This is an objective, unbiased ranking in the same vein as the NFL Title Belt. As such, the number 1 ranked team will always be the same as the current NFL Title Belt holder.
This is Week 14 of the NFL Title Rankings of the 2024 season. See here for last week’s rankings.
6 of the 13 games ended with the lower ranked team winning. Again, no teams went down in rank after jumping another team. The largest jump was 5 spots.
The Rams beat the Bills to take the NFL Title Belt and first ranking. The 49ers will have a chance to take the title belt in week 15.
The Raiders are still last after their loss to the Bucs. The Raiders will have a chance to move out from last in week 15 when they play the Falcons.
Let me know if you’d like to see more of this, if you’re curious about how I came up with these rankings, or if you noticed any mistakes.
| Ranking | 2024 Wk14 | Δ | Notes | |
| 1 | Rams | +5 | The Rams beat the Bills to take the NFL Title Belt and first. | |
| 2 | Bills | -1 | ||
| 3 | Chiefs | -1 | ||
| 4 | Eagles | -1 | ||
| 5 | Ravens | -1 | ||
| 6 | Chargers | -1 | ||
| 7 | Saints | – | ||
| 8 | Broncos | – | ||
| 9 | Steelers | +1 | The Steelers jumped 1 spot by beating the Browns. | |
| 10 | Browns | -1 | ||
| 11 | Lions | – | ||
| 12 | Packers | – | ||
| 13 | Seahawks | – | ||
| 14 | Vikings | – | ||
| 15 | Cardinals | – | ||
| 16 | Colts | – | ||
| 17 | Dolphins | +5 | The Dolphins jumped 5 spots by beating the Jets. | |
| 18 | Jets | -1 | ||
| 19 | Commanders | -1 | ||
| 20 | Jaguars | +5 | The Jaguars jumped 5 spots by beating the Titans. | |
| 21 | Titans | -2 | ||
| 22 | Texans | -2 | ||
| 23 | Bengals | +5 | The Bengals jumped 5 spots by beating the Cowboys. | |
| 24 | Cowboys | -3 | ||
| 25 | Patriots | -2 | ||
| 26 | 49ers | – | The 49ers maintained their rank by beating and jumping the Bears. | |
| 27 | Bears | -3 | ||
| 28 | Falcons | -1 | ||
| 29 | Bucs | – | ||
| 30 | Panthers | – | ||
| 31 | Giants | – | ||
| 32 | Raiders | – | The Raiders remain last until their next win. |
This ranking assumes that there are never any fluke games and all teams are appropriately ranked. If you beat a team that is higher ranked than you, you move ahead of them and they move down one spot. However, other teams can jump in front of teams that are higher ranked than you, moving you further down the rankings.
Bonus rankings! This one is more straightforward. Teams get points for wins. They get more points for beating good teams and fewer points for beating bad teams. (+32 for beating the best team, +1 for beating the worst). Teams lose points for losses. They lose more points for losing to bad teams and fewer points for losing to good teams. (-32 for losing to the worst team, -1 for losing to the best). The point total was reset with the first game of the season.
TEAM Ranking Points Lions 1 197 Chiefs 2 185 Vikings 3 128 Eagles 4 108 Packers 5 108 Bills 6 106 Ravens 7 76 Steelers 8 69 Chargers 9 52 Seahawks 10 49 Rams 11 44 Broncos 12 39 Bucs 13 34 Falcons 14 31 Texans 15 30 Cardinals 16 28 49ers 17 16 Commanders 18 8 Colts 19 -9 Dolphins 20 -45 Cowboys 21 -56 Saints 22 -57 Bengals 23 -58 Bears 24 -91 Jaguars 25 -99 Titans 26 -104 Jets 27 -113 Raiders 28 -114 Browns 29 -116 Panthers 30 -117 Giants 31 -152 Patriots 32 -177