NFL Week 9 power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Week 8 rankings in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Green Bay (1)

SECOND TIER

2 Pittsburgh (9)

3 San Francisco (5)

4 Baltimore (4)

5 Detroit (7)

6 New Orleans (3)

7 New England (2)

THIRD TIER

8 Atlanta (8)

9 San Diego (6)

10 Tampa Bay (10)

11 Houston (11)

12 New York Jets (12)

13 Buffalo (13)

14 New York Giants (14)

15 Philadelphia (17)

16 Cincinnati (20)

17 Chicago (15)

18 Kansas City (24)

19 Tennessee (19)

20 Oakland (18)

21 Dallas (16)

22 Carolina (21)

23 Cleveland (22)

24 Washington (23)

FOURTH TIER

25 Jacksonville (25)

26 Minnesota (27)

27 Arizona (28)

28 St. Louis (30)

29 Denver (26)

30 Seattle (29)

31 Indianapolis (31)

32 Miami (32)

BIGGEST RISERS: Pittsburgh (7 spots), Kansas City (6 spots), Cincinnati (4 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Dallas and New England (5 spots), Denver, New Orleans and San Diego (3 spots)

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

1T AFC North 45

1T AFC East 45

3 NFC South 46

4 NFC North 49

5 NFC East 74

6 AFC West 76

7 AFC South 86

8 NFC West 88

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 AFC 252

2 NFC 257