Week Fourteen - 2025 StatChat Power Rankings After Nashville

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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.

Chase Briscoe – This week: 10 – Last week: 10

Briscoe holds serve and maintains his spot within the Top 10 of the Power Rankings.  A second straight pole win helped, and leading a bunch of laps did too, though it probably only just counteracted against his P17 finish in Nashville.

Denny Hamlin – This week: 9 – Last week: 11

On a day where he nearly didn’t race because his third baby was due, and then his helmet hose got disconnected, meaning there was no fresh air coming into his helmet at all, he had a stellar day and finished P3.

Joey Logano – This week: 8 – Last week: 7

Logano’s day in Nashville was less than quiet, and mostly in good ways.  He led laps, finished P4, and earned extra points in both stages.  However, he drops a spot to make way for this week’s race winner to move above him.

Tyler Reddick – This week: 7 – Last week: 6

You’ve got to be lucky to be good, and you’ve got to be good to be lucky.   An ill-timed flat tire had Reddick lose a lap for an unscheduled pit stop, but just as he was getting back onto the track, a caution came out and he earned the free pass to stay on the lead lap.  A P9 finish in Nashville is solid, but pretty soon they’re going to want to see more from him.     

Ryan Blaney – This week: 6 – Last week: 12

Blaney finally gets the dub in Nashville after many weeks that seemed to slip away from him – often times through no fault of his own.  Blaney has still managed to be in the points conversation despite being tied for the most DNFs in the series.  But a convincing win at Nashville this weekend puts that to rest – he’ll be in the playoffs this year.

Christopher Bell – This week: 5 – Last week: 5

Not a ton of movement in our Top-5 here, as Christopher Bell brings home a Top 10, as well as the highest pass differential of anyone on Sunday in Nashville.  He might not be happy with just a P10, but it keeps him in good standing within the Power Rankings.   

Ross Chastain – This week: 4 – Last week: 4

Relative newcomer to the Power Rankings Top 10, Ross Chastain also had a quietly good day in Nashville this past weekend.  He had the second-most quality passes of any driver, finished P11, and holds his spot here.

Chase Elliott – This week: 3 – Last week: 3

Something seems to be happening at the 9 team, and it doesn’t feel super positive.  It’s been quiet, it’s been underwhelming, and yet he still gets decent enough underlying numbers to hold onto his spot in the Power Rankings.  P15 at Nashville is not where this team should be finishing.  They deserve better.

William Byron – This week: 2 – Last week: 2

Coming off the heartbreak of losing the Coca-Cola 600, Byron puts up another consistently good day in Nashville, coming home P5.  He had the most quality passes, he led just one lap (though he was certainly in the hunt for many more), and earned the second-most points in the stages behind Denny Hamlin.  His point lead is almost 50 points more than teammate Larson in the Regular Season Standings. 

Kyle Larson – This week: 1 – Last week: 1

It certainly was not a clean day at the track for Larson in Nashville this past weekend.  He quickly had issues with his car, and was off the pace early.  He and his crew chief somehow battled back and finished P8, which really was miraculous considering the issues he’d had.  Watch out for this 5 team, because this was one of their worst days and they still finished in the Top 10.

Biggest Movers

Ty Gibbs – This week: 35 – Last week: 25

Falls 10 places

SVG – This week: 24 – Last week: 31

Gains 7 places

Rest of the List

11.	Carson Hocevar	LW: 14	+3
12.	Erik Jones	LW: 18	+6
13.	Ryan Preece	LW: 9	-4
14.	Todd Gilliland	LW: 17	+3
15.	Kyle Busch	LW: 15	--
16.	Austin Cindric	LW: 13	-3
17.	Ricky Stenhouse Jr.	LW: 8	-9
18.	Josh Berry	LW: 16	-2
19.	JH Nemechek	LW: 20	+1
20.	Alex Bowman	LW: 19	-1
21.	Michael McDowell	LW: 24	+3
22.	Zane Smith	LW: 27	+5
23.	Austin Dillon	LW: 22	-1
24.	SVG	LW: 31	+7
25.	Bubba Wallace	LW: 26	+1
26.	Ty Dillon	LW: 30	+4
27.	Riley Herbst	LW: 32	+5
28.	Noah Gragson	LW: 21	-7
29.	Cole Custer	LW: 33	+4
30.	Chris Buescher	LW: 34	+4
31.	Daniel Suarez	LW: 35	+4
32.	Justin Haley	LW: 23	-9
33.	AJ Allmendinger	LW: 28	-5
34.	Brad Keselowski	LW: 29	-5
35.	Ty Gibbs	LW: 25	-10
36.	Cody Ware	LW: 36	--