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2025 Week 21 Rankings

Seattle Seahawks is No. 1 in the Week 21 NovaModel NFL rankings, ahead of Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots. The biggest climb: New England Patriots, up 2 spots. The biggest drop: Houston Texans, down 1 spot. Every team is rated the same way, on game results alone - no polls and no committee votes.

← Week 20Week 22 →Latest rankingsHow the rankings work

What happened in Week 20

4 games were played in Week 20. Top-10 teams lost 4 times.

  • No. 2 Los Angeles Rams beat No. 9 Chicago Bears, 20-17 on the road. Matthew Stafford led Los Angeles Rams with 258 passing yds. In these rankings, Los Angeles Rams stays at No. 2 and Chicago Bears stays at No. 9.
  • No. 7 Denver Broncos beat No. 8 Buffalo Bills, 33-30 at home. Bo Nix led Denver Broncos with 279 passing yds. In these rankings, Denver Broncos rises from No. 7 to No. 6 and Buffalo Bills stays at No. 8.
  • No. 1 Seattle Seahawks beat No. 6 San Francisco 49ers, 41-6 at home. Sam Darnold led Seattle Seahawks with 124 passing yds. In these rankings, Seattle Seahawks stays at No. 1 and San Francisco 49ers falls from No. 6 to No. 7.
  • No. 5 New England Patriots beat No. 3 Houston Texans, 28-16 at home. Drake Maye led New England Patriots with 179 passing yds. In these rankings, New England Patriots rises from No. 5 to No. 3 and Houston Texans falls from No. 3 to No. 4.
Week 20 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 21 ranking uses only games played before Week 21, 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

Week 2Week 3Week 4Week 5Week 6Week 7Week 8Week 9Week 10Week 11Week 12Week 13Week 14Week 15Week 16Week 17Week 18Week 19Week 20Week 21Week 22Week 23

Biggest Movers

▲ 2 spots

New England Patriots logo

New England Patriots

Now #3

▼ 1 spot

Houston Texans logo

Houston Texans

Now #4

▼ 1 spot

Jacksonville Jaguars logo

Jacksonville Jaguars

Now #5

RankTeamRecordLastNextRatingTrend
1Seattle Seahawks logoSeattle SeahawksNFC West15-3W 41-6 vs SFvs #2 LAR74.5O 57.0 · D 57.6–
2Los Angeles Rams logoLos Angeles RamsNFC West14-5W 20-17 @ CHI@ #1 SEA69.1O 58.6 · D 53.3–
3New England Patriots logoNew England PatriotsAFC East16-3W 28-16 vs HOU@ #6 DEN66.8O 54.3 · D 53.7▲ 2Up 2 spots since last week
4Houston Texans logoHouston TexansAFC South13-6L 16-28 @ NE–65.5O 51.4 · D 57.7▼ 1Down 1 spot since last week
5Jacksonville Jaguars logoJacksonville JaguarsAFC South13-5L 24-27 vs BUF–65.5O 55.4 · D 53.5▼ 1Down 1 spot since last week
6Denver Broncos logoDenver BroncosAFC West15-3W 33-30 vs BUFvs #3 NE64.4O 50.7 · D 53.6▲ 1Up 1 spot since last week
7San Francisco 49ers logoSan Francisco 49ersNFC West13-6L 6-41 @ SEA–62.7O 52.9 · D 51.4▼ 1Down 1 spot since last week
8Buffalo Bills logoBuffalo BillsAFC East13-6L 30-33 @ DEN–61.3O 56.1 · D 49.7–
9Chicago Bears logoChicago BearsNFC North12-7L 17-20 vs LAR–54.9O 52.7 · D 48.3–
10Philadelphia Eagles logoPhiladelphia EaglesNFC East11-7L 19-23 vs SF–55.3O 48.1 · D 54.7–
11Los Angeles Chargers logoLos Angeles ChargersAFC West11-7L 3-16 @ NE–54.4O 47.9 · D 52.8–
12Indianapolis Colts logoIndianapolis ColtsAFC South8-9L 30-38 @ HOU–53.7O 56.2 · D 48.8–
13Pittsburgh Steelers logoPittsburgh SteelersAFC North10-8L 6-30 vs HOU–52.5O 49.4 · D 50.2–
14Detroit Lions logoDetroit LionsNFC North9-8W 19-16 @ CHI–52.4O 55.5 · D 48.5–
15Minnesota Vikings logoMinnesota VikingsNFC North9-8W 16-3 vs GB–51.2O 46.4 · D 54.4–
16Green Bay Packers logoGreen Bay PackersNFC North9-8-1L 27-31 @ CHI–50.6O 49.4 · D 51.5–
17Tampa Bay Buccaneers logoTampa Bay BuccaneersNFC South8-9W 16-14 vs CAR–49.7O 50.1 · D 48.6–
18Baltimore Ravens logoBaltimore RavensAFC North8-9L 24-26 @ PIT–49.5O 52.1 · D 49.4–
19Carolina Panthers logoCarolina PanthersNFC South8-10L 31-34 vs LAR–47.5O 45.6 · D 51.0–
20Atlanta Falcons logoAtlanta FalconsNFC South8-9W 19-17 vs NO–47.6O 47.7 · D 49.2–
21Kansas City Chiefs logoKansas City ChiefsAFC West6-11L 12-14 @ LV–44.7O 48.1 · D 54.1–
22Miami Dolphins logoMiami DolphinsAFC East7-10L 10-38 @ NE–42.2O 46.4 · D 47.5–
23Dallas Cowboys logoDallas CowboysNFC East7-9-1L 17-34 @ NYG–42.0O 54.8 · D 40.8–
24New Orleans Saints logoNew Orleans SaintsNFC South6-11L 17-19 @ ATL–41.2O 44.1 · D 50.6–
25Cincinnati Bengals logoCincinnati BengalsAFC North6-11L 18-20 vs CLE–40.9O 51.5 · D 43.4–
26Washington Commanders logoWashington CommandersNFC East5-12W 24-17 @ PHI–36.7O 47.7 · D 46.1–
27Arizona Cardinals logoArizona CardinalsNFC West3-14L 20-37 @ LAR–36.4O 48.5 · D 45.9–
28Cleveland Browns logoCleveland BrownsAFC North5-12W 20-18 @ CIN–36.0O 41.7 · D 50.8–
29New York Giants logoNew York GiantsNFC East4-13W 34-17 vs DAL–35.9O 49.3 · D 46.7–
30Tennessee Titans logoTennessee TitansAFC South3-14L 7-41 @ JAX–34.2O 45.4 · D 45.6–
31Las Vegas Raiders logoLas Vegas RaidersAFC West3-14W 14-12 vs KC–30.3O 41.4 · D 47.4–
32New York Jets logoNew York JetsAFC East3-14L 8-35 @ BUF–30.1O 43.8 · D 43.2–

As of: 2026-01-18