2017 NFL Week 8 power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10 Carolina (14-16-16-14-6)

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

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

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

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

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

SECOND TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

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

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

FOURTH TIER

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Oakland (15 spots), Los Angeles Chargers (11 spots), Dallas (8 spots), New Orleans (4 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Denver (9 spots), Atlanta and Cincinnati (6 spots), Baltimore, Tennessee and Washington (5 spots), Arizona, Carolina and Green Bay (4 spots)

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

1 NFC SOUTH 49

1T AFC WEST 49

3 NFC NORTH 64

4 NFC EAST 65

5 AFC EAST 68

6 NFC WEST 72

7 AFC NORTH 78

8 AFC SOUTH 82

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 240

2 AFC 277