NFL Week 15 power rankings

By Rick Morris

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

TOP TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SECOND TIER

8 Cincinnati (8-10-10-5-10-8-8-7-7-8-10-10-10-9)

9 Philadelphia (17-14-17-22-26-24-19-22-26-20-15-13-11-10)

10 Arizona (28-29-26-26-22-19-24-24-18-18-11-9-9-12)

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

12 Miami (24-17-11-9-11-12-12-14-16-16-21-17-17-15)

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

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

15 Chicago (11-9-9-4-7-10-10-11-11-11-12-12-13-16)

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

17 Green Bay (7-8-5-8-8-9-9-8-8-10-13-14-16-17)

THIRD TIER

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

19 New York Giants (13-12-16-27-28-30-29-29-24-25-23-20-20-18)

20 Pittsburgh (12-24-27-28-29-29-28-27-29-29-24-21-18-19) 

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

22 New York Jets (29-27-28-21-25-18-23-19-22-15-14-18-23-26)

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

24 Atlanta (6-7-7-14-18-26-26-25-27-27-29-29-29-23)

25 Oakland (32-30-30-30-30-27-27-28-23-28-28-26-26-25)

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

27 Jacksonville (31-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-27)

28 Cleveland (26-31-31-24-21-17-21-26-28-19-19-23-25-29)

29 Tampa Bay (20-28-29-31-31-31-31-31-31-31-31-30-30-32)

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

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

32 Houston (3-4-3-15-16-16-20-21-20-22-25-27-27-31)

BIGGEST RISERS: New York Jets (4 spots), Miami, San Diego and Tampa Bay (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Dallas, Detroit, Indianapolis and Washington (3 spots)

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

1 NFC West 36

2 AFC West 52

3 NFC South 62

4 AFC East 65

5 AFC North 69

6 NFC East 75

7 NFC North 76

8 AFC South 93

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 249

2 AFC 279