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 13 of the NFL Title Rankings of the 2023 season. See here for last week’s rankings.

The Bengals beat the Jaguars to take the NFL Title Belt and first ranking. The Bengals will play the Colts next weekend for control of the NFL Title Belt and first.

The Patriots lost to the Chargers and will remain last. The Patriots can move up next week when they play the Steelers.

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 Wk13 Δ Notes
1 Bengals +4 The Bengals beat the Jaguars to take the NFL Title Belt and first.
2 Jaguars -1  
3 Texans -1  
4 Ravens -1  
5 Cardinals +23 The Cardinals jumped 23 spots by beating the Steelers.
6 Steelers -2  
7 Broncos -1  
8 Rams – The Rams maintained their rank by beating and jumping the Browns.
9 Browns -2  
10 49ers -1  
11 Cowboys +9 The Cowboys jumped 9 spots by beating the Seahawks.
12 Seahawks -2  
13 Packers -2  
14 Lions -2  
15 Eagles -2  
16 Chiefs -2  
17 Chargers -2  
18 Dolphins -2  
19 Raiders -2  
20 Bills -2  
21 Falcons +8 The Falcons jumped 8 spots by beating the Jets.
22 Jets -3  
23 Giants -2  
24 Commanders -2  
25 Colts -2  
26 Bucs -2  
27 Titans -2  
28 Bears -2  
29 Vikings -2  
30 Panthers –  
31 Saints –  
32 Patriots – The Patriots will remain last after losing to the Chargers.

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.

  • OmegaOP
    6•10 months ago

    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 1 160
    49ers 2 136
    Jaguars 3 114
    Browns 4 107
    Eagles 5 104
    Steelers 6 94
    Bengals 7 78
    Lions 8 63
    Chiefs 9 62
    Texans 10 62
    Colts 11 56
    Rams 12 50
    Cowboys 13 35
    Dolphins 14 26
    Seahawks 15 11
    Broncos 16 -9
    Packers 17 -9
    Titans 18 -28
    Bills 19 -28
    Vikings 20 -34
    Falcons 21 -36
    Bucs 22 -40
    Chargers 23 -46
    Saints 24 -58
    Raiders 25 -59
    Cardinals 26 -71
    Jets 27 -90
    Giants 28 -111
    Bears 29 -113
    Commanders 30 -118
    Patriots 31 -160
    Panthers 32 -170
  • OmegaOP
    6•10 months ago

    I always find it interesting when this ranking predicts big upsets, like the Packers beating the Chiefs.

  • @TeaHands
    6•10 months ago

    Dammit, didn’t realise the Chiefs were such losers I thought beating them was sure to bump us up a good few spots

    • OmegaOP
      5•10 months ago

      They really haven’t beaten anyone noteworthy (in the rankings) since week 3.

  • @buffaloboobs
    2•10 months ago

    Excited to see the Patriots jump from last to near the top 5 next week! Let’s go, chaos! 👏 👏 👏👏👏

    • OmegaOP
      1•10 months ago

      It makes me really happy to see that someone is actually following these rankings. But also I wouldn’t be surprised if several of the top 5 also lose.

      • @buffaloboobs
        2•10 months ago

        so you’re basically guaranteeing that NE is #1 next week? Alright, that’s spicy, I like it.

        and yeah, I do like these. not watching Seattle sliding down every week, but that’s on them. but it’s a fun ranking, keep it up

        • OmegaOP
          2•10 months ago

          Well, that would actually push NE down as other teams jump them. They’ll end up somewhere between 6th and 11th.