NFL Week 16 power rankings

By Rick Morris

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

TOP TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SECOND TIER

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

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

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

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FOURTH TIER

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

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

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Baltimore (4 spots), Atlanta, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, San Diego and St. Louis (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Detroit and New York Giants (5 spots), Cincinnati, Dallas and Philadelphia (4 spots)

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

1 NFC West 30

2 AFC West 50

3 NFC South 60

4 AFC East 61

5 AFC North 67

6 NFC North 77

7 NFC East 88

8 AFC South 95

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 255

2 AFC 273