2005 First-Round NFL Draft Order

With the regular-season records tabulated, the Vikings know they will have the 18th selection in 2005 NFL Draft, held April 23-24. Updated to reflect recent trades.

NOTES
Draft-order ties: The cumulative record of each team’s opponents is used as the tie-breaker. The team with the weaker opponents receives drafting priority. Within a tied segment (teams with same record), teams that are not in the playoffs will be given priority. Teams within a tied segment that are involved in the playoffs will be seeded according to their progress in the playoffs. Teams will not drop out of a tied segment unless they advance to the Super Bowl. The Super Bowl champion will select last (32nd) and the runner-up will select 31st.

No.	Club	Win	Loss	Strength of Schedule
1.	San Francisco	2	14	.488
2.	Miami	4	12	.555
3.	Cleveland	4	12	.590
4.	Chicago	5	11	.465
5.	Tampa Bay	5	11	.477
6.	Tennessee	5	11	.512
7.	Minnesota (from Oakland)	5	11	.570
8.	Arizona	6	10	.461
9.	Washington	6	10	.477
10.	Detroit	6	10	.496
11.	Dallas *	6	10	.516
12.	San Diego (from NY Giants)	6	10	.516
13.	Houston	7	9	.504
14.	Carolina	7	9	.508
15.	Kansas City	7	9	.551
16.	New Orleans	8	8	.465
17.	Cincinnati	8	8	.543
18.	Minnesota	8	8	.480
19.	St. Louis	8	8	.488
20.	Dallas (from Buffalo)	9	7	.512
21.	Jacksonville	9	7	.527
22.	Baltimore	9	7	.551
23.	Seattle	9	7	.445
24.	Green Bay	10	6	.457
25.	Washington (from Denver)	10	6	.484
26.	Oakland (from NY Jets)	10	6	.523
27.	Atlanta	11	5	.434
28.	San Diego	12	4	.477
29.	Indianapolis	12	4	.500
30.	Pittsburgh	15	1	.484
31.	Philadelphia	13	3	.453
32.	New England	14	2	.492

* Dallas Cowboys select before NY Giants due to division tiebreaker (Giants led in head-to-head).