"With Week 18 of the 2025 NFL regular season upon us, we've hit the final edition of our NFL Power Rankings for the year. Our weekly poll featured plenty of variety up top in 2025, including nine different teams in the No. 1 spot: the Bills, Buccaneers, Chiefs, Colts, Eagles, Lions, Patriots, Rams and Seahawks. Which of those nine made the top spot in our last poll of the regular season? Let's stack all the teams one more time."
"What we learned this season: General manager John Schneider is one of the best in the business. A series of home run moves by their longtime GM put the Seahawks in position to potentially win the NFC West and claim the conference's top seed. Schneider traded quarterback Geno Smith for a third-round pick and replaced him for less money with Sam Darnold, who made the Pro Bowl. Schneider's strong class of free agent acquisitions included outside linebacker DeMarcus Lawrence, another Pro Bowl selection."
The final NFL Power Rankings for the 2025 regular season reflect a wide variety of No. 1 teams, with nine different clubs reaching the top spot during the year. A panel of more than 80 writers, editors and TV personalities ranked teams from 1 to 32 and asked reporters for season takeaways, including evaluations of rookie classes, potential roster overhauls and whether star players met expectations. The Seahawks stood out for major front-office moves: trading Geno Smith, signing Sam Darnold and several impactful free agents and draft picks that shifted the team's outlook and earned multiple Pro Bowl nods.
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