With four teams remaining, the 2025 NFL Season is over in about three weeks. And while there has been a ton of parity this year, it's largely not a shock that the four best teams from the regular season are the four left.
It's funny how the NFL works, and while we'll have a bit of a different Super Bowl matchup than in previous seasons, most of the possible matchups for Super Bowl LX have actually already happened before. At the same time that the Super Bowl could be a unique game than what we have seen, the franchises have been there and done that before.
In fact, all four remaining teams have won the Super Bowl at least once since 2013, and all four have appeared in the big game at least twice. Let's power rank the final four teams ahead of the AFC and NFC title games.
Power ranking the final four teams ahead of the AFC and NFC title games
4. Denver Broncos
The Denver Broncos would be no. 1 in our power rankings had they not lost Bo Nix to a season-ending ankle injury at the end of the overtime period. Denver beat the Buffalo Bills in a high-scoring, back-and-forth affair, and the NFL world was honestly robbed, here.
Bo Nix has been playing out of his mind and is one of two second-year QBs to help his team to the AFC title game. Denver's defense has been a strong suit al year, but Nix's clutch gene is also a huge reason why Denver is one game away from Super Bowl LX.
Jarrett Stidham is getting the start for the Broncos, and he is one of the more capable backups in the NFL. Sean Payton has also had a successful past working with backup QBs, so this game might not be as slam-dunk of a New England Patriots win as you might think. Denver is no. 4 in our power rankings.
3. New England Patriots
The New England Patriots are no. 3 in our NFL power rankings ahead of the conference title games. For the third time since the 2013 season, the Patriots are in Denver with a chance to go to the Super Bowl. Oddly enough, the Pats have never won an AFC title game playing in Denver against the Broncos.
And while New England might turn out to be a heavy favorite here, the Broncos are going to be a tough out. We have seen the Patriots take down two capable teams at home in the playoffs in the LA Chargers and Houston Texans, but traveling to the Mile High City is such a harder task.
Through two playoff games, Drake Maye has been sacked 10 times, thrown two interceptions, and has fumbled six times. Maye cannot have those type of errors here in the title game, as the Broncos defense takes advantage of those things and is a unit that plays well in these high-stakes situations.
New England can win this game, as Mike Vrabel always gets the most out of his players, but it's a tall task, and the overall inexperience of this 2025 Patriots team does put them at a bit of a disadvantage.
2. Los Angeles Rams
The LA Rams went into frigid Chicago and beat the Bears in overtime, and it's another deep playoff run for the Sean McVay-led Rams. LA did hold a double-digit lead in the fourth quarter in their last meeting with the Seattle Seahawks, so this game could be very winnable for LA.
However, the Rams defense has been a bit soft on the backend at times, and Stafford hasn't been lighting it up lately. Given that Seattle is the top seed and were a slightly better team in the regular season, the Rams fall just behind them in our power rankings.
1. Seattle Seahawks
The no. 1 team in our NFL power rankings approaching the AFC and NFC title games is the Seattle Seahawks, who picked apart the San Francisco 49ers in the Divisional Round, and, after missing the playoffs all together in 2024, are hosting the NFC title game.
The main move to essentially swap Geno Smith for Sam Darnold has paid off big-time for the Seahawks. Offensively, Seattle can throw the ball down the field with ease, and on defense, this unit is about eight deep along the defensive line and sport an elite secondary.
There really isn't a major weakness with this team. As we have talked about before, though, the most likely weakness of this Seahawks team in the rest of the NFL playoffs might just be if the stakes get too high for Sam Darnold.
We got a glimpse of this back in 2024, as Darnold simply did not play well in those final two games for the Minnesota Vikings. Darnold did turn the ball over 20 times in the regular season, which led the NFL, really has to play his best football this coming weekend.
If not, Matthew Stafford and the Rams are going to be good enough to take advantage of any mistake that Darnold makes, but from top to bottom, the Seahawks are the best remaining team in the playoffs and might be the odds-on favorite to win the Super Bowl this year.
A huge thing to note here, though, is that running back Zach Charbonnet is out for this game with a torn ACL, so the Seahawks might be a bit more one-dimensional on offense without one of their top weapons.
Mike Macdonald-coached teams also tend to play better on the road than at home, so there's really a lot of factors at play here, but when the rubber meets the road, the Seahawks are the best remaining team.