NFL 2025: Post-Wildcard Power Rankings

As the field of 32 shrinks down to 14, and now just eight, teams remaining in the NFL, we continue our season-long Power Rankings by ranking all 14 teams that made the playoffs.

The #1 seeds, the Denver Broncos and Seattle Seahawks, had the week off. Besides that, a wacky wildcard weekend turned the NFL playoffs on its head in some ways already. The #3 seed in both conferences, Trevor Lawrence and the Jacksonville Jaguars and Jalen Hurts and Philadelphia Eagles, both fell at home in upset losses, losing to Josh Allen’s Buffalo Bills and Brock Purdy’s San Francisco 49ers.

For the Eagles, the chance to defend their Super Bowl 59 title is over. For the 49ers, it could mean a chance to get back to the big game for the third time since 2020. And for Josh Allen and the Bills, this could finally be a chance to make a Super Bowl run without Patrick Mahomes clogging up the path in the AFC.

Both #4 seeds also fell at home, with the Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers and Bryce Young and the Carolina Panthers sent packing by C.J. Stroud and the Houston Texans and Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams in more predictable outcomes.

Besides that, the #2 seeds took care of business, with Drake Maye and the New England Patriots dispatching Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers, and Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears pulling off a miraculous comeback against Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers at Solider Field.

Read on for my 2025-26 NFL Post-Wildcard 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!