Nearly 38 percent of NFL franchises have never won a Super Bowl. With 12 teams not having done it before, the NFL continues to largely be dominated by many of the more historically traditional franchises, but that doesn't always have to be the case.
The start of the 2026 NFL Season is still about three months away, but much of how the rosters look across the league is how they will look when September rolls around. We did see some two major trades earlier this week with AJ Brown and Myles Garrett getting dealt, but those could be the last significant changes.
With OTAs underway and the summer months getting ready to roll, let's power-rank the 12 franchises that have never won the Super Bowl based on where they stand for the 2026 season.
NFL Power Rankings: Ranking the 12 teams that have not won a Super Bowl for 2026
12. Arizona Cardinals
Across all major sports, you'd be hard-pressed to find a team in a tougher spot than the Arizona Cardinals. Not only is this roster among the five worst in the NFL, but the team doesn't have a franchise quarterback at the moment, and they also happen to share a division with three teams that won double-digit games in 2025, including the two teams in the NFC Championship Game.
The Cardinals might be, at best, three years away from competing for a playoff spot, and that would assume a potential franchise quarterback enters the mix in the 2027 NFL Draft for the team to snag. There just isn't much of a path for this team to accomplish much of anything this year.
11. Cleveland Browns
If nothing else, the Cleveland Browns appear to have some young weapons who could bring long-term stability at certain positions. The Browns, like the Cardinals, do not have a franchise quarterback at the moment, but trading Garrett to the Los Angeles Rams does give the team another first-round draft pick to work with next year.
The Browns should still field a competent defense, and some of the young talent on offense like Harold Fannin, Quinshon Judkins, and a pair of rookie receivers in Denzel Boston and KC Concepcion could help this team be frisky for 2026.
10. Tennessee Titans
The Tennessee Titans are on the right track for 2026, but it's going to take another year or two for this team to come together. First off, while Cam Ward did play well down the stretch in 2025, there is no guarantee he'll develop into a good enough passer for this team to build around.
Secondly, a new coaching staff was brought in this offseason, so there's a layer of uncertainty there. While the Titans do appear to be on the right track overall and are approaching this rebuild the right way, there is a lot of 'if' present.
9. Atlanta Falcons
The Atlanta Falcons roster is good enough to win the NFC South, but the quarterback position is as uncertain as it gets. Ideally, Tua Tagovailoa wins the starting job and plays like he did for those two years with the Miami Dolphins back in 2022 and 2023. The Dolphins went 19-11 with him as a starter in those seasons.
But given how shaky he's been since then, the uncertainty could not be higher, and Michael Penix Jr is a giant unknown as well. For the time being, the Falcons will be buried a bit in our power rankings until they prove something, whether good or bad.
8. Carolina Panthers
The Carolina Panthers won the NFC South last year with an 8-9 record, and the one thing that I keep coming back to is Bryce Young and his limitations. Despite playing the best football of his career in 2025, Young was still rather mediocre. Unless he somehow figures out to take another substantial step forward, the Panthers are going to tread in that 6-9 win tier.
They do deserve credit for winning the division last year, as they also gave the Rams fits in the Wild Card Round, but nothing about this franchise sticks out as being Super Bowl-contender worthy.
7. Minnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings backed their way into a winning record last year, despite having some of the worst quarterback play in the league. The main changes this offseason were along the defensive line and at quarterback.
Kyler Murray is likely the starter for this team and should at least be average. The transition along the defensive line, if the right moves were made, could help Brian Flores' defense maintain it's aggressive style of play.
When you package it all together, the Vikings could be a threatening team, but Murray's ceiling is a bit of a question, as you don't really get the sense that this team could be anything more than good.
6. Los Angeles Chargers
Speaking of good, the Los Angeles Chargers come in at No. 6 in our power rankings. There isn't much starpower on this team, but there also are a lot of competent pieces present. Los Angeles didn't really make a hyper-aggressive move this offseason like other AFC teams did, so the ceiling again feels like a Wild Card-caliber squad.
Even with the offensive line being a huge question mark coming into the offseason, the biggest move this team did was signing a good player in Tyler Biadasz to a three-year deal.
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5. Jacksonville Jaguars
Losing Travis Etienne and Devin Lloyd in free agency is going to hurt, but this team did win 13 games last year and appears to have a top-tier coaching staff. Trevor Lawrence really caught fire near the end of the season as well. I do believe the roster is still a solid offseason away, but teams don't just happen to win 13 games in a season.
Jacksonville may have just barely fallen behind Houston, but this team should still be formidable in the 2026 campaign. They come in at No. 5 in our power rankings.
4. Cincinnati Bengals
The Cincinnati Bengals overhauled the defense this offseason in a clear step in the right direction. Just barely losing the Super Bowl back in 2021 against the Rams, the Bengals, at least on paper, now have a good enough team to win it all.
This assumes that Joe Burrow stays healthy and the defense can at least be average. That doesn't seem like unrealistic things to think, right? Having not made the playoffs since 2022, it's clear that the front office felt the pressure mounting this offseason.
3. Houston Texans
Arguably the best roster in the NFL, the Houston Texans have made it to the AFC Divisional Round three years in a row. Unless quarterback CJ Stroud can elevate his game in 2026, another second-round playoff exit is on the horizon, and that's reallly the only thing in this teams way.
The roster is plenty good enough, and the coaching staff appears to be the right group, as well. Not only that, but the offensive line got shored up this offseason, and the defense even got better.
2. Detroit Lions
Speaking of awesome rosters, the Detroit Lions did struggle down the stretch in 2025. It's important to note that the Lions still finished with a winning record and did win a whopping 27 regular season games in 2023 and 2024.
Better injury luck on defense is really the one thing holding this team back from winning it all. Having made it to the NFC title game back in 2023, the Lions have at least sniffed a Super Bowl berth recently.
1. Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills come in at No. 1 in our power rankings and are a playoff mainstay, but they're also a team that has suffered multiple playoff heartbreaks, and 2025 was no different. We're going to keep having the same conversation about this team until they win it all.
The one major thing this team did this offseason that could end up helping push them over the edge was replacing Sean McDermott with Joe Brady. Perhaps a head coaching change was all that this team needed to do? Only time will tell. Given how stable this franchise has been, having made the playoffs every year since 2019, the Bills are at the top of our Super Bowl-less team power rankings.