| Team | Mitch Bannon Rank | OS Computer Rank | Power | Schedule | Adjusted Power |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kansas City | 1 | 4 | +17.85 | 0.41 | +7.34 |
| Philadelphia | 2 | 8 | +44.01 | 0.44 | +19.36 |
| Buffalo | 3 | 10 | +29.69 | 0.53 | +15.74 |
| Detroit | 4 | 3 | +52.61 | 0.50 | +26.31 |
| Minnesota | 5 | 14 | +18.40 | 0.44 | +8.18 |
| Pittsburgh | 6 | 16 | +9.47 | 0.41 | +3.89 |
| Baltimore | 7 | 1 | +25.92 | 0.54 | +14.11 |
| Green Bay | 8 | 6 | +24.50 | 0.52 | +12.79 |
| Denver | 9 | 20 | +20.08 | 0.42 | +8.48 |
| Houston | 10 | 5 | +11.65 | 0.47 | +5.48 |
| Washington | 11 | 12 | +21.88 | 0.40 | +8.75 |
| Tampa Bay | 12 | 19 | +16.78 | 0.41 | +6.90 |
| LA Rams | 13 | 21 | +7.66 | 0.53 | +4.06 |
| LA Chargers | 14 | 18 | +6.01 | 0.51 | +3.07 |
| Seattle | 15 | 17 | -1.61 | 0.51 | -0.78 |
| Arizona | 16 | 28 | +6.56 | 0.47 | +3.06 |
| Atlanta | 17 | 9 | -12.75 | 0.44 | -7.08 |
| Cincinnati | 18 | 23 | +4.91 | 0.43 | +2.13 |
| San Francisco | 19 | 2 | -7.50 | 0.60 | -3.00 |
| Miami | 20 | 7 | +11.48 | 0.48 | +5.48 |
| Indianapolis | 21 | 27 | -23.02 | 0.52 | -11.05 |
| Dallas | 22 | 11 | -24.17 | 0.55 | -10.88 |
| New Orleans | 23 | 29 | -21.38 | 0.50 | -10.69 |
| Chicago | 24 | 13 | -18.52 | 0.53 | -8.64 |
| NY Jets | 25 | 15 | -13.25 | 0.54 | -6.09 |
| Carolina | 26 | 32 | -42.14 | 0.52 | -20.23 |
| Cleveland | 27 | 22 | -27.26 | 0.67 | -9.09 |
| New England | 28 | 31 | -17.21 | 0.41 | -10.13 |
| Jacksonville | 29 | 26 | -28.01 | 0.53 | -13.16 |
| Tennessee | 30 | 24 | -35.55 | 0.57 | -15.29 |
| Las Vegas | 31 | 25 | -32.12 | 0.63 | -12.05 |
| NY Giants | 32 | 30 | -30.41 | 0.54 | -13.99 |
NFL Power Rankings Notes:
The above power rankings include Mitch Bannon's personal power rankings after Week 15 as well as the 'combined power ranking' generated by our computer, based on data from the 2024-25 season, so far.
Here is where Mitch disagrees with the computer most:
Most Overrated Team: San Francisco 49ers
Currently, our computer power rankings have the 49ers as the second-best team in football? What the @#$%?
Are they looking at the same 49ers team that I am? The squad that's 6-8 on the season, 1-4 in the last five, basically eliminated from playoff contention, and sitting at +75000 in Super Bowl odds? This San Fran team is closer to mathematical elimination than a postseason spot.
I get that they still have talent and can beat some good teams on any given Sunday, but with CMC hurt and injuries across the offense and defense, this is not the same San Francisco team we're used to. They are a bottom-half team, at best — certainly not No. 2.
Most Underrated Team: Pittsburgh Steelers
I'm not really sure why our computer rankings still have the Steelers as a middle-of-the-pack team. They are flawed for sure — I still don't know if I trust Russell Wilson and that offensive line — but they're clearly a top-10 team, at the very least. Pittsburgh has done nothing but win this year, rocking a 10-4 record and sitting atop the AFC North. They're not just beating up on scrubs, either, with solid wins over the Ravens, Commanders, Chargers, and Broncos — all playoff teams. That's not the makings of a league-average squad.
Now, Pittsburgh does have a big challenge coming up, finishing the season with games against the Ravens, Chiefs, and Bengals. But, even if they go 1-2 in those contests there's still a chance they win the division and have home-field in the playoffs. The Steelers sit at +2500 in Super Bowl odds (8th) and certainly deserve to be higher than the 16th spot our computer has them in these power rankings.
How Are Our NFL Football Power Rankings Compiled?
These power rankings show both our NFL experts' custom rankings and the computer's adjusted power ratings for an objective approach. Ranks are updated at the end of each week and are based on a rolling 10-game range. Early in the season, this date range reaches back to regular-season games of the previous year.
Standings only tell part of the story for fans who like to bet on the NFL. A first-place team may have a lousy defense but lucked into a 3-0 record by playing three teams even worse than themselves. However, beating the point spread requires the whole story – what are the stat strengths and weaknesses of each team and how can you exploit that data to find edges for your NFL bets?
Check out the NFL Football Power Rankings here at Odds Shark to get a different approach to the standings as you handicap the NFL football odds.
The computer uses different sortable stats for team offense, time of possession, ATS wins, points per game, rushing and passing yard data (for both sides of the ball), turnover ratios, and many other metrics to determine these power rankings.
Of note, these NFL football rankings will be different from other power ranking systems because our computer weighs the data over a rolling 10-game date range. We don’t start from scratch in Week 1, we look back at 10 regular-season games to give a bigger sample of data and we feel it is a more accurate reflection of true power if we consider only the past 10 games.
