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. You can see the original belt that inspired my own here, which they are now updating again.
This is Week 3 of the NFL Title Rankings of the 2024 season. See here for last week’s rankings.
10 of the 16 games this last weekend ended with the lower ranked team jumping the higher ranked team.
The Chiefs beat the Falcons to keep the NFL Title Belt and first ranking. The Chiefs will hold the NFL Title Belt until their first loss of the 2024 season. The Chargers will have a chance to take the title belt on Sunday.
With the Panthers beating the Raiders, and 3 other bottom ranked teams winning, the Chargers are now last place until their next win. The Chargers will play the Chiefs Sunday to move out from last.
If the Chargers are able to beat the Chiefs this weekend, they could move from last to first.
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| Ranking | 2024 Wk3 | Δ | Notes | |
| 1 | Chiefs | – | The Chiefs beat the Falcons to keep the NFL Title Belt and first. | |
| 2 | Bills | – | ||
| 3 | Steelers | – | ||
| 4 | Seahawks | – | ||
| 5 | Jets | +13 | The Jets jumped 13 spots by beating the Patriots. | |
| 6 | Patriots | -1 | ||
| 7 | Commanders | +23 | The Commanders jumped 23 spots by beating the Bengals. | |
| 8 | Bengals | -2 | ||
| 9 | Panthers | +23 | The Panthers jumped 23 spots by beating the Raiders. | |
| 10 | Raiders | -3 | ||
| 11 | Ravens | – | ||
| 12 | Vikings | +1 | The Vikings jumped 1 spots by beating the Texans. | |
| 13 | Texans | -4 | ||
| 14 | Eagles | +11 | The Eagles jumped 11 spots by beating the Saints. | |
| 15 | Saints | -5 | ||
| 16 | Cowboys | -5 | ||
| 17 | Giants | +14 | The Giants jumped 14 spots by beating the Browns. | |
| 18 | Browns | -6 | ||
| 19 | Rams | +4 | The Rams jumped 4 spots by beating the 49ers. | |
| 20 | 49ers | -6 | ||
| 21 | Broncos | +8 | The Broncos jumped 8 spots by beating the Bucs. | |
| 22 | Bucs | -7 | ||
| 23 | Lions | -7 | ||
| 24 | Colts | +3 | The Colts jumped 3 spots by beating the Bears. | |
| 25 | Bears | -8 | ||
| 26 | Packers | – | The Packers maintained their rank by beating and jumping the Titans. | |
| 27 | Titans | -8 | ||
| 28 | Dolphins | -8 | ||
| 29 | Jaguars | -8 | ||
| 30 | Cardinals | -8 | ||
| 31 | Falcons | -7 | ||
| 32 | Chargers | -4 | After the Panthers beat the Raiders, the Chargers fell to last. |
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 was reset with the first game of the season.
Bengals at the bottom where we belong.
I don’t know what’s crazier, only having three winless teams 3 weeks into the season, or that one of them is the Bengals and Joe Burrow isn’t even injured.