NFL Week 1 power rankings

By Rick Morris

TOP TIER

1 Green Bay

2 New England

3 Philadelphia

4 Pittsburgh

5 Atlanta

6 Baltimore

7 New York Jets

8 San Diego

9 New Orleans

SECOND TIER

10 Indianapolis

11 New York Giants

12 Detroit

13 Tampa Bay

14 Dallas

15 St. Louis

16 Houston

17 Arizona

18 Cleveland

19 Miami

20 Kansas City

21 Denver

THIRD TIER

22 Chicago

23 San Francisco

24 Minnesota

25 Seattle

26 Washington

27 Oakland

FOURTH TIER

28 Buffalo

29 Tennessee

30 Jacksonville

31 Cincinnati

32 Carolina

RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST

1 NFC East 54

2 AFC East 56

3T NFC North 59

3T AFC North 59

3T NFC South 59

6 AFC West 76

7 NFC West 80

8 AFC South 85

Here are the final FDH Lounge divisional power rankings for last season:

1 NFC South

2 AFC East

3 NFC North

4 NFC East

5T AFC North

5T AFC South

7 AFC West

8 NFC West

Now, we take those rankings to determine a strength-of-schedule power ranking per division for this year (lowest numbers represent toughest schedules) based on the other divisions each will face:

1 AFC West 5 (AFC East/NFC North)

2 AFC South 6 (AFC North/NFC South)

3T NFC North 8 (NFC South/AFC West)

3T NFC South 8 (NFC North/AFC South)

5 NFC East 10 (NFC West/AFC East)

6 AFC East 11 (AFC West/NFC East)

7 NFC West 12 (NFC East/AFC North)

8 AFC North 13 (AFC South/NFC West)