NFL Week 9 power rankings

By Rick Morris

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

TOP TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SECOND TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

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

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

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Tampa Bay (9 spots), Indianapolis (8 spots), Detroit (7 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: New York Jets and St. Louis (4 spots), Dallas, New Orleans, Tennessee and Washington (3 spots)

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

1 NFC North 40

2 NFC West 59

3 NFC East 62

4 AFC East 66

5 AFC South 68

6 AFC North 73

7 NFC South 75

8 AFC West 85

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 236

2 AFC 292