Below are Badger Bracketology’s rankings for the end of the regular season (January 6, 2025). Detroit finished the regular season as the top-ranked team after beating Minnesota. The 12 teams in the playoffs are noted below with their seed and conference. The teams with 4 seeds–the lowest seeded divisional champion–are fairly low-ranked. Green Bay finished the season as the 7th ranked team, and they are ranked higher than 7 playoff teams despite having a 7-seed in the playoffs.
1 Detroit (1 – NFC)
2 Philadelphia (2 – NFC)
3 Baltimore (3 – AFC)
4 Kansas City (1 – AFC)
5 Buffalo (2 – AFC)
6 Minnesota (5 – NFC)
7 Green Bay (7 – NFC)
8 LA Chargers (5 – AFC)
9 Tampa Bay (3 – NFC)
10 Denver (7 – AFC)
11 Pittsburgh (6 – AFC)
12 Seattle
13 LA Rams (4 – NFC)
14 Cincinnati
15 Houston (4 – AFC)
16 Arizona
17 Washington (6 – NFC)
18 Atlanta
19 Miami
20 Indianapolis
21 Dallas
22 San Francisco
23 Chicago
24 New Orleans
25 NY Jets
26 Las Vegas
27 Jacksonville
28 Carolina
29 New England
30 NY Giants
31 Cleveland
32 Tennessee