Category: NFL rankings

Badger Bracketology’s NFL rankings have returned for the 2026 season. Below are our first rankings of the season. The Kansas City Chiefs are ranked first, the Green Bay Packers are 23rd, and Tennessee is ranked last. 1            Kansas City2            San Francisco3            Minnesota4            Jacksonville5            Chicago6            Seattle7            Las Vegas8            …

Below are Badger Bracketology’s NFL rankings after the 2025-26 season. Congratulations to the Seattle Seahawks, who are the Super Bowl LX champions. This did not come as a surprise to us, since Seattle has been the top ranked team in our rankings since December. Despite the Super Bowl not being a close game, we believe …

Below are Badger Bracketology’s NFL rankings after the Wildcard and Divisional playoff rounds. The teams heading to the NFC and AFC championship games are in boldface. As the rankings indicate, the top four teams remaining in the playoffs are also the top four in our model. One notable outlier is the Chicago Bears, who is …

Below are Badger Bracketology’s NFL rankings after the Wildcard playoff games. The teams remaining in the playoffs after the Wildcard round are in boldface with their seeds in parentheses. 1 Seattle (1-NFC) 2 LA Rams (5-NFC) 3 New England (2-AFC) 4 Jacksonville 5 Buffalo (6-AFC) 6 Houston (5-AFC) 7 San Francisco (6-NFC) 8 Denver (1-AFC) …

Below are Badger Bracketology’s NFL rankings at the end of the regular season. The teams in the playoffs are in boldface with their seeds in parentheses. 1 Seattle (1-NFC) 2 LA Rams (5-NFC) 3 Jacksonville (3-AFC) 4 Denver (1-AFC) 5 New England (2-AFC) 6 Houston (5-AFC) 7 Buffalo (6-AFC) 8 San Francisco (6-NFC) 9 Philadelphia …

Below are this week’s Badger Bracketology’s NFL rankings. Seattle replaces the Los Angeles Rams as the top-ranked team, and Jacksonville is ranked third. 1 Seattle 2 LA Rams 3 Jacksonville 4 Denver 5 New England 6 San Francisco 7 Houston 8 Buffalo 9 Philadelphia 10 LA Chargers 11 Green Bay 12 Chicago 13 Indianapolis 14 …

Below are this week’s Badger Bracketology’s NFL rankings. The Los Angeles Rams are again the top ranked team. Green Bay fell to 8th after losing to Chicago. 1 LA Rams 2 Seattle 3 Denver 4 New England 5 Buffalo 6 Jacksonville 7 Houston 8 Green Bay 9 San Francisco 10 Philadelphia 11 LA Chargers 12 …

Below are this week’s Badger Bracketology’s NFL rankings. The Los Angeles Rams are again the top ranked team, and Seattle became the second ranked team. Philadelphia, the reigning Superbowl champions, fell to 10th after another loss. Green Bay moved up to 5th. 1 LA Rams 2 Seattle 3 Denver 4 New England 5 Green Bay …

Below are this week’s Badger Bracketology’s NFL rankings. The Los Angeles Rams are again the top ranked team, and New England became the second ranked team. Green Bay moved up to 7th. 1 LA Rams 2 Seattle 3 New England 4 Denver 5 Green Bay 6 Buffalo 7 San Francisco 8 Philadelphia 9 Indianapolis 10 …

Below are this week’s Badger Bracketology’s NFL rankings. The Los Angeles Rams are again the top ranked team, and New England became the second ranked team. Green Bay moved up to 7th. 1 LA Rams 2 New England 3 Denver 4 Seattle 5 Philadelphia 6 Indianapolis 7 Green Bay 8 San Francisco 9 Detroit 10 …