NFL Week 14 Power Rankings 2025: How all 32 teams stack up - ESPN

The playoff race is heating up after Week 13 of the 2025 NFL season, which started on Thanksgiving and concluded with a Patriots win on "Monday Night Football." After victories by the Bills, Chargers, Jaguars and Packers, there are still 12 teams at least four games over .500. According to Elias Sports Bureau, that's tied with 2000 for the most teams at that mark through Week 13 since the 1970 merger.

How do these teams fit in our updated Power Rankings? We restacked the NFL heading into Week 14, which includes byes for the Giants, Panthers, Patriots and 49ers. In addition to the 1-32 rankings, we asked our NFL Nation reporters to pick an X factor for the final stretch of the season. Who could be crucial to their team in a postseason push? Who needs big performances to get a new contract for 2026?

Let's get into it with the No. 1 team, which is different from 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 13 result: Beat the Giants 33-15
Week 13 ranking: 2

X factor for final stretch: Defensive tackle Christian Barmore

With starting DT Milton Williams on injured reserve because of a high ankle sprain for at least the next two games and No. 3 DT Khyiris Tonga slowed by a chest injury from Week 12, more of the burden falls on Barmore. Through the first nine weeks, the Patriots hadn't allowed an opposing running back to gain 50 rushing yards in a game. But in Weeks 10-12, Patriots opponents averaged more than