NFL Week 3 power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Numbers in parenthesis reflect rankings from the start of the season to the present.

TOP TIER

1 Seattle (1-1)

2 San Francisco (2-2)

3 Denver (6-3)

SECOND TIER

4 Green Bay (4-4)

5 Cincinnati (11-6)

6 San Diego (7-11)

7 New England (3-12)

8 Philadelphia (15-16)

9 Arizona (22-19)

10 Baltimore (9-10)

11 Buffalo (18-14)

12 Houston (16-18)

13 Chicago (8-20)

14 Carolina (17-17)

15 Atlanta (13-9)

16 Pittsburgh (14-15)

17 New Orleans (5-7)

18 Indianapolis (10-5)

19 Detroit (12-8)

20 Miami (30-13)

21 Washington (20-25)

THIRD TIER

22 Cleveland (26-26)

23 New York Jets (27-23)

24 Dallas (19-24)

25 Minnesota (28-21)

26 Tennessee (29-22)

27 St. Louis (21-30)

28 New York Giants (24-28)

29 Jacksonville (31-27)

30 Tampa Bay (25-29)

31 Kansas City (23-31)

FOURTH TIER

32 Oakland (32-32)

BIGGEST RISERS: Arizona (10 spots), Philadelphia (8 spots), Chicago (7 spots), Houston (6 spots), New England and San Diego (5 spots), Cleveland and Washington (4 spots), Buffalo, Carolina and St. Louis (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Indianapolis (13 spots), Detroit (11 spots), New Orleans (10 spots), Miami (7 spots), Atlanta (6 spots), Minnesota and Tennessee (4 spots)