NFL Week 5 power rankings

By Rick Morris

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

TOP TIER

1 Seattle (1-1-1-1)

2 Cincinnati (11-6-5-2)

3 Denver (6-3-3-3)

4 Arizona (22-19-9-4)

5 San Diego (7-11-6-5)

6 San Francisco (2-2-2-7)

SECOND TIER

7 Baltimore (9-10-10-10)

8 Green Bay (4-4-4-16)

9 Detroit (12-8-19-13)

10 Philadelphia (15-16-8-6)

11 Houston (16-18-12-15)

12 Indianapolis (10-5-18-18)

13 Chicago (8-20-13-8)

14 Dallas (19-24-24-20)

15 New England (3-12-7-9)

16 Pittsburgh (14-15-16-12)

17 Atlanta (13-9-15-11)

18 New York Giants (24-28-28-21)

19 New Orleans (5-7-17-17)

20 Buffalo (18-14-11-14)

21 Carolina (17-17-14-19)

THIRD TIER

22 Miami (30-13-20-24)

23 Cleveland (26-26-22-23)

24 Kansas City (23-31-31-28)

25 Minnesota (28-21-25-26)

26 Washington (20-25-21-22)

27 New York Jets (27-23-23-25)

28 Tennessee (29-22-26-27)

29 St. Louis (21-30-27-29)

FOURTH TIER

30 Tampa Bay (25-29-30-32) 

31 Jacksonville (31-27-29-30)

32 Oakland (32-32-32-31)

BIGGEST RISERS: Green Bay (8 spots), Dallas and Indianapolis (6 spots), Detroit, Houston and Kansas City (4 spots), Baltimore and New York Giants (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Atlanta, Buffalo and New England (6 spots), Chicago (5 spots), Philadelphia and Pittsburgh (4 spots),

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

1 NFC West 40

2 AFC North 48

3 NFC North 55

4 AFC West 62

5 NFC East 68

6 AFC South 82

7 AFC East 84

8 NFC South 87

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 250

2 AFC 276