NFL Week 17 power rankings

By Rick Morris

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

TOP TIER

1 Green Bay (1-5-4-4-8-11-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-4-2-1)

2 Denver (21-12-14-17-15-18-10-9-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-4)

3 Seattle (11-17-17-13-17-15-9-10-11-11-10-10-10-10-8-7)

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

5 San Francisco (10-4-1-5-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-5-4-6-4-2)

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

7 Atlanta (7-3-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-2-2-2-6-6)

SECOND TIER

8 Washington (29-20-21-25-18-21-16-19-22-22-25-21-17-15-13-9)

9 Minnesota (30-28-29-22-14-8-11-12-14-16-14-15-15-17-14-10)

10 Chicago (8-7-9-7-6-5-3-3-3-3-2-6-6-8-9-11)

11 Baltimore (6-6-6-6-5-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-9-10-12)

12 Cincinnati (18-21-20-15-11-13-24-25-25-24-20-18-14-14-17-16)

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

14 New York Giants (5-9-5-3-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-7-5-7-7-8)

15 Dallas (16-8-12-10-16-17-21-17-20-20-16-16-18-18-16-14)

16 St. Louis (28-27-26-27-21-16-20-22-26-25-22-25-21-19-18-19)

17 Pittsburgh (9-10-8-11-13-9-12-11-10-10-11-11-13-12-12-15)

18 New Orleans (19-19-23-30-30-27-27-24-27-26-15-14-16-16-19-17)

19 Tampa Bay (26-23-19-23-25-25-23-27-18-14-13-13-12-13-15-18)

20 Miami (27-30-28-31-29-19-13-13-12-13-18-23-19-20-22-20)

THIRD TIER

21 San Diego (12-15-11-14-12-14-18-16-17-15-17-17-20-23-20-22)

22 Carolina (15-18-13-21-23-29-29-29-29-28-28-28-25-26-23-21)

FOURTH TIER

23 Cleveland (32-32-32-32-32-32-31-31-30-30-30-30-29-24-21-23)

24 Detroit (17-14-18-20-22-23-22-26-19-17-19-22-22-21-24-24)

25 Buffalo (14-24-24-19-20-24-19-23-23-21-26-24-24-22-25-25)

26 New York Jets (20-13-15-16-19-22-17-20-24-23-24-20-26-27-27-27)

27 Tennessee (13-16-22-18-24-30-26-18-21-27-21-19-23-25-26-26)

28 Philadelphia (4-11-10-12-10-12-15-14-15-18-23-27-28-29-28-28)

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

30 Arizona (23-22-16-8-9-10-14-15-16-19-27-26-27-28-30-30)

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

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Cincinnati and Seattle (4 spots), St. Louis (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: New York Giants (6 spots), San Francisco (3 spots)

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

1 NFC North 43

2 NFC West 54

3 NFC East 65

4 AFC North 63

5 NFC South 66

6 AFC South 75

7 AFC East 77

8 AFC West 84

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 228

2 AFC 299