Week Eleven - 2025 StatChat Power Rankings After Texas
- Adam Carabine
- May 8
- 4 min read
By Adam Carabine
A look at the Top Ten in our weekly Power Rankings, plus the biggest movers! While finishing position is important, it’s not always indicative of the full picture. StatChat rankings are determined using a large number of statistical inputs, with an emphasis placed on the most recent 5 races.
Bubba Wallace – This week: 10 – Last week: 5
An unfortunate accident took Bubba Wallace out on lap 179, and so he falls five spots in our Power Rankings. He still scored stage points, and had some decent underlying numbers before crashing out, and finishing P33.
Christopher Bell – This week: 9 – Last week: 10
After a rough race at Talladega for Bell, he came back with a quiet but decent P9 at Texas. Bell seemed to have a heated post-race discussion with John Hunter Nemechek, and he’ll need to hope they settled everything there so he can start making his way back up the Power Rankings.
Ryan Blaney – This week: 8 – Last week: 7
Strangely, it was a really solid day for Blaney and yet he still falls a spot in the Power Rankings. It’s hard to get much better of a finish than P3. What it really came down to was that Logano was his closest Power Rankings competitor, and he won the race.
Joey Logano – This week: 7 – Last week: 8
You would think that a win would be enough to move you more than just one spot up the Power Rankings, but life isn’t that simple. A win is a win, and Logano is now locked into the playoffs, which I’m sure he’s thrilled with. However, it wasn’t a dominant win, he actually only led 7 laps, and spent a good chunk of time in the mid-to-rear of the pack.
Ross Chastain – This week: 6 – Last week: 9
Ross Chastain is definitely trending in the right direction. His P2 at Texas on Sunday is his best finish of the year, and he looked like he might have had some speed to take the victory if there had been more laps left.
Tyler Reddick – This week: 5 – Last week: 6
Reddick’s P21 finish wasn’t indicative of how good his car was on Sunday at Texas. He earned the most stage points of anyone (P2 in each stage), and he was only one of three drivers who’s average running position was in the Top 10.
Denny Hamlin – This week: 4 – Last week: 3
Hamlin had a week to forget at Texas, when his car blew up on him and caught fire. He finished last. Luckily he’s still got back-to-back wins in his recent five races, which are weighted more heavily in the Power Rankings formula, so he only loses one spot.
Chase Elliott – This week: 3 – Last week: 4
Elliott has probably been one of the most consistent drivers to start this season. His underlying numbers are all in the Top 5 of their respective categories – he’s just missing that elusive win. He wasn’t able to defend his win from last year at Texas, but he still should be a lock for the playoffs.
William Byron – This week: 2 – Last week: 1
Another solid day for William Byron, and he loses a spot solely based on Kyle Larson’s dominance in statistical categories other than winning. Byron led 22 laps, scored stage points, and brought his car home P13 – all in all respectable – but the competition atop the Power Rankings is fierce!
Kyle Larson – This week: 1 – Last week: 2
While he’ll likely bemoan another dominant performance that didn’t result in a victory, Larson is clearly one of the top drivers to beat right now in the Cup Series. He led the most laps (90) of anyone at Texas, had the best average running position (3rd), and finished in the Top 5. He has earned his first time atop the Power Rankings.
Biggest Movers
Alex Bowman – This week: 27 – Last week: 12
Falls 15 places
Carson Hocevar – This week: 13 – Last week: 26
Gains 13 places
Rest of the List
11. | Ricky Stenhouse Jr. | LW: 14 | +3 |
12. | Austin Cindric | LW: 11 | -1 |
13. | Carson Hocevar | LW: 26 | +13 |
14. | Kyle Busch | LW: 17 | +3 |
15. | Ty Gibbs | LW: 18 | +3 |
16. | Erik Jones | LW: 21 | +5 |
17. | Todd Gilliland | LW: 22 | +5 |
18. | Ryan Preece | LW: 16 | -2 |
19. | Chase Briscoe | LW: 13 | -6 |
20. | Austin Dillon | LW: 20 | -- |
21. | Justin Haley | LW: 19 | -2 |
22. | Daniel Suarez | LW: 23 | +1 |
23. | Ty Dillon | LW: 28 | +5 |
24. | JH Nemechek | LW: 30 | +6 |
25. | AJ Allmendinger | LW: 15 | -10 |
26. | Zane Smith | LW: 25 | -1 |
27. | Alex Bowman | LW: 12 | -15 |
28. | Michael McDowell | LW: 29 | +1 |
29. | Noah Gragson | LW: 24 | -5 |
30. | Josh Berry | LW: 27 | -3 |
31. | Chris Buescher | LW: 31 | -- |
32. | Riley Herbst | LW: 34 | +2 |
33. | SVG | LW: 32 | -1 |
34. | Cole Custer | LW: 33 | -1 |
35. | Cody Ware | LW: 35 | -- |
36. | Brad Keselowski | LW: 36 | -- |
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