NFL Week 7 power rankings

By Rick Morris

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

TOP TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SECOND TIER

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

9 Baltimore (9-10-10-10-7-11) 

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

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

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

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

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

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

16 Cleveland (26-26-22-23-23-22) 

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

18 New Orleans (5-7-17-17-19-18)  

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

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

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

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

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

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

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

FOURTH TIER

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

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

31 Tampa Bay (25-29-30-32-30-30) 

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Cleveland (6 spots), Chicago (5 spots), Detroit (4 spots), Dallas (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Cincinnati (6 spots), Buffalo and Pittsburgh (5 spots)

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

1 NFC West 37

2 NFC East 55

3 AFC North 57

4 AFC West 58

5 NFC North 63

6 AFC East 82

7T NFC South 88

7T AFC South 88

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 243

2 AFC 285