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NFL Power Ratings 2026 — Points Above an Average Team on a Neutral Field
Power ratings for all 32 teams. PWR = points per game above an average team on a neutral field, decomposed into Off PR + Def PR + ST PR on the same scale.
Model as of
2026 season · Through Week 1 · How ratings are calculated → · How EA rates the same 32 rosters →
| Rank ↑ | Team | PWR ↕ | Tier | Off PR ↕ | Def PR ↕ | ST PR ↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1– |  Patriots | +5.5 | Contender | +4.0 | +1.3 | +0.2 |
| #2– |  Seahawks | +5.5 | Contender | +2.3 | +1.9 | +1.2 |
| #3– |  Rams | +5.1 | Contender | +4.3 | +0.7 | +0.2 |
| #4– |  Bills | +3.8 | Playoff | +4.1 | -0.7 | +0.4 |
| #5– |  Packers | +3.0 | Playoff | +3.3 | -0.5 | +0.3 |
| #6– |  Jaguars | +2.6 | Playoff | +1.7 | 0.0 | +0.9 |
| #7– |  Lions | +2.5 | Playoff | +1.3 | +0.7 | +0.6 |
| #8– |  Eagles | +2.4 | Playoff | +0.4 | +1.7 | +0.2 |
| #9– |  Texans | +2.0 | Playoff | -1.3 | +2.6 | +0.7 |
| #10– |  Bears | +1.4 | Playoff | +2.0 | -1.1 | +0.5 |
| #11– |  Cowboys | +1.4 | Playoff | +4.1 | -3.5 | +0.7 |
| #12– |  Broncos | +1.2 | Playoff | +0.6 | +0.4 | +0.2 |
| #13– |  Ravens | +1.2 | Playoff | +1.0 | -0.3 | +0.4 |
| #14– |  49ers | +1.0 | Playoff | +3.1 | -3.0 | +0.9 |
| #15– |  Colts | +0.0 | Average | +1.1 | -1.7 | +0.7 |
| #16– |  Falcons | -0.4 | Average | +0.2 | -0.7 | +0.1 |
| #17– |  Steelers | -0.5 | Average | -0.6 | -0.4 | +0.5 |
| #18– |  Buccaneers | -0.6 | Average | +0.4 | -1.1 | +0.2 |
| #19– |  Chargers | -0.6 | Average | -0.9 | -0.1 | +0.4 |
| #20– |  Chiefs | -0.6 | Average | -0.2 | -0.8 | +0.4 |
| #21– |  Bengals | -0.6 | Average | +0.7 | -2.1 | +0.8 |
| #22– |  Giants | -1.3 | Average | +0.8 | -2.2 | +0.1 |
| #23– |  Commanders | -1.5 | Average | +1.0 | -2.8 | +0.4 |
| #24– |  Panthers | -1.8 | Average | -0.8 | -1.7 | +0.7 |
| #25– |  Saints | -2.3 | Below Avg | -1.5 | -0.5 | -0.3 |
| #26– |  Browns | -2.3 | Below Avg | -4.0 | +1.9 | -0.2 |
| #27– |  Vikings | -2.6 | Below Avg | -2.5 | -0.5 | +0.4 |
| #28– |  Dolphins | -3.3 | Below Avg | -1.4 | -2.7 | +0.8 |
| #29– |  Titans | -3.7 | Below Avg | -2.8 | -1.5 | +0.6 |
| #30– |  Cardinals | -3.7 | Below Avg | -0.7 | -2.9 | -0.1 |
| #31– |  Jets | -4.0 | Below Avg | -3.1 | -2.1 | +1.3 |
| #32– |  Raiders | -6.0 | Rebuild | -4.2 | -2.0 | +0.2 |
PWR
Power rating — points per game above an average team on a neutral field; PWR = Off PR + Def PR + ST PR
Tier
Plain-English bucket from PWR (Elite / Contender / Playoff / Average / Below Avg / Rebuild)
Off PR
Offensive contribution in points per game above league average, opponent-adjusted
Def PR
Defensive contribution in points per game above league average, opponent-adjusted
ST PR
Special-teams contribution in points per game (narrower league-wide range ≈ ±1.4)
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Rank movement vs. the prior snapshot (week-over-week in-season, last-season-to-now off-season)
Where the ratings come from
All NFL stat tiles →Team passing: efficiency vs. volume
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NFL power rankings — FAQ
What does a team’s PWR number actually mean?
PWR is a points-per-game power rating: it’s the margin, in points, we’d expect a team to win or lose by against a perfectly average team on a neutral field. A +6.0 team is six points better than average; a −4.0 team is four points worse. Because it’s on the points scale, the gap between any two teams is a direct point spread before adjusting for home field.
How is this different from a media power ranking?
Media rankings are ordinal opinions — a list from 1 to 32 with no distance between the rungs. Our ratings are cardinal and opponent-adjusted: they’re computed from Defense-Adjusted EPA (DAEPA) over 27 seasons, so the number tells you not just who’s better but by how much, and it feeds directly into our game win probabilities and win totals.
Why are offense, defense, and special teams split out?
A team’s overall PWR is the sum of its offensive, defensive, and special-teams contributions, each measured in points per game above league average and opponent-adjusted. Splitting them shows you where a team’s edge actually comes from — a +6 team built on elite offense projects very differently in a bad-weather game than one built on defense.
How often do the rankings update, and how accurate is the model?
Off-season the board is a Bayesian preseason prior that shrinks last year’s results toward the mean; in-season it refreshes weekly as real games re-stratify the ratings. The underlying model backtests to 59.6% straight-up game accuracy across 3,266 games (2013–2024), walk-forward.
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