NFL Power Rankings 2026: All 32 Teams, Updated Weekly

Buffalo lead on 99 and did not move, which leaves the widest gap at the top of the table. Winning 36-31 in Houston was the best result of the weekend on paper. It was also the shortest working day.

Week 1 in one number. They won while holding the ball for 23 minutes 43 seconds. No other winning team in Week 1 had it for less. Buffalo averaged 7.9 yards a play to Houston’s 5.2, which is how you win a game you barely take part in.

Up one after a 13-10 win over New England that was grim by every measure except the one that counts. Seattle led the league on points differential last season at plus 191, so the prior and the result point the same way for once.

Week 1 in one number. Seattle went nought for two in the red zone and two for eleven on third down, and won anyway. Three interceptions covered everything else up.

Up four, the joint-biggest rise of the week, off the largest margin of Week 1. Thirteen wins last season means this is no longer a surprise, though the opponent matters: Cleveland finished 5-12 and now sit 31st here.

Week 1 in one number. Trevor Lawrence completed 18 of 23 for 245 yards and four touchdowns, a passer rating of 150.6. Nothing else in Week 1 came close, and Jacksonville added five sacks with four penalties and no turnovers.

Down two, which is lighter punishment than the scoreline deserved. Fourteen wins last season is why the model kept faith. Monday night in Kansas City was the worst offensive performance by anyone in Week 1.

Week 1 in one number. Denver gained 176 yards in total. Kansas City’s running game alone gained 220. Two of twelve on third down, 3.7 yards a play, and four sacks taken.

Up five, the biggest climb of the week alongside the Giants, after putting 506 yards on Indianapolis. An 8-9 record last season undersold this roster badly and the rating is catching up fast.

Week 1 in one number. Derrick Henry carried 24 times for 144 yards and three touchdowns, and Baltimore still threw for 324 on 25 attempts. Only Chicago gained more yards in Week 1.

Down one, having lost. Losing by three away to the team now rated second costs almost nothing in a model that weighs opponent and margin. Fourteen wins and plus 170 last season is a serious prior to spend.

Week 1 in one number. New England ran 67 plays to Seattle’s 48 and held the ball for 34:17. Then they threw three interceptions. Drake Maye finished with a passer rating of 54.9.

Up one after a two-point home win over a team that went 5-12 last season, which is why the rise is small. Their 8.6% Super Bowl figure is the third highest on the page and the 87% playoff number is level with Baltimore.

Week 1 in one number. Jalen Hurts completed 14 of 25, barely over half, and threw three touchdowns for a rating of 122.2. Dallas Goedert caught two of them on four receptions for 77 yards.

Seven points at home, and a fall of four places. The Rams are still eighth, which is what a 12-5 season and a plus 172 differential buys you. Not falling further is the prior holding firm.

Week 1 in one number. The Rams did not concede a single sack and still failed to score a passing touchdown. Matthew Stafford finished with none, one interception, and a rating of 61.2.

Up three, and the best win of the week by our reading. Going to Los Angeles and winning by 20 combined a strong opponent with a heavy margin, which nothing else in Week 1 managed.

Week 1 in one number. Neither side recorded a sack and San Francisco still won by 20. They ran for 174 at 5.8 a carry, Christian McCaffrey averaged 6.8, and they took two penalties all afternoon.

Down one despite winning. A 31-30 escape at home against a team that won six games last season is not what a model wants to see. That 82% playoff figure rests on last season’s plus 68 rather than on Sunday.

Week 1 in one number. Jahmyr Gibbs carried 29 times for 156 yards and two touchdowns, and Detroit needed every yard of it. New Orleans ran 86 plays, more than any other team in Week 1, and lost by one.

Down five, the joint-steepest fall, and harsh on the face of it. Houston scored 31 at home against the top-ranked team, threw no interceptions, and held the ball for 36:17.

Week 1 in one number. They ran 73 plays to Buffalo’s 52 and lost by five. Houston also gave away 106 yards in penalties, and conceded 36 points at home, which is the half of this the model noticed.

Up four after beating Denver by 21 on Monday night, and the most interesting team on the page. Six wins last season produced a modest rating, but that record came with a positive differential, which usually means close losses rather than a poor team.

Week 1 in one number. Kansas City ran the ball 38 times for 220 yards. Kenneth Walker had 173 of them on 23 carries at 7.5 a go, with a longest run of 60.

Up two. The highest score of the week by eleven points, and the model still moved them only two places, because conceding 37 to a team that finished 8-9 keeps a rating honest.

Week 1 in one number. Chicago ran for 291 yards and six rushing touchdowns, both comfortably the most in Week 1, and converted ten third downs, also the most. D’Andre Swift had 124 and three scores on 18 carries.

No movement, and both the rating and the result feel like the Pittsburgh of recent memory: 10-7 last season on a differential of plus 10, then a 20-13 home win that nobody will remember.

Week 1 in one number. Pittsburgh gained 264 yards, converted three of thirteen third downs, and won. Four sacks, two interceptions and two forced fumbles did the work the offence did not.

Up two after a 33-27 home win. A minus 78 differential last season is a deep hole and one result does not fill it. Their 65% playoff figure sits above Chicago’s and Pittsburgh’s despite the lower rating, which tells you what the model makes of the division.

Week 1 in one number. Cincinnati forced four fumbles, a total only Dallas matched, and Tampa Bay gave the ball away four times in total.

Down three after the heaviest defeat suffered by anyone in the Signal’s top sixteen. Their 32% playoff figure was already the lowest up here before Sunday, and the division rather than the roster looks like the problem.

Week 1 in one number. This is the one to frame. Green Bay out-gained Minnesota 419 to 239 and lost by 17. One for four in the red zone against four for four, three of twelve on third down against eight of fifteen, and twelve penalties for 98 yards. Jordan Love threw for 387 at a 50% completion rate.

Up one. Thirty-nine points at home against a division rival, and a single place gained, because the model noticed how little it took to get there: 239 yards at 3.9 a play.

Week 1 in one number. Minnesota scored three passing touchdowns on 151 passing yards and went four for four in the red zone. Justin Jefferson took two of those scores on eight catches for 92.

Down seven, the steepest fall on the page. Losing 26-14 at home to a team that won three games last season is the worst Week 1 result anywhere measured against expectation, and an 11-6 finish in 2025 makes it read worse rather than better.

Week 1 in one number. The Chargers held the ball for 22:29 and only Tennessee had it for less. Two of eight on third down, and a playoff figure that now reads 21%.

Up five, matching Baltimore for the biggest climb of the week. Beating Dallas is worth a great deal when you are starting from 24th after a 4-13 season. A minus 58 differential is not undone in a week, but the direction is right.

Week 1 in one number. The Giants converted nine of eleven third downs, 82%, the best rate of Week 1, and scored on all four red-zone trips. Jaxson Dart went 23 of 29 for 230 yards and three touchdowns.

Down one, and now carrying the same rating of 49 as the team that just beat them, which will not be read warmly in Texas. An 11% playoff figure is among the five lowest here.

Week 1 in one number. Dallas converted eight of eleven third downs and scored on all three red-zone trips, and lost by eight. They ran 52 plays to the Giants’ 68 and held the ball for 23:20.

Down one after a competitive defeat in Cincinnati. Their 36% playoff figure is the highest of any team ranked outside the top twenty, which says more about the state of the NFC South than about Tampa Bay.

Week 1 in one number. Baker Mayfield completed 23 of 28, 82%, for 216 yards with no touchdowns and no interceptions. Tampa Bay still lost the ball four times, more than any other team in Week 1.

No movement. Thirteen points in Pittsburgh, with only four teams scoring fewer all week. Last season’s 8-9 came with a minus 48 differential, so a rating of 45 is not new information.

Week 1 in one number. Atlanta did not reach the red zone once. Not a single attempt in sixty minutes. Two of twelve on third down, four sacks taken, two interceptions thrown.

Down two after losing by 18 at home. The oddity here is that Indianapolis posted a plus 54 differential in 2025 while finishing 8-9, which is the signature of a team better than its record. The model has never bought it, and a 12% playoff figure says it still does not.

Week 1 in one number. Indianapolis scored on all three red-zone trips and Jonathan Taylor ran for 98 yards and two touchdowns. None of it mattered, because Baltimore gained 506 yards.

Down one. Losing by two in Philadelphia is the best two points Washington will spend all season, and it cost them a single place. Close defeats still count as defeats.

Week 1 in one number. Washington scored on all three red-zone trips, did not turn the ball over once, and held it for 33:20. They lost by two.

No movement, having lost by a point on the road to a team ranked tenth. Scoring 30 in Detroit is the sort of afternoon that usually earns a rise. Thirty-four percent to reach the playoffs is generous without being absurd.

Week 1 in one number. Tyler Shough threw 56 passes, more than any other quarterback in Week 1, for 410 yards and three touchdowns. New Orleans ran 86 plays, also the most. They lost by one, and Chris Olave caught ten for 182.

Up two. Three wins in the whole of last season, and one already this year, on the road, by twelve. The rating still reads 38 because a minus 133 differential takes rather more than one good afternoon to shift.

Week 1 in one number. Arizona held the ball for 37:31 and did not turn it over once. Jacoby Brissett completed 27 of 37, and Trey McBride caught nine for 95.

Down one. Losing by 14 in Las Vegas to a team that won three games last season is a poor way to start. A 2% playoff figure is the lowest of anyone outside the bottom four of this table.

Week 1 in one number. Miami took five sacks and converted two of ten third downs. Malik Willis threw 27 times without a touchdown, and their only rushing score came from the quarterback.

Up two after winning by 14, which is modest reward for a comfortable afternoon. That is what a minus 191 differential does to a rating: one result cannot outweigh a season that bad.

Week 1 in one number. Kirk Cousins threw three touchdowns on 160 passing yards. Ashton Jeanty touched the ball 29 times for 147 yards and two scores, and the Raiders hit the quarterback eleven times.

Down two. Conceding 59 at home was the worst defensive afternoon of the week by a distance. Carolina scored 37 of their own, which is the only reason the fall was not steeper.

Week 1 in one number. Carolina gained 478 yards, went four for four in the red zone, and lost by 22. Bryce Young threw for 361 and three touchdowns. Three turnovers and eleven penalties account for the difference.

Up one. A 13-point win in Tennessee is the reward for playing the only team rated below them. A minus 203 differential last season means the prior is doing nearly all of the work at this end of the table.

Week 1 in one number. The Jets held the ball for 38:46, more than any team in Week 1, and ran it 39 times. They also converted two of twelve third downs, and Geno Smith threw 24 times with no touchdowns and no interceptions.

Down two. Ten points in Jacksonville, beaten by 24, and a rating of 19. There is no reading of Week 1 that helps Cleveland.

Week 1 in one number. One third down converted out of eight. Nothing from either red-zone trip. Five sacks taken and eleven penalties committed.

No movement, because there is nowhere left to go. A rating of 4 out of 100, the only 0% in the playoff column, and a home defeat by the team directly above them.

Week 1 in one number. Tennessee held the ball for 21:14, the least of any team in Week 1, and ran it just 14 times. Cam Ward threw 32 times for 140 yards.