NFL Team Rankings, Week 5
Posted: Tue Oct 7, 2025 2:51 pm
Our NFL Team Rankings are based entirely on the The Trench Counter, which is an objective formula measuring average yards per pass and run on both offense and defense, along with first downs registered and given up, turnovers for and against, and total penalty yards.
Over time, The Trench Counter rankings begin to closely resemble the standings but goes even further to determine which teams are truly the best when on the line of scrimmage.
The chief aim of the Trench Counter is to take the subjective out of the equation and even the somewhat fluky nature of teams actually scoring points, which is of course the whole point on a game-by-game basis.
| 1 | Los Angeles Rams: | 9.4 |
| 2 | Atlanta Falcons: | 8.7 |
| 3 | Indianapolis Colts: | 8.0 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions: | 6.6 |
| 5 | Green Bay Packers: | 6.5 |
| 6 | Seattle Seahawks: | 6.1 |
| 7 | Buffalo Bills: | 5.9 |
| 8 | Denver Broncos: | 4.2 |
| 9 | Houston Texans: | 3.9 |
| 10 | Los Angeles Chargers: | 3.2 |
| 11 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers: | 2.5 |
| 12 | Washington Commanders: | 2.3 |
| 13 | Jacksonville Jaguars: | 2.0 |
| 14 | Kansas City Chiefs: | 1.9 |
| 15 | San Francisco 49ers: | 1.2 |
| 16 | Dallas Cowboys: | 0.4 |
| 17 | New England Patriots: | 0.2 |
| 18 | Minnesota Vikings: | 0.0 |
| 19 | Arizona Cardinals: | -0.6 |
| 20 | Pittsburgh Steelers: | -0.9 |
| 21 | New Orleans Saints: | -1.2 |
| 22 | Carolina Panthers: | -1.3 |
| 23 | Cleveland Browns: | -3.6 |
| 24 | Las Vegas Raiders: | -3.7 |
| 25 | Baltimore Ravens: | -4.0 |
| 26 | New York Jets: | -5.1 |
| 27 | Philadelphia Eagles: | -5.4 |
| 28 | Chicago Bears: | -6.7 |
| 29 | Miami Dolphins: | -8.0 |
| 30 | New York Giants: | -8.7 |
| 31 | Cincinnati Bengals: | -9.4 |
| 32 | Tennessee Titans: | -13.1 |