NFL Week 5 power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Previous weeks’ rankings in parentheses, Week 1 to present.

TOP TIER

1 Atlanta (7-3-2-1)

2 Houston (2-2-3-2)

3 San Francisco (10-4-1-5)

4 New England (3-1-7-9)

5 Baltimore (6-6-6-6)

SECOND TIER

6 Chicago (8-7-9-7)

7 New York Giants (5-9-5-3)

8 Green Bay (1-5-4-4)

9 Arizona (23-22-16-8)

10 Philadelphia (4-11-10-12)

THIRD TIER

11 Cincinnati (18-21-20-15)

12 San Diego (12-15-11-14)

13 Pittsburgh (9-10-8-11)

14 Minnesota (30-28-29-22)

15 Denver (21-12-14-17)

16 Dallas (16-8-12-10)

FOURTH TIER

17 Seattle (11-17-17-13)

18 Washington (29-20-21-25)

19 New York Jets (20-13-15-16)

20 Buffalo (14-24-24-19)

21 St. Louis (28-27-26-27)

22 Detroit (17-14-18-20)

23 Carolina (15-18-13-21)

24 Tennessee (13-16-22-18)

25 Tampa Bay (26-23-19-23)

26 Kansas City (22-25-27-24)

27 Indianapolis (24-26-25-29)

28 Oakland (25-29-31-26)

29 Miami (27-30-28-31)

30 New Orleans (19-19-23-30)

31 Jacksonville (31-31-30-28)

FIFTH TIER

32 Cleveland (32-32-32-32)

BIGGEST RISERS: Minnesota (8 spots), Washington (7 spots), St. Louis (6 spots), New England (5 spots), Cincinnati (4 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Dallas and Tennessee (6 spots), Green Bay, New York Giants and Seattle (4 spots), Jacksonville and New York Jets (3 spots)

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

1T NFC North 50

1T NFC West 50

3 NFC East 51

4 AFC North 61

5 AFC East 72

6 NFC South 79

7 AFC West 81

8 AFC South 84

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 230

2 AFC 298