NFL Week 12 Power Rankings 2025: How all 32 teams stack up - ESPN

Week 11 of the 2025 NFL season is officially over after the Cowboys defeated the Raiders on "Monday Night Football." This weekend featured a number of close matchups, including overtime wins by the Dolphins and Panthers. The Bears and Broncos also won on field goals as time expired.

How do these teams fit in our updated Power Rankings? We restacked the NFL heading into Week 12, which includes byes for the Broncos, Chargers, Commanders and Dolphins. In addition to the 1-32 rankings, we asked our NFL Nation reporters to pick one player, coach or executive who is under the most pressure for each team. Which players and coaches have a lot riding on the last seven weeks of the regular season? Which general managers could be on their way out this offseason? How many picks are the same from when we asked the same question in our preseason rankings?

Let's get into it with the No. 1 team, which might surprise you based on last week's rankings. Our power panel of more than 80 writers, editors and TV personalities evaluated how NFL teams stack up against one another, ranking them from 1 to 32.

Jump to a team:
ARI | ATL | BAL | BUF | CAR | CHI | CIN
CLE | DAL | DEN | DET | GB | HOU | IND
JAX | KC | LAC | LAR | LV | MIA | MIN
NE | NO | NYG | NYJ | PHI | PIT | SF
SEA | TB | TEN | WSH

Week 11 result: Beat the Seahawks 21-19
Week 11 ranking: 2

Who's under the most pressure: Special teams coordinator Chase Blackburn

After early-season protection issues on field goals and missed kicks led to a change at kicker and long-snapper before Week 10, it was clear special teams was a weakness for the Rams. Since the switch from Alex Ward to Jake McQuaide at long-snapper and Joshua Karty to Harrison Mevis at kicker, the Rams have not attempted a