NFL 2025: Post-Week 7 Power Rankings

For a few weeks now, the top of the NFL standings have been airtight, and ranking the league’s top teams against each other is even harder.

Well, first things first, there is no change at the top: Daniel Jones, Jonathan Taylor, and the 6-1 Indianapolis Colts are still the best in the league. With Baker Mayfield and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers suffering a two-score loss to the Detroit Lions, the Colts are the only “true” one-loss team left in the NFL (sorry, 4-1-1 Green Bay Packers.) The Colts have a +92 point differential this season, and this week’s opponent was a solid Los Angeles Chargers team. The Colts are for real, and need to be treated as such moving forward.

The Seattle Seahawks improved to 5-2 with a Monday Night Football win over the Houston Texans, and have almost quietly become one of the best teams in the league as well.

There’s a slew of 5-2 teams, a couple 4-2 teams, and even some strong 4-3 teams: the Power Rankings get absolutely tight here, splitting hairs in some instances, and balancing recent success with the season’s total resume.

The 5-2 Philadelphia Eagles leapfrogged the inactive Buffalo Bills, with a 28-22 win on the road that put the defending Super Bowl champions back on track.

The Los Angeles Rams also improved to 5-2, rolling over the now 4-3 Jacksonville Jaguars in London by a score of 35-7. The Rams are racking up wins, while Trevor Lawrence and the Jaguars have lost back-to-back games with a total of 19 points scored across those two games.

Other winners of Week 7 include the San Francisco 49ers (SNF win over the Atlanta Falcons), Kansas City Chiefs (31-0 win over the Las Vegas Raiders), Denver Broncos (33-point fourth quarter to beat the New York Giants) and Dallas Cowboys (44-22 win over the Washington Commanders to even their record at 3-3-1 after a poor start to the season.)

Read on for my 2025-26 NFL Post-Week 7 Power Rankings, and if you’d like to debate or discuss any rankings, join the conversation with Sakmann Sports on Twitter/X, on Facebook, or by commenting directly on this post!

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Post-Week 7 Power Rankings

The Detroit Lions are back up to #2, after handling the 5-1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday Night Football to improve to 5-2. (Detroit Free Press)

Indianapolis Colts (6-1) [Last Week: 1]
Detroit Lions (5-2) [Last Week: 5]
Seattle Seahawks (5-2) [Last Week: 3]
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (5-2) [Last week: 2]
Philadelphia Eagles (5-2) [Last Week: 6]
Buffalo Bills (4-2) [Last Week: 4]
Los Angeles Rams (5-2) [Last Week: 7]
San Francisco 49ers (5-2) [Last Week: 8]
Kansas City Chiefs (4-3) [Last Week: 14]
Denver Broncos (5-2) [Last Week: 13]
New England Patriots (5-2) [Last Week: 15]
Green Bay Packers (4-1-1) [Last Week: 16]
Pittsburgh Steelers (4-2) [Last Week: 9]
Los Angeles Chargers (4-3) [Last Week: 12]
Dallas Cowboys (3-3-1) [Last Week: 20]
Washington Commanders (3-4) [Last Week: 11]
Jacksonville Jaguars (4-3) [Last Week: 10]
Chicago Bears (4-2) [Last Week: 17]
Carolina Panthers (4-3) [Last Week: 19]
Atlanta Falcons (3-3) [Last Week: 18]
Minnesota Vikings (3-3) [Last Week: 21]
Houston Texans (2-4) [Last Week: 23]
Arizona Cardinals (2-5) [Last Week: 22]
New York Giants (2-5) [Last Week: 24]
Cincinnati Bengals (3-4) [Last Week: 32]
Cleveland Browns (2-5) [Last Week: 28]
New Orleans Saints (1-6) [Last Week: 26]
Las Vegas Raiders (2-5) [Last Week: 27]
Miami Dolphins (1-6) [Last Week: 25]
Baltimore Ravens (1-5) [Last Week: 30]
New York Jets (0-7) [Last Week: 31]
Tennessee Titans (1-6) [Last Week: 29]

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Biggest Winners

The Kansas City Chiefs rose five spots, after defeating the Las Vegas Raiders 31-0 to hold a winning record for the first time this season after an 0-2 start. Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys also rose five spots with a dominant win over the the Washington Commanders.

The week’s biggest riser was Joe Flacco and the Cincinnati Bengals, rising seven spots from the very bottom of the list to #25 after upsetting Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers.