2017 NFL Week 8 power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Kansas City (4-3-3-1-1)

2 Philadelphia (15-17-17-8-6)

3 Atlanta (3-2-2-2-2)

4 New England (1-1-1-6-5)

5 Pittsburgh (7-6-6-3-9)

6 Carolina (14-16-16-14-7)

7 Seattle (6-7-10-11-8)

8 Minnesota (11-11-9-13-10)

9 Los Angeles Rams (16-19-19-9-11)

10 New Orleans (21-22-21-21-21)

11 Denver (10-8-7-5-4)

12 Buffalo (26-26-20-10-12)

13 Detroit (18-14-14-12-14)

14 Jacksonville (23-24-23-26-13)

15 Green Bay (2-5-4-4-3)

16 Washington (24-18-18-20-20)

SECOND TIER

17 Tennessee (13-12-8-17-18)

18 Houston (25-25-25-15-19)

19 Miami (17-13-13-25-24)

20 Baltimore (9-9-11-18-15)

21 Cincinnati (28-28-27-22-23)

22 Dallas (8-15-15-19-22)

23 Chicago (19-23-22-23-25)

24 Arizona (22-20-24-24-26)

25 Tampa Bay (12-10-12-16-17)

26 Oakland (5-4-5-7-16)

27 Los Angeles Chargers (20-21-26-27-27)

THIRD TIER

28 New York Jets (32-32-29-29-28)

29 New York Giants (27-27-28-28-29)

30 Indianapolis (30-30-30-30-30)

31 San Francisco (31-31-32-31-31)

FOURTH TIER

32 Cleveland (29-29-31-32-32)

BIGGEST RISERS: New Orleans (11 spots), Oakland (10 spots), Miami (5 spots), Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Washington (4 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Green Bay (12 spots), Tampa Bay (8 spots), Denver (7 spots), Baltimore (5 spots)

RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM

1 NFC SOUTH 44

2 NFC NORTH 60

3 AFC WEST 65

4 NFC EAST 69

5 NFC WEST 71

6 AFC EAST 73

7 AFC NORTH 78

8 AFC SOUTH 79

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 242

2 AFC 295