NFL Power Rankings 2025: Week 12, All 32 Teams

In the two weeks since their bye in Week 9, the Eagles rank 26th in the NFL with just 26 points scored, but they’ve won both games on the back of incredible defensive performances. Jaelan Phillips notched another sack among a second-ranked five tackles, and the secondary led the league (tied with Tennessee and Baltimore) with nine passes defended. The question now is how long they can keep the wins coming with this concerning lack of offense heading into the league’s fourth-hardest remaining schedule. 

The Bills shook off an awkward loss in Miami with their highest-scoring offense performance of 2025 to date. Josh Allen had a hand in all six of Buffalo’s touchdowns in Sunday’s win over the Buccaneers, becoming the first player in NFL history to both pass and rush for three touchdowns in a single game more than once. Buffalo’s defense was gashed on the run once again, allowing another 202 yards to a combined five Bucs ballcarriers, but they responded through the air, with their top three receivers combining for 217 yards and three scores (even with Keon Coleman being scratched before kickoff). 

Aaron Rodgers checked out of Sunday’s game with a wrist injury, but not before completing 9 of 15 for 116 yards and his 19th touchdown pass of the season (ranked fourth). Mason Rudolph’s entry didn’t put a dent in Kenneth Gainwell’s season-high 7-81-2 receiving day, however, as the young running back led the Steelers' receiving attack. Rudolph’s impressive passing metrics inspire hope if Rodgers is to miss time. 

The Panthers are entering Week 12 above 500 after securing the season sweep over the Falcons in dramatic overtime fashion. On the game’s final drive, Bryce Young connected with Tommy Tremble for a 54-yard catch and run, helping Young finish the day with a new single-game franchise record of 448 total passing yards. Carolina didn’t find as much success on the ground in Week 11, but they more than made up for it through the air as Tetairoa McMillan delivered a new career-best 8-130-2 stat line. This team could be a serious thorn in the side of the Buccaneers down the stretch. 

The Texans were once again bailed out by a relentless defensive front that generated a third-ranked 15 pressures and four sacks in Nashville on Sunday. They trailed for three quarters as Davis Mills completed just 26 of 41 passing attempts and the run game stalled behind 2.4 yards per carry from Woody Marks. With a season-defining conference bout with Buffalo on the horizon, Houston will need to find answers on offense to keep their playoff hopes afloat. 

The Cowboys brought the fireworks to Allegiant Stadium this week, picking up their fourth win of the season and completing their eighth game of ten with at least 30 points scored. Dak Prescott found four different receivers with touchdown passes, finishing with a season-best passer rating of 138.6, and George Pickens mirrored his Week 6 performance by catching another nine of 11 targets, this time for 144 yards and his seventh score of the season. These totals rank Pickens second in yards (908) and third in touchdowns (7) as he’s continued to be a key component of Dallas’s potent offense. The usual barrage of scoring may have sufficed against a free-falling Raiders squad, but how will it fare as America’s team faces the ninth-most-difficult schedule from here on out (down from 12th)? 

Atlanta got a few moments of solace after this week’s overtime loss, as they determined that Drake London’s PCL sprain will likely not be season-ending. The other shoe dropped just hours later, however, in the form of Michael Penix Jr. The young quarterback sustained a knee injury of his own, and he’s been placed on IR to be reevaluated in four weeks. They led when he left the game, but Penix’s departure likely cost the Falcons their fifth-straight. None of Kirk Cousins’ three outings this year, including Sunday’s relief of Penix, could be considered confidence boosters, but Atlanta’s former starter has a chance to get his squad back in the win column in Week 12 over a Saints team that ranks 29th with a -95 point margin. 

Chicago generated just nine pressures on J.J. McCarthy in Week 11 (ranked 23rd), but that didn’t stop him from finishing the day with another detrimental stat line. He improved on his 47.6% completion rate (which was the second-lowest in Week 10), but his 47.7 QBR ranked 28th this week. Interceptions on back-to-back drives in the second quarter stalled momentum, and a 56-yard Devin Duvernay kickoff return on what would have been the game-winning touchdown set Chicago up to seal the Vikings’ sixth loss. They trail the Bears by just three games in the NFC North, however, and an upset over the Packers in Lambeau next week would help regain some much-needed ground.  

Jacoby Brissett’s day may not have ended in a victory, but he did complete 82.5% of his passes, a league-best in Week 11, for a new NFL record of 47 completions in a single game. His 7.9 yards per attempt were also a season-best. Despite the team’s resilience against a more complete opponent, the Cardinals drop to 3-7 on the year after losing their fourth of four divisional games so far. To make matters worse, they’ve now lost yet another running back as Emari Demercado (who led the team in rushing Weeks 5, 9, and 10), and he risks missing significant time. Another crippling blow that Arizona just couldn’t afford. 

The Dolphins pulled out the overtime win in (American) football’s first-ever trip to Spain, but they had a chance to do it in regulation without relying on a missed field goal and Jack Jones‘ interception. With a minute and change remaining, Miami possessed the ball on the Commanders’ six-yard line in 1st and goal. A field goal would have put them up three and forced Washington to play for a tying kick of their own. Instead, DeVon Achane and Ollie Gordon combined for three yards on four touches, turning the ball over on downs and giving Marcus Mariota a chance to win it in regulation. Miami may improve to 4-7 following their second-straight win, but Sunday’s playcalling harkened back to the 1-6 Phins of just weeks ago.

Joe Flacco showed his age on Sunday as the Bengals abandoned their usual “one-score-away” narrative in favor of a good old-fashioned blowout. The veteran passer missed on 17 of his 40 attempts, with one particular misfire finding Kyle Dugger at the end of the third quarter for a 73-yard pick-six that extended Pittsburgh’s lead to 11. If he hopes to bounce back, he’ll have to do it without Ja’Marr Chase, who received a one-game suspension for spitting on Jalen Ramsey in a poetic testament to one of this sport’s most storied rivalries. Cincinnati now ranks 31st with a -106 despite their 21st-ranked 228 points scored, but we can expect a dip in both of those numbers against a Patriots’ team ranked fourth with a +86 point margin through 11 weeks. 

Marcus Mariota played another solid three quarters of football in Madrid on Sunday. He ranked ninth of 32 eligible quarterbacks in Week 11 with a 66.7% completion rate, and he averaged a 103.13 passer rating in the game’s first three frames that peaked at 125.7 in the third. Unfortunately for the veteran backup, this game featured a fourth quarter (as most do) and a brief overtime, through which Mariota completed just 50% of his attempts before throwing a game-icing interception. Missing Terry McLaurin and Treylon Burks in addition to Jayden Daniels didn’t help this offense, but it may not mean much in just a few short weeks, as the Commanders have picked up their eighth loss of the campaign, dropping them to 14th in the NFC ahead of only the Saints and Giants. 

As the Jets’ brief winning streak came to a close, it seems that so too did Justin Fields’ tenure as the team’s starter. Aaron Glenn announced on Monday that Tyrod Taylor will assume starting duties in Baltimore this Sunday, signifying that yet another move at quarterback is imminent following the team’s $30 million investment in Fields just nine months ago. 

After Dillon Gabriel sustained a concussion in the third quarter of Sunday’s loss to Baltimore, making way for the much-anticipated first NFL reps for rookie Shedeur Sanders. Sanders completed just four of 16 passes for 47 yards, a 2.4 QBR, and his first career interception, leading the Browns to a scoreless fourth quarter as the defense surrendered their tenuous six-point lead on three-straight Ravens’ scoring drives. With Gabriel’s return date uncertain as of now, even their seventh-ranked remaining ease-of-schedule won’t be enough to save the 2-8 (.200) Browns.