NFL Week 9 power rankings

By Rick Morris

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

TOP TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SECOND TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FOURTH TIER

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

30 Tampa Bay (25-29-30-32-30-30-31-31) 

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

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

BIGGEST RISERS: New England (7 spots), Seattle (5 spots), Minnesota and Washington (4 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: St. Louis (5 spots), Dallas, Green Bay and San Diego (3 spots)

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

1 NFC West 39

2 NFC East 52

3 AFC West 55

4 AFC North 62

5 AFC East 66

6 NFC North 69

7 AFC South 87

8 NFC South 98

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 258

2 AFC 270