{"id":604795,"date":"2025-12-16T08:28:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T08:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/604795\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T08:28:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T08:28:14","slug":"updated-2026-nfl-draft-order-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/604795\/","title":{"rendered":"Updated 2026 NFL Draft Order"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n By Adam La Rose<\/a> |
\n at December 15, 2025 10:55 pm<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s action provided more clarity on a number of fronts relating to the playoff pushes in each conference. The list of teams still in contention for the top pick in the 2026 draft remains long, however.<\/p>\n

Week 15 saw the Broncos and Rams clinch a postseason berth. Meanwhile, the Chiefs, Bengals and Vikings have each officially been eliminated from the playoffs. They will join the group of teams turning their attention to offseason planning. That of course includes extensive evaluation of the top prospects in this year\u2019s class; several have already turned pro (with some exceptions<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s results mean there are nine teams with two, three or four wins. Each of them remain candidates to secure the No. 1 selection, although victories by the Saints and Commanders yesterday will greatly hinder their chances of moving to the top of the order. Jockeying amongst teams like the Raiders, Jets and Cardinals (each on track to pursue a new quarterback this spring) will be a storyline worth following closely down the stretch.<\/p>\n

For non-playoff teams, the draft order is determined by the inverted 2025 standings plus a series of tiebreakers, starting with strength of schedule. Playoff squads are slotted by their postseason outcome and the reverse order of their regular season record.<\/p>\n

Here is an updated look at the first-round order:<\/p>\n

New York Giants (2-12)
\nLas Vegas Raiders (2-12)
\nTennessee Titans (2-12)
\nCleveland Browns (3-11)
\nNew York Jets (3-11)
\nArizona Cardinals (3-11)
\nNew Orleans Saints (4-10)
\nWashington Commanders (4-10)
\nCincinnati Bengals (4-10)
\nLos Angeles Rams (via Falcons)
\nMiami Dolphins (6-8)
\nKansas City Chiefs (6-8)
\nMinnesota Vikings (6-8)
\nDallas Cowboys (6-7-1)
\nBaltimore Ravens (7-7)
\nCarolina Panthers (7-7)
\nDetroit Lions (8-6)
\nNew York Jets (via Colts)
\nTampa Bay Buccaneers (7-7)
\nPittsburgh Steelers (8-6)
\nPhiladelphia Eagles (9-5)
\nHouston Texans (9-5)
\nDallas Cowboys (via Packers)
\nBuffalo Bills (10-4)
\nChicago Bears (10-4)
\nLos Angeles Chargers (10-4)
\nSan Francisco 49ers (10-4)
\nCleveland Browns (via Jaguars)
\nNew England Patriots (11-3)
\nSeattle Seahawks (11-3)
\nLos Angeles Rams (11-3)
\nDenver Broncos (12-2)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Adam La Rose | at December 15, 2025 10:55 pm Sunday\u2019s action provided more clarity on a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17027,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[4955,390,254,117,53,260,391,256,54,257,258,113,7,345,253,392,125,110,393,262,58,251,259,249,55,56,255,6,15,4442,109,57,252,261,250,394,111],"class_list":{"0":"post-604795","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-2026-nfl-draft","9":"tag-arizona-cardinals","10":"tag-atlanta-falcons","11":"tag-baltimore-ravens","12":"tag-buffalo-bills","13":"tag-carolina-panthers","14":"tag-chicago-bears","15":"tag-cincinnati-bengals","16":"tag-cleveland-browns","17":"tag-dallas-cowboys","18":"tag-denver-broncos","19":"tag-detroit-lions","20":"tag-football","21":"tag-green-bay-packers","22":"tag-houston-texans","23":"tag-indianapolis-colts","24":"tag-jacksonville-jaguars","25":"tag-kansas-city-chiefs","26":"tag-las-vegas-raiders","27":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","28":"tag-los-angeles-rams","29":"tag-miami-dolphins","30":"tag-minnesota-vikings","31":"tag-new-england-patriots","32":"tag-new-orleans-saints","33":"tag-new-york-giants","34":"tag-new-york-jets","35":"tag-nfl","36":"tag-nfl-draft","37":"tag-pfr-originals","38":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","39":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","40":"tag-san-francisco-49ers","41":"tag-seattle-seahawks","42":"tag-tampa-bay-buccaneers","43":"tag-tennessee-titans","44":"tag-washington-commanders"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}