NFL Week 8 power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Week 7 rankings in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Green Bay (1)

SECOND TIER

2 New England (2)

3 New Orleans (4)

4 Baltimore (3)

5 San Francisco (6)

6 San Diego (5)

THIRD TIER

7 Detroit (7)

8 Atlanta (9)

9 Pittsburgh (10)

10 Tampa Bay (8)

11 Houston (13)

12 New York Jets (15)

13 Buffalo (11)

14 New York Giants (14)

15 Chicago (21)

16 Dallas (17)

17 Philadelphia (18)

18 Oakland (12)

19 Tennessee (16)

20 Cincinnati (19)

21 Carolina (22)

22 Cleveland (24)

23 Washington (20)

24 Kansas City (25)

FOURTH TIER

25 Jacksonville (27)

26 Denver (29)

27 Minnesota (26)

28 Arizona (23)

29 Seattle (28)

30 St. Louis (30)

31 Indianapolis (31)

32 Miami (32)

BIGGEST RISERS: Chicago (6 spots), Denver and New York Jets (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Oakland (6 spots), Arizona (5 spots), Tennessee and Washington (3 spots)

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

1 NFC South 42

2 NFC North 50

3 AFC North 55

4 AFC East 59

5 NFC East 70

6 AFC West 74

7 AFC South 86

8 NFC West 92

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 254

2 AFC 274