NFL Week 8 power rankings

By Rick Morris

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

TOP TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10 Baltimore (9-10-10-10-7-11-9)

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

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

SECOND TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

19 New Orleans (5-7-17-17-19-18-18)

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

21 Cleveland (26-26-22-23-23-22-16)

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

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

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

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

FOURTH TIER

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

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

31 Tampa Bay (25-29-30-32-30-30-31) 

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Kansas City and Miami (8 spots), Buffalo and Pittsburgh (6 spots), Arizona, Dallas, Philadelphia and St. Louis (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Chicago (10 spots), Carolina and Cincinnati (6 spots), Cleveland and Seattle (5 spots), Atlanta, San Diego and San Francisco (3 spots)

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

1 NFC West 36

2 NFC East 50

3 AFC West 53

4 AFC North 63

5 NFC North 69

6 AFC East 70

7 AFC South 86

8 NFC South 98

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 253

2 AFC 272