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 4 of the NFL Title Rankings of the 2023 season. See here for last week’s rankings.
There were a lot of shakeups across the entire rankings. The Seahawks beat the Giants to keep the NFL Title Belt and first ranking. Next, the Seahawks will have to defend against boredom as they have a week 5 bye.
The Bears lost to the Broncos to keep last rank. They will have another chance to move up next week when they play the Commanders.
Five teams that were ranked in the bottom 10, and ranked between the Patriots and the Broncos, beat higher ranked teams and moved up.
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 Wk4 | Δ | Notes | |
| 1 | Seahawks | – | The Seahawks beat the Giants to keep the NFL Title Belt and first. | |
| 2 | Lions | – | ||
| 3 | Chiefs | – | ||
| 4 | Texans | +19 | The Texans jumped 19 spots by beating the Steelers. | |
| 5 | Steelers | -1 | ||
| 6 | Ravens | +1 | The Ravens jumped 1 spots by beating the Browns. | |
| 7 | Browns | -2 | ||
| 8 | Rams | +19 | The Rams jumped 19 spots by beating the Colts. | |
| 9 | Colts | -3 | ||
| 10 | Titans | +15 | The Titans jumped 15 spots by beating the Bengals. | |
| 11 | Bengals | -3 | ||
| 12 | Jaguars | +12 | The Jaguars jumped 12 spots by beating the Falcons. | |
| 13 | Falcons | -4 | ||
| 14 | Packers | -4 | ||
| 15 | Bucs | +2 | The Bucs jumped 2 spots by beating the Saints. | |
| 16 | Saints | -5 | ||
| 17 | Vikings | +14 | The Vikings jumped 14 spots by beating the Panthers. | |
| 18 | Panthers | -6 | ||
| 19 | 49ers | -6 | ||
| 20 | Eagles | -6 | ||
| 21 | Cardinals | -6 | ||
| 22 | Cowboys | -6 | ||
| 23 | Bills | -5 | ||
| 24 | Chargers | +2 | The Chargers jumped 2 spots by beating the Raiders. | |
| 25 | Raiders | -6 | ||
| 26 | Commanders | -6 | ||
| 27 | Dolphins | -6 | ||
| 28 | Broncos | -6 | ||
| 29 | Patriots | -1 | ||
| 30 | Jets | -1 | ||
| 31 | Giants | -1 | ||
| 32 | Bears | – | The Bears lost to the Broncos to keep the last ranking. |
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 49ers 1 79 Eagles 2 66 Cowboys 3 45 Seahawks 4 38 Lions 5 34 Bills 6 34 Ravens 7 29 Dolphins 8 28 Bucs 9 23 Chiefs 10 23 Steelers 11 11 Commanders 12 10 Falcons 13 5 Packers 14 4 Rams 15 3 Titans 16 3 Saints 17 0 Patriots 18 -5 Texans 19 -7 Jaguars 20 -12 Cardinals 21 -13 Giants 22 -15 Jets 23 -18 Browns 24 -20 Vikings 25 -24 Chargers 26 -26 Colts 27 -27 Raiders 28 -36 Bengals 29 -41 Broncos 30 -46 Bears 31 -61 Panthers 32 -84