{"id":662937,"date":"2026-01-08T04:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T04:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/662937\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T04:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T04:50:12","slug":"where-do-indianapolis-colts-finish-in-final-2025-nfl-power-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/662937\/","title":{"rendered":"Where do Indianapolis Colts finish in final 2025 NFL power rankings?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Following the conclusion of the 2025 regular season, where did the Indianapolis Colts<\/a> end up in the final power rankings?<\/p>\n

As he does each week throughout the season, NFL.com’s Eric Edholm <\/a>put his list together. After their seventh consecutive loss to finish 8-9 on the season, the Colts came in at No. 19 in Edholm’s final rankings — the same spot they were at a week ago.<\/p>\n

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“Credit the Colts for going for it and striking while the iron was hot, sitting at 7-2 this season,” Edholm wrote, “but the\u00a0Sauce Gardner<\/a>\u00a0trade temporarily backfired — and the aftermath will be felt in the 2026 NFL Draft, as the Jets now\u00a0own the 16th overall pick<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

Although the Colts fell short in their season finale against Houston, it was an impressive performance from rookie Riley Leonard<\/a>, who made his first career start. But as was the case throughout the second half of the season, the Colts couldn’t make enough plays.<\/p>\n

Principal owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon has already announced that GM Chris Ballard and head coach Shane Steichen will return for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

For Ballard, this will be his 10th year as Colts’ GM. During that span, the Colts have two playoff appearances — including none since 2020 — one playoff win, and no division titles.<\/p>\n

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Irsay-Gordon explained<\/a> in her season-ending press conference the reasons that Ballard will return for another year.<\/p>\n

Looking ahead to the Indianapolis Colts<\/a>‘ 2026 offseason<\/p>\n

Another crucial offseason awaits Ballard and the Colts as this team looks to end its playoff drought.<\/p>\n

– When is Colts first pick in 2026 NFL draft<\/a>?<\/p>\n

– ESPN picks Colts’ top 2 offseason priorities<\/a><\/p>\n

– Colts’ 10 largest salary cap hits in 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

– How much salary cap space do Colts have<\/a>?<\/p>\n

This article originally appeared on Colts Wire: NFL power rankings: Where did Colts land on final list?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following the conclusion of the 2025 regular season, where did the Indianapolis Colts end up in the final…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662938,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[19015,4955,5422,7,221,392,226,6,747,7536],"class_list":{"0":"post-662937","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl","8":"tag-2025-regular-season","9":"tag-2026-nfl-draft","10":"tag-chris-ballard","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-houston","13":"tag-indianapolis-colts","14":"tag-jets","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-riley-leonard","17":"tag-sauce-gardner"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115857681574101740","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662937","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=662937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}