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2025 Week 8 Rankings

Indianapolis Colts is No. 1 in the Week 8 NovaModel NFL rankings, ahead of Los Angeles Rams and Seattle Seahawks. The biggest climb: Detroit Lions, up 8 spots. The biggest drop: Jacksonville Jaguars, down 7 spots. Every team is rated the same way, on game results alone - no polls and no committee votes.

← Week 7Week 9 →Latest rankingsHow the rankings work

What happened in Week 7

15 games were played in Week 7. Top-10 teams lost 4 times. 2 games were upsets by the pre-game rankings. Indianapolis Colts is the new No. 1.

  • Cincinnati Bengals upset No. 5 Pittsburgh Steelers, 33-31 at home. Joe Flacco led Cincinnati Bengals with 342 passing yds. In these rankings, Cincinnati Bengals rises from No. 26 to No. 23 and Pittsburgh Steelers falls from No. 5 to No. 12.
  • Detroit Lions upset No. 1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers, 24-9 at home. Jared Goff led Detroit Lions with 241 passing yds. In these rankings, Detroit Lions rises from No. 12 to No. 4 and Tampa Bay Buccaneers falls from No. 1 to No. 6.
  • No. 7 Los Angeles Rams beat No. 4 Jacksonville Jaguars, 35-7 at a neutral site. Matthew Stafford led Los Angeles Rams with 182 passing yds. In these rankings, Los Angeles Rams rises from No. 7 to No. 2 and Jacksonville Jaguars falls from No. 4 to No. 11.
  • No. 6 San Francisco 49ers beat No. 9 Atlanta Falcons, 20-10 at home. Mac Jones led San Francisco 49ers with 152 passing yds. In these rankings, San Francisco 49ers falls from No. 6 to No. 7 and Atlanta Falcons falls from No. 9 to No. 16.
  • No. 10 Denver Broncos beat New York Giants by 1 point, 33-32 at home. Bo Nix led Denver Broncos with 279 passing yds. In these rankings, Denver Broncos rises from No. 10 to No. 9 and New York Giants falls from No. 24 to No. 25.
Week 7 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 8 ranking uses only games played before Week 8, 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

▲ 8 spots

Detroit Lions logo

Detroit Lions

Now #4

▼ 7 spots

Jacksonville Jaguars logo

Jacksonville Jaguars

Now #11

▼ 7 spots

Pittsburgh Steelers logo

Pittsburgh Steelers

Now #12

RankTeamRecordLastNextRatingTrend
1Indianapolis Colts logoIndianapolis ColtsAFC South6-1W 38-24 @ LACvs TEN67.7O 59.6 · D 50.9▲ 1Up 1 spot since last week
2Los Angeles Rams logoLos Angeles RamsNFC West5-2W 35-7 vs JAXvs NO64.9O 52.2 · D 56.8▲ 5Up 5 spots since last week
3Seattle Seahawks logoSeattle SeahawksNFC West5-2W 27-19 vs HOU@ #22 WAS64.4O 55.3 · D 53.2–
4Detroit Lions logoDetroit LionsNFC North5-2W 24-9 vs TBvs #15 MIN64.0O 56.4 · D 51.6▲ 8Up 8 spots since last week
5Philadelphia Eagles logoPhiladelphia EaglesNFC East5-2W 28-22 @ MINvs #25 NYG62.8O 52.0 · D 51.2▲ 3Up 3 spots since last week
6Tampa Bay Buccaneers logoTampa Bay BuccaneersNFC South5-2L 9-24 @ DET@ NO61.6O 53.9 · D 48.1▼ 5Down 5 spots since last week
7San Francisco 49ers logoSan Francisco 49ersNFC West5-2W 20-10 vs ATL@ #20 HOU61.8O 49.0 · D 53.4▼ 1Down 1 spot since last week
8Green Bay Packers logoGreen Bay PackersNFC North4-1-1W 27-23 @ ARI@ #12 PIT60.9O 51.8 · D 52.6▲ 3Up 3 spots since last week
9Denver Broncos logoDenver BroncosAFC West5-2W 33-32 vs NYGvs #19 DAL58.4O 48.8 · D 54.1▲ 1Up 1 spot since last week
10Kansas City Chiefs logoKansas City ChiefsAFC West4-3W 31-0 vs LVvs #22 WAS57.7O 52.5 · D 55.3▲ 6Up 6 spots since last week
11Jacksonville Jaguars logoJacksonville JaguarsAFC South4-3L 7-35 vs LAR@ LV56.5O 50.2 · D 51.0▼ 7Down 7 spots since last week
12Pittsburgh Steelers logoPittsburgh SteelersAFC North4-2L 31-33 @ CINvs #8 GB54.7O 51.6 · D 48.4▼ 7Down 7 spots since last week
13New England Patriots logoNew England PatriotsAFC East5-2W 31-13 @ TENvs CLE54.9O 50.8 · D 51.6–
14Chicago Bears logoChicago BearsNFC North4-2W 26-14 vs NO@ BAL53.9O 50.8 · D 48.0▲ 5Up 5 spots since last week
15Minnesota Vikings logoMinnesota VikingsNFC North3-3L 22-28 vs PHI@ #18 LAC52.5O 50.6 · D 50.7▼ 1Down 1 spot since last week
16Atlanta Falcons logoAtlanta FalconsNFC South3-3L 10-20 @ SFvs MIA51.8O 45.6 · D 53.4▼ 7Down 7 spots since last week
17Buffalo Bills logoBuffalo BillsAFC East4-2L 14-24 @ ATL@ #21 CAR50.4O 52.6 · D 48.6▲ 1Up 1 spot since last week
18Los Angeles Chargers logoLos Angeles ChargersAFC West4-3L 24-38 vs INDvs #15 MIN50.3O 48.4 · D 49.9▼ 3Down 3 spots since last week
19Dallas Cowboys logoDallas CowboysNFC East3-3-1W 44-22 vs WAS@ #9 DEN50.2O 58.1 · D 43.5▲ 4Up 4 spots since last week
20Houston Texans logoHouston TexansAFC South2-4L 19-27 @ SEAvs #7 SF49.1O 47.8 · D 58.9–
21Carolina Panthers logoCarolina PanthersNFC South4-3W 13-6 @ NYJvs #17 BUF47.9O 46.9 · D 50.8–
22Washington Commanders logoWashington CommandersNFC East3-4L 22-44 @ DAL@ #10 KC47.4O 51.9 · D 48.3▼ 5Down 5 spots since last week
23Cincinnati Bengals logoCincinnati BengalsAFC North3-4W 33-31 vs PITvs NYJ44.4O 47.7 · D 42.8▲ 3Up 3 spots since last week
24Arizona Cardinals logoArizona CardinalsNFC West2-5L 23-27 vs GB@ #19 DAL43.3O 49.3 · D 51.2▼ 2Down 2 spots since last week
25New York Giants logoNew York GiantsNFC East2-5L 32-33 @ DEN@ #5 PHI40.7O 48.8 · D 48.7▼ 1Down 1 spot since last week
26Cleveland Browns logoCleveland BrownsAFC North2-5W 31-6 vs MIA@ #13 NE37.3O 41.3 · D 52.3▲ 5Up 5 spots since last week
27Las Vegas Raiders logoLas Vegas RaidersAFC West2-5L 0-31 @ KCvs #11 JAX36.4O 42.0 · D 48.3▼ 2Down 2 spots since last week
28Baltimore Ravens logoBaltimore RavensAFC North1-5L 3-17 vs LARvs #14 CHI35.5O 53.8 · D 41.8▲ 1Up 1 spot since last week
29New Orleans Saints logoNew Orleans SaintsNFC South1-6L 14-26 @ CHIvs #6 TB33.0O 45.5 · D 47.3▼ 2Down 2 spots since last week
30Tennessee Titans logoTennessee TitansAFC South1-6L 13-31 vs NE@ #1 IND30.6O 43.4 · D 45.8–
31Miami Dolphins logoMiami DolphinsAFC East1-6L 6-31 @ CLE@ #16 ATL28.8O 47.3 · D 43.3▼ 3Down 3 spots since last week
32New York Jets logoNew York JetsAFC East0-7L 6-13 vs CAR@ #23 CIN26.0O 44.1 · D 48.1–

As of: 2025-10-20