spots since last week
14Pittsburgh Steelers logoPittsburgh SteelersAFC North9-6W 29-24 @ DET@ CLE55.0O 50.3 · D 50.6▲ 1Up 1 spot since last week
15Detroit Lions logoDetroit LionsNFC North8-7L 24-29 vs PIT@ #20 MIN53.2O 57.1 · D 48.2▼ 2Down 2 spots since last week
16Carolina Panthers logoCarolina PanthersNFC South8-7W 23-20 vs TBvs #1 SEA49.5O 45.1 · D 51.0▲ 3Up 3 spots since last week
17Tampa Bay Buccaneers logoTampa Bay BuccaneersNFC South7-8L 20-23 @ CAR@ #23 MIA49.7O 50.9 · D 48.2–
18Kansas City Chiefs logoKansas City ChiefsAFC West6-9L 9-26 @ TENvs #6 DEN48.2O 49.0 · D 54.6▼ 2Down 2 spots since last week
19Baltimore Ravens logoBaltimore RavensAFC North7-8L 24-28 vs NE@ #13 GB48.0O 50.3 · D 50.0▼ 1Down 1 spot since last week
20Minnesota Vikings logoMinnesota VikingsNFC North7-8W 16-13 @ NYGvs #15 DET47.4O 45.9 · D 52.5–
21Dallas Cowboys logoDallas CowboysNFC East6-8-1L 17-34 vs LAC@ WAS43.9O 55.5 · D 41.1–
22Atlanta Falcons logoAtlanta FalconsNFC South6-9W 26-19 @ ARIvs #2 LAR43.4O 46.7 · D 48.9▲ 1Up 1 spot since last week
23Miami Dolphins logoMiami DolphinsAFC East6-9L 21-45 vs CINvs #17 TB40.9O 46.4 · D 47.6▼ 1Down 1 spot since last week
24New Orleans Saints logoNew Orleans SaintsNFC South5-10W 29-6 vs NYJ@ TEN40.8O 42.8 · D 51.3▲ 1Up 1 spot since last week
25Cincinnati Bengals logoCincinnati BengalsAFC North5-10W 45-21 @ MIAvs ARI40.4O 50.7 · D 42.3▲ 1Up 1 spot since last week
26Arizona Cardinals logoArizona CardinalsNFC West3-12L 19-26 vs ATL@ #25 CIN39.2O 49.4 · D 47.1▼ 2Down 2 spots since last week
27Tennessee Titans logoTennessee TitansAFC South3-12W 26-9 vs KCvs #24 NO36.7O 45.2 · D 47.6▲ 1Up 1 spot since last week
28Washington Commanders logoWashington CommandersNFC East4-11L 18-29 vs PHIvs #21 DAL35.4O 47.1 · D 45.8▼ 1Down 1 spot since last week
29New York Giants logoNew York GiantsNFC East2-13L 13-16 vs MIN@ LV32.1O 48.0 · D 45.5–
30Cleveland Browns logoCleveland BrownsAFC North3-12L 20-23 vs BUFvs #14 PIT31.8O 41.7 · D 49.3▲ 1Up 1 spot since last week
31New York Jets logoNew York JetsAFC East3-12L 6-29 @ NOvs #7 NE30.7O 44.2 · D 44.0▼ 1Down 1 spot since last week
32Las Vegas Raiders logoLas Vegas RaidersAFC West2-13L 21-23 @ HOUvs NYG30.6O 41.4 · D 47.6–

As of: 2025-12-22