Composite Power Rankings
September 5th, 2025
Where do the Bucs rank?
Now here is a power rankings Joe can lean into.
Joe’s not huge into power rankings. Nothing against them at all. Just that, everybody and their brother has a power ranking.
What distinguishes one from the other? Maybe the author of a specific ranking may have more credibility than some clown at a lightly trafficked site.
But these power rankings, Joe likes. It’s a composite ranking of some 21 sources. A guy by the name of Rene Bugner, an NFL fan from Germany, did the legwork here.
For that, Joe has one word. “Prost!”
The average ranking of the Bucs in this composite is that the Bucs are the No. 11 team in the league (sixth-best in the NFC but highest highest-ranked NFC South team).
In this composite, Mike Clay of BSPN, a spreadsheeter, and prickly Pete Prisco of CBS have the Bucs as the No. 6 team in the league. The Bucs were dragged down to No. 11 ranking because some dork for NFL.com who Joe never heard of before, Neil Reynolds, had the Bucs slotted at No. 17, the bottom half of the league. WTH?
Joe hopes this Bugner updates these power rankings each week. A composite of several rankings is far more interesting to Joe than just one specific power ranking.
🧮 Composite NFL Week 1 Power Rankings
💡 I´ve compiled 21 power rankings before week 1 of the 2025 NFL season and listed the teams based on their averages.
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— René Bugner (@RNBWCV) September 4, 2025