NFL Week 17 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 (3-12-7-9-15-12-10-11-4-2-2-2-1-2-1-1)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SECOND TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

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

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

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

FOURTH TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

BIGGEST RISERS: Cincinnati and Houston (5 spots), San Diego (4 spots), Atlanta and New York Giants (3 spots)

 

BIGGEST FALLERS: Arizona (5 spots), Buffalo and Philadelphia (4 spots), Denver, New Orleans and St. Louis (3 spots)

 

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

1T NFC West 53

1T AFC North 53

3 NFC North 55

4 AFC West 59

5 NFC East 62

6 AFC East 64

7 AFC South 83

8 NFC South 99

 

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1T NFC 269

1T AFC 269