NFL Week Four power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Preseason rankings in brackets.

TOP TIER
1 NY Giants [2]
2 New Orleans [15]
3 Indianapolis [7]
4 Minnesota [12]
5 Baltimore [8]
6 NY Jets [13]
7 New England [1]
8 Philadelphia [4]
9 Atlanta [16]
10 San Diego [5]

SECOND TIER
11 Pittsburgh [3]
12 Dallas [10]
13 San Francisco [25]
14 Green Bay [11]
15 Chicago [19]
16 Cincinnati [27]
17 Denver [23]
18 Arizona [6]

THIRD TIER
19 Seattle [24]
20 Buffalo [21]
21 Miami [17]
22 Houston [14]
23 Tennessee [9]
24 Jacksonville [22]
25 Detroit [30]
26 Washington [20]
27 Carolina [18]

FOURTH TIER
28 Tampa Bay [31]
29 Oakland [32]
30 St. Louis [26]
31 Kansas City [29]
32 Cleveland [28]

BIGGEST RISERS: New Orleans (13 spots), San Francisco (12 spots), Cincinnati (11 spots), Minnesota (8 spots)
BIGGEST FALLERS: Tennessee (14 spots), Arizona (12 spots), Carolina (9 spots), Houston (8 spots)