NFL Week 11 power rankings

By Rick Morris

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

TOP TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SECOND TIER

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

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

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

12 Indianapolis (24-26-25-29-27-20-25-21-13-12)

THIRD TIER

13 Tampa Bay (26-23-19-23-25-25-23-27-18-14)

14 Minnesota (30-28-29-22-14-8-11-12-14-16)

15 New Orleans (19-19-23-30-30-27-27-24-27-26)

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

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

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

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

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

21 Tennessee (13-16-22-18-24-30-26-18-21-27)

22 St. Louis (28-27-26-27-21-16-20-22-26-25)

23 Philadelphia (4-11-10-12-10-12-15-14-15-18)

24 New York Jets (20-13-15-16-19-22-17-20-24-23)

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

26 Buffalo (14-24-24-19-20-24-19-23-23-21)

27 Arizona (23-22-16-8-9-10-14-15-16-19)

FOURTH TIER

28 Carolina (15-18-13-21-23-29-29-29-29-28)

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

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

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

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

BIGGEST RISERS: New Orleans (11 spots), Tennessee (6 spots), Cincinnati and Dallas (4 spots), St. Louis (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Arizona (8 spots), Buffalo, Miami and Philadelphia (5 spots), Washington (3 spots)

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

1 NFC North 39

2 NFC South 59

3 NFC West 65

4 AFC South 66

5 AFC North 69

6 AFC East 73

7 NFC East 75

8 AFC West 86

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 238

2 AFC 294