The Buffalo Bills head into Week 15 fresh off a 39-34 win over the Cincinnati Bengals.
The Bills have been at the top of NFL national power rankings polls most weeks throughout the 2025 season.
Is this week going to be different?
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Here’s how the Bills fare in national media power rankings polls heading into Week 15:
Dec 7, 2025; Orchard Park, New York, USA; Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott looks on during the fourth quarter against the Cincinnati Bengals at Highmark Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images
7. Buffalo Bills (7): They’re holding steady at No. 7 − and QB Josh Allen, who might be the league’s best quarterback at this point and perhaps the most dangerous and experienced one on the AFC side of the playoff bracket, is looking like a man who could finally be on a fruitful Super Bowl mission.
Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen looks towards a receiver to throw to during second half action at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park on Dec. 7, 2025.
6. Bills (No. 8; 9-4): Josh Allen saved the season. (Christian Benford had a big assist.)
Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen runs past a Bengals player looking for an open receiver to throw to during first half action at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park on Dec. 7, 2025.
6. Buffalo Bills (9-4)
Last week: 7
Sunday: Beat Bengals 39-34
Worst-case scenario: Moving out of this stadium
This is the Bills’ last season in Highmark Stadium. The new stadium will be palatial, but it’s never going to feel like Buffalo’s beautiful bandbox of a building. On Sunday, Bills quarterback Josh Allen became the first player in NFL history with at least one rushing touchdown and one passing touchdown in 50 games. He had 235 total yards and three touchdowns in the second half of a snow game straight out of a Disney movie.
Up next: at Patriots, Sunday, 1 p.m. ET
Buffalo Bills running back James Cook III carries the ball getting past Cincinnati Bengals running back Gary Brightwell and safety Geno Stone during first half action at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park on Dec. 7, 2025
6. Buffalo Bills (9-4)
Last Week: 7
Week 14 Result: Won 39-34 vs. Cincinnati
Despite questions about their pass-catching group, the Buffalo Bills are built to win scoring shootouts, and Josh Allen shines in big moments.
The Bills needed the MVP version of their star quarterback, and that’s who they saw throw for three touchdowns and rush for 78 yards and a score on nine carries in a win over the Cincinnati Bengals.
Buffalo’s defense has allowed 30 or more points in three of the team’s previous five outings, which raises concerns for this club down the stretch, but Allen is the ultimate equalizer with his arm and legs.
Buffalo Bills running back James Cook III slilps through a hole for a gain of about five yards during first half action at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park on Dec. 7, 2025.
10. Bills (+2)
Josh Allen carried them past the Bengals in the snow, showing exactly how this team needs to play to win. It’s his time. Let him loose.
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) is sacked by Buffalo Bills cornerback Christian Benford (47) in the second quarter of the NFL Week 14 game between the Buffalo Bills and the Cincinnati Bengals at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025.
7. Buffalo Bills (+3)
The Bengals had the Bills on the brink in snowy Buffalo before QB Josh Allen and the Bills’ defense started finally looking like contenders. Did Cincinnati jostle a sleeping giant?
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow (9) carries the ball as Buffalo Bills defensive end Greg Rousseau (50) defends in the second quarter during an NFL divisional playoff football game between the Cincinnati Bengals and the Buffalo Bills, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023, at Highmark Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y. Cincinnati Bengals At Buffalo Bills Afc Divisional Jan 22 1207
6. Buffalo Bills (+3)
Down 10 points late, with the snow really piling up, Josh Allen and an opportunistic Bills defense dominated the final eight minutes with an incredible flourish against the scrappy Bengals, keeping Buffalo’s faint divisional hopes alive. The Bills will need to beat the well-rested Patriots on Sunday in Foxborough — and do more than that — to even harbor those thoughts, but it’s possible. Yet, I think this team remains dangerous as a wild card, if that’s the way it goes. With the Bengals, Ravens and Chiefs all falling off, and even the upstart Colts falling on hard times, you simply cannot count out an Allen-led group in the playoffs. I’m not ignoring Buffalo’s defensive limitations, nor am I looking away from James Cook’s rising fumble total. But with Allen, the Bills nearly always have a chance.
ORCHARD PARK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 07: Josh Allen #17 of the Buffalo Bills celebrates a 40-yard rushing touchdown against the Cincinnati Bengals during the fourth quarter at Highmark Stadium on December 07, 2025 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Timothy T Ludwig/Getty Images)
3. Buffalo Bills (9-4)
Last week’s ranking: No. 4Last week’s result: beat Bengals, 39–34This week: at Patriots
My takeaway from Sunday’s game is that, so long as the Bills have Josh Allen, the team can never play in a closed-roof stadium in Buffalo in the winter. Against a pocket passer—even
Nov 30, 2025; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Buffalo Bills head coach Sean McDermott looks on during the second quarter against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Acrisure Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images
6. Buffalo Bills (9-4)
Week 14 result: Beat the Bengals 39-34Week 14 ranking: 9
Most shocking statistical ranking: Defensive end Joey Bosa is first in forced fumbles
Much of what the Bills are doing statistically is to be expected, including offensive numbers that are down from last season’s difficult-to-replicate lack of turnovers or sacks. But there was some uncertainty as to what Bosa would be at this point in his career. The one-year signing has aged well overall, and the highs have included his five forced fumbles. Bosa’s most recent turnover came versus the Steelers in Week 13, leading to a Christian Benford touchdown. This is already his second-most forced fumbles in a single season (seven in 2021).
This article originally appeared on Bills Wire: NFL power rankings: Where do the Buffalo Bills rank ahead of Week 15?