NFL Week 6 power rankings

By Rick Morris

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

TOP TIER

1 Denver (4-3-2-2-2)

2 New Orleans (10-6-8-3-3)

3 Seattle (2-2-1-1-1)

SECOND TIER

4 San Francisco (1-1-4-7-5)

5 Indianapolis (15-15-15-12-9)

6 Kansas City (25-18-12-11-6)

7 New England (5-5-6-6-4)

8 Cincinnati (8-10-10-5-10)

9 Green Bay (7-8-5-8-8)

10 Chicago (11-9-9-4-7)

THIRD TIER

11 Baltimore (9-13-14-10-13)

12 Miami (24-17-11-9-11)

13 Tennessee (30-25-22-16-12)

14 Detroit (19-19-21-17-14)

15 Dallas (14-11-13-13-15)

16 Houston (3-4-3-15-16)

17 Cleveland (26-31-31-24-21)

18 New York Jets (29-27-28-21-25)

FOURTH TIER

19 Arizona (28-29-26-26-22)

20 San Diego (23-23-18-18-17)

21 Carolina (21-21-23-20-20)

22 Buffalo (27-26-20-23-19)

23 St. Louis (16-16-19-19-23)

24 Philadelphia (17-14-17-22-26)

25 Washington (18-20-24-25-24)

26 Atlanta (6-7-7-14-18)

27 Oakland (32-30-30-30-30)

28 Minnesota (22-22-25-29-27)

FIFTH TIER

29 Pittsburgh (12-24-27-28-29)

30 New York Giants (13-12-16-27-28)

31 Tampa Bay (20-28-29-31-31)

SIXTH TIER

32 Jacksonville (31-32-32-32-32)

BIGGEST RISERS: New York Jets (7 spots), Cleveland and Indianapolis (4 spots), Arizona and Oakland (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Atlanta (8 spots), Buffalo, Chicago, New England and San Diego (3 spots)

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

1 NFC West 49

2 AFC West 54

3 AFC East 59

4 NFC North 61

5 AFC North 65

6 AFC South 66

7 NFC South 80

8 NFC East 94

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 AFC 248

2 NFC 284