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 11 of the NFL Title Rankings of the 2023 season. See here for last week’s rankings.
There were a good spread of shakeups this week, 8 of the 14 games in total. The Texans beat the Cardinals to maintain the NFL Title Belt and first ranking. The Texans will play the Jaguars next weekend for control of the NFL Title Belt and first.
The Patriots had a bye week and will remain last. The Patriots can move up next week when they play the Giants.
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 | 2023 Wk11 | Δ | Notes | |
| 1 | Texans | – | The Texans beat the Cardinals to keep the NFL Title Belt and first. | |
| 2 | Ravens | +2 | The Ravens jumped 2 spots by beating the Bengals. | |
| 3 | Bengals | -1 | ||
| 4 | Browns | -1 | ||
| 5 | Rams | +23 | The Rams jumped 23 spots by beating the Seahawks. | |
| 6 | Seahawks | -1 | ||
| 7 | Lions | -1 | ||
| 8 | Broncos | -1 | ||
| 9 | Eagles | +5 | The Eagles jumped 5 spots by beating the Chiefs. | |
| 10 | Chiefs | -2 | ||
| 11 | Packers | +16 | The Packers jumped 16 spots by beating the Chargers. | |
| 12 | Chargers | -3 | ||
| 13 | Dolphins | +18 | The Dolphins jumped 18 spots by beating the Raiders. | |
| 14 | Raiders | -4 | ||
| 15 | Bills | +15 | The Bills jumped 15 spots by beating the Jets. | |
| 16 | Jets | -5 | ||
| 17 | Cowboys | -5 | ||
| 18 | Giants | -5 | ||
| 19 | Commanders | -4 | ||
| 20 | Steelers | -4 | ||
| 21 | 49ers | +4 | The 49ers jumped 4 spots by beating the Bucs. | |
| 22 | Bucs | -5 | ||
| 23 | Jaguars | +3 | The Jaguars jumped 3 spots by beating the Titans. | |
| 24 | Titans | -6 | ||
| 25 | Vikings | -6 | ||
| 26 | Cardinals | -6 | ||
| 27 | Falcons | -6 | ||
| 28 | Colts | -6 | ||
| 29 | Bears | -6 | ||
| 30 | Panthers | -6 | ||
| 31 | Saints | -2 | ||
| 32 | Patriots | – | The Patriots will remain last after the bye week. |
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 points total has been reset with the first game of the season.
TEAM Ranking Points Ravens 1 151 Browns 2 130 Eagles 3 115 Jaguars 4 88 Steelers 5 88 49ers 6 86 Chiefs 7 80 Lions 8 71 Bengals 9 50 Texans 10 37 Seahawks 11 30 Colts 12 29 Dolphins 13 20 Cowboys 14 17 Rams 15 -1 Bills 16 -14 Vikings 17 -17 Broncos 18 -22 Titans 19 -23 Bucs 20 -30 Saints 21 -30 Chargers 22 -39 Falcons 23 -47 Jets 24 -55 Packers 25 -57 Raiders 26 -59 Cardinals 27 -88 Giants 28 -102 Patriots 29 -103 Commanders 30 -104 Bears 31 -115 Panthers 32 -129 I choose to ignore the second lot of rankings. Go Pack Go! 🧀
