NFL Week 4 power rankings

By Rick Morris

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

TOP TIER

1 Seattle (1-1-1)

2 Cincinnati (11-6-5)

3 Denver (6-3-3)

4 Arizona (22-19-9)

5 San Diego (7-11-6)

6 Philadelphia (15-16-8)

7 San Francisco (2-2-2)

8 Chicago (8-20-13)

9 New England (3-12-7)

10 Baltimore (9-10-10)

SECOND TIER

11 Atlanta (13-9-15)

12 Pittsburgh (14-15-16)

13 Detroit (12-8-19)

14 Buffalo (18-14-11)

15 Houston (16-18-12)

16 Green Bay (4-4-4)

17 New Orleans (5-7-17)

18 Indianapolis (10-5-18)

19 Carolina (17-17-14)

THIRD TIER

20 Dallas (19-24-24)

21 New York Giants (24-28-28)

22 Washington (20-25-21)

23 Cleveland (26-26-22)

24 Miami (30-13-20)

25 New York Jets (27-23-23)

26 Minnesota (28-21-25)

27 Tennessee (29-22-26)

28 Kansas City (23-31-31)

29 St. Louis (21-30-27)

FOURTH TIER

30 Jacksonville (31-27-29)

31 Oakland (32-32-32)

32 Tampa Bay (25-29-30)

BIGGEST RISERS: New York Giants (7 spots), Cincinnati and Detroit (6 spots), Arizona and Chicago (5 spots), Atlanta, Dallas and Pittsburgh (4 spots), Kansas City (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Green Bay (12 spots), Carolina and San Francisco (5 spots), Miami (4 spots), Buffalo and Houston (3 spots)

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

1 NFC West 41

2 AFC North 47

3 NFC North 63

4 AFC West 67

5 NFC South 69

6 NFC East 69

7 AFC East 72

8 AFC South 90

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 242

2 AFC 276