Week Sixteen - 2025 StatChat Power Rankings After Mexico City

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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: 13

Chase Briscoe has quietly been making his way up in the Power Rankings with some solid results.  He finished P7 in Mexico City, and has two Top-5s in his last five races (which are weighted heavier on the Power Rankings scale).  Briscoe still seems to be finding his footing at JGR, but as a noted road course specialist, this next stretch of races might play well into his favour.

Tyler Reddick – This week: 9 – Last week: 8

Reddick has been on a steady decline in the Power Rankings in the last few weeks.  Also a noted road course racer, Reddick finished P20 at Mexico City which was a disappointment for that team.  His average finish in the last 5 races has been 17th, which is not good enough for last year’s Regular Season Champ. 

Ryan Preece – This week: 8 – Last week: 10

Ryan Preece has snuck his way into the Top 10 in these past couple of weeks, and it’s well-deserved.  The driver of the Number 60 car has been consistent and appears to be out-performing his equipment. With three Top-10s in his last five races, and a stage win at Mexico City, it will be interesting to see if he can keep this momentum rolling.

Ross Chastain – This week: 7 – Last week: 6

Chastain is still riding the results of his win at the Coca-Cola 600, which catapulted him into the Power Rankings Top Ten.  An impressive showing at Michigan has kept him in contention lately, and his car looked like it was better than the P16 he finished at Mexico City. 

Denny Hamlin – This week: 6 – Last week: 5

Denny took the weekend off to be with his newborn son.  While Ryan Truex filled in for him, none of Truex’s results are scored here for Denny.  He loses a spot just due to others around him improving.

Ryan Blaney – This week: 5 – Last week: 4

Another driver who has been riding on the coattails of his win a few weeks ago (Nashville), Blaney has had such an up and down season, it’s wild.  His last five results are 3rd, 38th, 1st, 32nd, and then 14th at Mexico City.  He was always good on points despite having many DNFs this year, but now he’s locked into the playoffs with a win, and maybe the foot comes off the gas a little bit.  

Chase Elliott – This week: 4 – Last week: 7

Once heralded as a road course king, Chase Elliott has struggled a bit on the lefts and rights in the next-gen era. However, he had an impressive showing at Mexico City, finishing P3.  While he’s still searching for his first win of this 2025 season, his third-best average finish (11.19) shows that consistency can also pay off.

Christopher Bell – This week: 3 – Last week: 3

Christopher Bell continues a strong run of races with a P2 at Mexico City this past weekend.  With an average finish of 7.6 over the last five races, and a career-best 10.63 on the season, he’s proving to be in top form this year. Bell’s a championship contender to watch out for.

Kyle Larson – This week: 2 – Last week: 1

Despite Larson’s last win still being within the more-heavily-weighted last five races, he’s also had two finishes outside of the Top 35 in that time.  Finally, he is dethroned after a five-week run at the top spot of our Power Rankings.  But don’t count him out just yet – he’s a world-class talent and has a team that manages to pull out some decent finishes even when the car isn’t quite right.  This won’t be the last we see of Larson.

William Byron – This week: 1 – Last week: 2

While Byron’s P9 at Mexico City was pretty quiet and uneventful, his latest stretch has been consistent enough to capitalize on Kyle Larson’s rough stretch, putting him into the top Power Rankings spot once again.  Byron still only has the single win on the season – the Daytona 500 – but he also has the best average finish in the series (10.38), and is currently the Regular Season Points Leader.

Biggest Movers

Kyle Busch – This week: 24 – Last week: 11

Falls 13 places

AJ Allmendinger – This week: 18 – Last week: 30

Gains 12 places

SVG – This week: 11 – Last week: 23

Gains 12 places

Rest of the List

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