By Rick Morris
NOTE: Rankings from start of season are
in parentheses.
TOP TIER
1 LA Rams (2-1)
2 Kansas City (5-3)
3 Philadelphia (3-4)
SECOND TIER
4 Carolina (8-11)
5 New Orleans (10-17)
6 Minnesota (1-2)
7 Pittsburgh (11-14)
8 Green Bay (6-5)
9 Miami (17-16)
10 Atlanta (9-9)
11 New England (4-7)
12 Baltimore (12-12)
13 Jacksonville (7-6)
14 LA Chargers (14-13)
15 Cincinnati (25-10)
16 Tampa Bay (13-8)
17 Tennessee (23-22)
18 Denver (16-15)
19 Chicago (18-18)
20 Washington (21-23)
21 Seattle (20-24)
22 Indianapolis (27-21)
23 Cleveland (28-27)
24 NY Jets (15-20)
25 Dallas (26-25)
26 Detroit (31-30)
27 NY Giants (24-28)
28 Houston (22-26)
29 Buffalo (32-32)
THIRD TIER
30 San Francisco (19-19)
31 Arizona (30-31)
32 Oakland (29-29)
BIGGEST RISERS: New Orleans (12 spots), Carolina,
Miami and Pittsburgh (7 spots), Tennessee (5 spots), Cleveland and Detroit (4
spots), Buffalo, Seattle and Washington (3 spots)
BIGGEST FALLERS: San Francisco (11
spots), Tampa Bay (8 spots), Jacksonville (7 spots), Cincinnati (5 spots), Minnesota,
New England and NY Jets (4 spots), Denver, Green Bay and Oakland (3 spots)
RANKINGS BY
DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM
1 NFC South 35
2 AFC North 57
3 NFC North 59
4 AFC West 66
5 AFC East 73
6 NFC East 75
7 AFC South 80
8 NFC West 83
NFC 252
AFC 279
