2025 UFL Power Rankings: Defenders, Renegades make huge jump after Week 1

My preseason 2025 UFL power rankings were upended when three of the four XFL Conference teams won their season openers, with two teams scoring at least 30 points and one pulling off the weekend's biggest upset.

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That said, it's time for my second power rankings of the season:

Current odds to win 2025 title: +3500

The Roughnecks have lost 10 of their past 11 games. They struggled to stop the Battlehawks and to move the ball in Week 1. Receiver Justin Hall showed himself to be Houston’s most prolific playmaker with five catches for 40 yards, but head coach Curtis Johnson has a lot to figure out with an offense that turned the ball over twice, amassed just 170 total yards and 11 first downs and couldn’t get on the board in garbage time — down 31-0.

Current odds to win 2025 title: +3000

Six days after Ken Whisenhunt stepped down as the head coach of the Showboats, Jim Wilson stepped up and was forced to begin making decisions and answering questions about how competitive Memphis would be after losing Whisenhunt so close to the start of the season.

Serving as the team's interim head coach, Wilson still needs to find out whether E.J. Perry or Troy Williams is the answer at quarterback. Each made plays and each made mistakes. Williams completed 8 of 11 passes for 104 yards with an interception, while Perry completed just 10 of 17 with an interception and the Showboats’ only passing score. 

No matter who wins the QB battle, he’ll have a playmaker on the numbers in wideout Jonathan Adams, who was the best offensive player on the field for Memphis with six catches for 93 yards and a touchdown.

Current odds to win 2025 title: +1700

Donald