NFL Week 7 power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Week 6 rankings in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Green Bay (1)

SECOND TIER

2 New England (3)

3 Baltimore (4)

4 New Orleans (2)

5 San Diego (6)

6 San Francisco (7)

7 Detroit (5)

THIRD TIER

8 Tampa Bay (13)

9 Atlanta (11)

10 Pittsburgh (9)

11 Buffalo (8)

12 Oakland (12)

13 Houston (10)

14 New York Giants (18)

15 New York Jets (16)

16 Tennessee (15)

17 Dallas (17)

18 Philadelphia (20)

19 Cincinnati (19)

20 Washington (14)

21 Chicago (21)

22 Carolina (22)

23 Arizona (23)

24 Cleveland (24)

FOURTH TIER

25 Kansas City (25)

26 Minnesota (26)

27 Jacksonville (28)

28 Seattle (27)

29 Denver (29)

30 St. Louis (30)

31 Indianapolis (31)

32 Miami (32)

BIGGEST RISERS: Tampa Bay (5 spots), New York Giants (4 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Washington (6 spots), Buffalo and Houston (3 spots)

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

1 NFC South 43

2 NFC North 55

3 AFC North 56

4 AFC East 60

5 NFC East 69

6 AFC West 71

7T AFC South 87

7T NFC West 87

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 256

2 AFC 272