NFL Week 13 power rankings

By Rick Morris

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

TOP TIER

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

2 New Orleans (10-6-8-3-3-2-2-1-1-3-3-3)

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

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

5 San Francisco (1-1-4-7-5-4-4-4-4-4-5-6)

6 Carolina (21-21-23-20-20-21-18-15-14-12-8-8)

7 Kansas City (25-18-12-11-6-6-5-5-5-5-4-4)

8 Indianapolis (15-15-15-12-9-5-7-6-6-6-6-5)

9 Arizona (28-29-26-26-22-19-24-24-18-18-11-9)

SECOND TIER

10 Cincinnati (8-10-10-5-10-8-8-7-7-8-10-10)

11 Philadelphia (17-14-17-22-26-24-19-22-26-20-15-13)

12 Detroit (19-19-21-17-14-14-11-12-10-9-9-11)

13 Chicago (11-9-9-4-7-10-10-11-11-11-12-12)

14 Dallas (14-11-13-13-15-15-14-10-12-14-18-16)

15 Baltimore (9-13-14-10-13-11-15-18-17-21-16-15)

16 Green Bay (7-8-5-8-8-9-9-8-8-10-13-14)

17 Miami (24-17-11-9-11-12-12-14-16-16-21-17)

18 Pittsburgh (12-24-27-28-29-29-28-27-29-29-24-21)

19 St. Louis (16-16-19-19-23-23-17-20-21-26-20-22)

20 New York Giants (13-12-16-27-28-30-29-29-24-25-23-20)

21 San Diego (23-23-18-18-17-20-16-17-15-17-17-19)

THIRD TIER

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

23 New York Jets (29-27-28-21-25-18-23-19-22-15-14-18)

24 Buffalo (27-26-20-23-19-22-22-16-19-23-26-24)

25 Cleveland (26-31-31-24-21-17-21-26-28-19-19-23)

26 Oakland (32-30-30-30-30-27-27-28-23-28-28-26)

FOURTH TIER

27 Houston (3-4-3-15-16-16-20-21-20-22-25-27)

28 Washington (18-20-24-25-24-25-25-23-25-24-27-28)

29 Atlanta (6-7-7-14-18-26-26-25-27-27-29-29)

30 Tampa Bay (20-28-29-31-31-31-31-31-31-31-31-30)

FIFTH TIER

31 Minnesota (22-22-25-29-27-28-30-30-30-30-30-31)

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

BIGGEST RISERS: New England, Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Tennessee (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: New York Jets (5 spots), Indianapolis and Kansas City (3 spots)

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

1 NFC West 34

2 AFC West 57

3 AFC East 68

4 NFC East 73

5 NFC North 72

6 AFC North 68

7 NFC South 67

8 AFC South 89

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 246

2 AFC 282