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 0 of the NFL Title Rankings of the 2024 season. See here for last week’s rankings.
The Chiefs beat the 49ers to keep the NFL Title Belt and first ranking. The Chiefs will now hold the NFL Title Belt until their first loss of the 2024 season. They will play the Ravens on Thursday night.
With the Commanders losing to the Cowboys in the last game of the season, the Commanders will remain last place until their first win of the 2024 season. The Commanders will play the Bucs Sunday.
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| Ranking | 2024 Wk0 | Δ | Notes | |
| 1 | Chiefs | – | The Chiefs beat the 49ers to keep the NFL Title Belt and first. | |
| 2 | Bills | – | ||
| 3 | Steelers | – | ||
| 4 | Bengals | – | ||
| 5 | Ravens | – | ||
| 6 | Texans | – | ||
| 7 | Browns | – | ||
| 8 | Saints | – | ||
| 9 | 49ers | – | ||
| 10 | Lions | – | ||
| 11 | Bucs | – | ||
| 12 | Titans | – | ||
| 13 | Jaguars | – | ||
| 14 | Dolphins | – | ||
| 15 | Jets | – | ||
| 16 | Rams | – | ||
| 17 | Packers | – | ||
| 18 | Bears | – | ||
| 19 | Seahawks | – | ||
| 20 | Cardinals | – | ||
| 21 | Colts | – | ||
| 22 | Raiders | – | ||
| 23 | Patriots | – | ||
| 24 | Falcons | – | ||
| 25 | Cowboys | – | ||
| 26 | Broncos | – | ||
| 27 | Giants | – | ||
| 28 | Eagles | – | ||
| 29 | Chargers | – | ||
| 30 | Vikings | – | ||
| 31 | Panthers | – | ||
| 32 | Commanders | – | The Commanders remained last place for the entire offseason. |
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 0 49ers 2 0 Browns 3 0 Bengals 4 0 Steelers 5 0 Rams 6 0 Texans 7 0 Lions 8 0 Jaguars 9 0 Chiefs 10 0 Seahawks 11 0 Colts 12 0 Cowboys 13 0 Bills 14 0 Eagles 15 0 Dolphins 16 0 Bucs 17 0 Packers 18 0 Titans 19 0 Saints 20 0 Cardinals 21 0 Broncos 22 0 Raiders 23 0 Vikings 24 0 Jets 25 0 Bears 26 0 Falcons 27 0 Giants 28 0 Chargers 29 0 Commanders 30 0 Patriots 31 0 Panthers 32 0