NFL Week 8 power rankings

By Rick Morris

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

TOP TIER

1 Atlanta (7-3-2-1-1-1-1)

2 Houston (2-2-3-2-2-2-2)

3 Chicago (8-7-9-7-6-5-3)

4 Green Bay (1-5-4-4-8-11-4)

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

6 San Francisco (10-4-1-5-3-3-6)

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

8 Baltimore (6-6-6-6-5-6-8)

SECOND TIER

9 Denver (21-12-14-17-15-18-10)

10 Seattle (11-17-17-13-17-15-9)

11 Pittsburgh (9-10-8-11-13-9-12)

12 Minnesota (30-28-29-22-14-8-11)

13 Miami (27-30-28-31-29-19-13)

14 Philadelphia (4-11-10-12-10-12-15)

15 Arizona (23-22-16-8-9-10-14)

16 San Diego (12-15-11-14-12-14-18)

17 Dallas (16-8-12-10-16-17-21)

18 Tennessee (13-16-22-18-24-30-26)

19 Washington (29-20-21-25-18-21-16)

20 New York Jets (20-13-15-16-19-22-17)

21 Indianapolis (24-26-25-29-27-20-25)

22 St. Louis (28-27-26-27-21-16-20)

23 Buffalo (14-24-24-19-20-24-19)

24 New Orleans (19-19-23-30-30-27-27)

25 Cincinnati (18-21-20-15-11-13-24)

26 Detroit (17-14-18-20-22-23-22)

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

THIRD TIER

28 Oakland (25-29-31-26-28-28-28)

29 Carolina (15-18-13-21-23-29-29)

30 Kansas City (22-25-27-24-26-26-30)

31 Cleveland (32-32-32-32-32-32-31)

32 Jacksonville (31-31-30-28-31-31-32)

BIGGEST RISERS: Tennessee (8 spots), Indianapolis and Dallas (4 spots), New Orleans (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Buffalo, Detroit and Tampa Bay (4 spots), New York Jets and Washington (3 spots)

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

1 NFC North 45

2 NFC West 53

3 NFC East 55

4 AFC East 63

5 AFC North 75

6 AFC South 73

7 NFC South 81

8 AFC West 83

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 234

2 AFC 294