NFL Week 6 power rankings

By Rick Morris

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

TOP TIER

1 Seattle (1-1-1-1-1)

2 Denver (6-3-3-3-3)

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

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

5 Arizona (22-19-9-4-4)

6 Cincinnati (11-6-5-2-2)

SECOND TIER

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

8 Philadelphia (15-16-8-6-10)

9 Dallas (19-24-24-20-14)

10 Indianapolis (10-5-18-18-12)

11 Baltimore (9-10-10-10-7)  

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

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

14 Buffalo (18-14-11-14-20)

15 Pittsburgh (14-15-16-12-16)

16 Carolina (17-17-14-19-21)

17 Detroit (12-8-19-13-9)

18 New Orleans (5-7-17-17-19)  

19 Chicago (8-20-13-8-13)

20 Houston (16-18-12-15-11)

21 Atlanta (13-9-15-11-17)

22 Cleveland (26-26-22-23-23)  

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

THIRD TIER

24 Miami (30-13-20-24-22)

25 Washington (20-25-21-22-26)

26 Minnesota (28-21-25-26-25)

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

28 Tennessee (29-22-26-27-28)

FOURTH TIER

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

30 Tampa Bay (25-29-30-32-30) 

31 Jacksonville (31-27-29-30-31)

32 Oakland (32-32-32-31-32)

BIGGEST RISERS: Buffalo (6 spots), Carolina, Dallas and New York Giants (5 spots), New England (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Houston (9 spots), Detroit (8 spots), Chicago (6 spots), Atlanta, Baltimore and Cincinnati (4 spots)

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

1 NFC West 37

2 AFC North 54

3 NFC East 55

4 AFC West 60

5 NFC North 69

6 AFC East 79

7 NFC South 85

8 AFC South 89

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 246

2 AFC 282