NFL Week 16 power rankings

By Rick Morris

 

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

 

TOP TIER

1 New England (3-12-7-9-15-12-10-11-4-2-2-2-1-2-1)

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

3 Denver (6-3-3-3-3-2-1-1-1-4-4-6-5-4-4)

4 Green Bay (4-4-4-16-8-7-8-6-9-10-8-3-2-1-2)

5 Dallas (19-24-24-20-14-9-6-3-6-9-9-9-6-8-7)

6 Indianapolis (10-5-18-18-12-10-11-9-10-6-6-8-7-6-5)

7 Detroit (12-8-19-13-9-17-13-12-12-7-7-10-11-9-8)

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

SECOND TIER

9 Arizona (22-19-9-4-4-5-5-2-2-1-1-1-9-12-11)

10 Pittsburgh (14-15-16-12-16-15-20-14-13-8-14-14-12-14-10)

11 Baltimore (9-10-10-10-7-11-9-10-11-11-11-12-10-13-9)

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

13 Cincinnati (11-6-5-2-2-6-12-18-17-18-19-16-16-11-13)

14 San Diego (7-11-6-5-5-3-2-5-8-15-16-15-14-10-12)

15 Kansas City (23-31-31-28-24-23-23-15-14-14-12-7-13-15-16)

THIRD TIER

16 San Francisco (2-2-2-7-6-4-4-7-7-13-10-4-4-7-14)

17 St. Louis (21-30-27-29-29-27-25-22-27-23-25-19-19-19-15)

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

19 Minnesota (28-21-25-26-25-26-28-27-23-21-22-24-24-24-19)

20 Miami (30-13-20-24-22-24-24-16-16-12-15-13-17-17-20)

FOURTH TIER

21 New Orleans (5-7-17-17-19-18-18-19-18-17-18-22-22-20-24)

22 New York Giants (24-28-28-21-18-13-15-17-19-22-24-25-25-25-23)

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

24 Cleveland (26-26-22-23-23-22-16-21-21-19-13-18-15-18-21)

25 Atlanta (13-9-15-11-17-21-22-25-26-27-21-21-23-22-22)

26 Chicago (8-20-13-8-13-19-14-24-25-26-28-23-21-23-26)

FIFTH TIER

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

28 Washington (20-25-21-22-26-25-27-26-22-24-23-28-27-27-29)

29 Tampa Bay (25-29-30-32-30-30-31-31-30-30-31-29-28-28-28)

30 Oakland (32-32-32-31-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-31-32-27) 

31 Jacksonville (31-27-29-30-31-31-30-29-29-29-30-31-32-31-32)

32 Tennessee (29-22-26-27-28-28-26-28-28-28-27-27-29-29-31)

 

BIGGEST RISERS: Buffalo (5 spots), New Orleans and New York Jets (3 spots)

 

BIGGEST FALLERS: Atlanta, Cleveland and Oakland (3 spots)

 

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

1 NFC West 44

2 NFC North 56

3 AFC North 58

4 AFC East 60

5 AFC West 62

6 NFC East 63

7 AFC South 87

8 NFC South 98

 

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 261

2 AFC 267