Week Twelve - 2025 StatChat Power Rankings After Kansas

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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.

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. – This week: 10 – Last week: 11

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. continues to overachieve this season, and still clings to the last playoff spot as things stand.  A P19 at Kansas probably won’t seal the deal for his playoff hopes, but this week it was enough to pop back into the Top 10 of the Power Rankings.

Austin Cindric – This week: 9 – Last week: 12

Cindric just nearly missed a Top 10 at Kansas this week, but ran quite well all day.  He was the worst of Team Penske drivers, but P11 is still nothing to scoff at.  Throw in six stage points and it was a solid day.

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

Following up after his win at Texas, Logano had another solid day resulting in a Top 10 at Kansas.  He led one lap, ran in the Top 10 most of the day, and earned some extra points in the first stage.  P9 isn’t good enough after a win to stay up in the Power Rankings, but he’ll be happy with the effort.

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

Chastain had a great race at Texas two weeks ago, but Kansas wasn’t much to write home about.  P18, with a -7 pass differential, and no stage points – not the best race for the Trackhouse driver.   

Christopher Bell – This week: 6 – Last week: 9

While Christopher Bell came close to stealing a win from Kyle Larson at the very end, it was a really solid day in all categories for him.  He earned 14 stage points, had an average running position of third, and finished P2 on the day – watch out for Bell, he’s back on his game.

Tyler Reddick – This week: 5 – Last week: 5

The commentary team at FOX were pretty hard on Reddick, saying they expected better from him at Kansas.  Reddick probably would agree with that sentiment, as he finished P17 and tied Michael McDowell for the worst Pass Differential (-22) on the day.   

Ryan Blaney – This week: 4 – Last week: 8

Blaney was the best Penske car at Kansas, and at times even seemed like he might threaten for the win.  He had similar numbers to Christopher Bell – 15 stage points, average running position of fifth, and a P3 finish.  While he still searches for his first win of the season, his 111-point lead over the playoff cutline will help him sleep easy at night.

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

Elliott’s P15 finish at Kansas was not indicative of the day he had.  He earned the second-most stage points on the day, led 29 laps, and had a late fade to finish Top 15.  He keeps his spot in the Power Rankings after a solid underlying numbers day.

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

Byron had enough of a lead in his Power Rankings that a crummy day at Kansas didn’t cause him to drop any positions.  He’s had a very consistent season to this point, so a one-off bad race isn’t something to worry about, but a P24 at a standard 1.5-mile track is certainly not the Byron we’re used to seeing. 

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

Larson had another dominant race, similar to Texas, only this time he was able to seal the deal and win.  He led 221 laps, won both stages, and even earned the extra point for the fastest lap of the race.  Larson has padded his lead at the top of the Power Rankings, and it’s going to take some major issues for him to give up this spot now.

Biggest Movers

Bubba Wallace – This week: 22 – Last week: 10

Falls 12 places

Josh Berry – This week: 17 – Last week: 30

Gains 13 places

Alex Bowman – This week: 14 – Last week: 27

Gains 13 places

Rest of the List

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