NFL Week 12 power rankings

By Rick Morris

 

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

 

TOP TIER

1 Arizona (22-19-9-4-4-5-5-2-2-1-1)

2 New England (3-12-7-9-15-12-10-11-4-2-2)

3 Green Bay (4-4-4-16-8-7-8-6-9-10-8)

4 San Francisco (2-2-2-7-6-4-4-7-7-13-10)

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

6 Denver (6-3-3-3-3-2-1-1-1-4-4)

7 Kansas City (23-31-31-28-24-23-23-15-14-14-12)

8 Indianapolis (10-5-18-18-12-10-11-9-10-6-6)

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

10 Detroit (12-8-19-13-9-17-13-12-12-7-7)

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

SECOND TIER

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

13 Miami (30-13-20-24-22-24-24-16-16-12-15) 

14 Pittsburgh (14-15-16-12-16-15-20-14-13-8-14)

15 San Diego (7-11-6-5-5-3-2-5-8-15-16)

16 Cincinnati (11-6-5-2-2-6-12-18-17-18-19)

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

18 Cleveland (26-26-22-23-23-22-16-21-21-19-13)

19 St. Louis (21-30-27-29-29-27-25-22-27-23-25)

20 Buffalo (18-14-11-14-20-14-19-13-15-16-17)

21 Atlanta (13-9-15-11-17-21-22-25-26-27-21)

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

THIRD TIER

23 Chicago (8-20-13-8-13-19-14-24-25-26-28)

24 Minnesota (28-21-25-26-25-26-28-27-23-21-22)

25 New York Giants (24-28-28-21-18-13-15-17-19-22-24)

26 Carolina (17-17-14-19-21-16-17-23-24-25-26)

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

28 Washington (20-25-21-22-26-25-27-26-22-24-23)

FOURTH TIER

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

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

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

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

 

BIGGEST RISERS: San Francisco and St. Louis (6 spots), Chicago, Green Bay and Kansas City (5 spots), Cincinnati and Houston (3 spots)

 

BIGGEST FALLERS: Philadelphia (6 spots), Cleveland and Washington (5 spots), New Orleans (4 spots), Buffalo and Detroit (3 spots)

 

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

1 NFC West 29

2T AFC North 60

2T AFC West 60

2T NFC North 60

5 AFC East 65

6 NFC East 73

7 AFC South 83

8 NFC South 98

 

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 260

2 AFC 268