NFL Week 13 power rankings

By Rick Morris

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

TOP TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SECOND TIER

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

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

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

15 Minnesota (30-28-29-22-14-8-11-12-14-16-14-15)

16 New Orleans (19-19-23-30-30-27-27-24-27-26-15-14)

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

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

19 Miami (27-30-28-31-29-19-13-13-12-13-18-23)

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

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

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

23 Tennessee (13-16-22-18-24-30-26-18-21-27-21-19)

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

FOURTH TIER

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

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

27 Arizona (23-22-16-8-9-10-14-15-16-19-27-26)

28 Philadelphia (4-11-10-12-10-12-15-14-15-18-23-27)

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

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

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

32 Kansas City (22-25-27-24-26-26-30-30-31-31-31-32)

BIGGEST RISERS: Cincinnati, Miami, St. Louis and Washington (4 spots), Carolina (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: New York Jets (6 spots), Tennessee (4 spots), Green Bay and San Diego (3 spots)

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

1 NFC North 50

2 NFC South 55

3 NFC West 62

4 AFC North 64

5 AFC South 66

6 NFC East 68

7 AFC East 72

8 AFC West 91

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 235

2 AFC 293