FDH 2018 Week 17 NFL power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 New Orleans (10-17-5-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1)

2 Chicago (18-18-19-12-12-12-13-10-10-9-7-5-7-5-2)

3 LA Rams (2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4)

4 Kansas City (5-3-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-4-3-5)

5 Baltimore (12-12-12-6-13-10-10-15-17-19-13-14-13-11-9)

6 LA Chargers (14-13-14-14-11-8-8-8-6-5-6-6-6-6-3)

7 New England (4-7-11-7-5-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-3-4-6)

SECOND TIER

8 Seattle (20-24-21-19-21-17-18-12-13-16-11-10-9-8-10)

9 Houston (22-26-28-22-17-18-11-11-11-10-8-7-5-7-7)

10 Indianapolis (27-21-22-23-24-27-24-20-20-17-12-12-15-10-8)

THIRD TIER

11 Philadelphia (3-4-3-5-8-7-9-9-9-11-14-13-10-14-12)

12 Dallas (26-25-25-25-28-22-23-24-24-21-15-15-11-9-11)

13 Minnesota (1-2-6-8-6-5-5-7-8-8-9-9-12-15-14)

14 Cleveland (28-27-23-24-20-25-27-27-27-24-23-17-19-16-15)

15 Pittsburgh (11-14-7-16-7-6-6-6-7-6-5-8-8-13-13)

16 Tennessee (23-22-17-13-16-19-22-23-23-14-18-19-18-17-16)

FOURTH TIER

17 Green Bay (6-5-8-9-14-14-14-16-16-13-16-18-21-20-20)

18 Miami (17-16-9-17-19-16-19-21-21-22-22-22-17-12-17)

19 Carolina (8-11-4-4-4-9-7-5-5-7-10-11-16-19-18)

20 Jacksonville (7-6-13-10-10-13-16-19-19-23-25-27-20-21-22)

21 Denver (16-15-18-18-18-20-20-18-18-20-19-16-14-18-19)

22 Buffalo (32-32-29-29-27-28-28-28-28-27-28-24-26-26-23)

23 Washington (21-23-20-20-26-21-15-14-15-12-21-23-24-25-21)

24 NY Giants (24-28-27-30-30-30-30-31-31-30-26-28-28-23-26)

25 Atlanta (9-9-10-15-15-15-17-17-14-18-20-20-22-28-28)

26 Cincinnati (25-10-15-11-9-11-12-13-12-15-17-21-23-27-24)

27 Detroit (31-30-26-27-23-24-21-22-22-25-24-26-27-22-25)

28 Tampa Bay (13-8-16-21-22-26-26-26-26-26-27-25-25-24-27)

29 NY Jets (15-20-24-26-25-23-25-25-25-28-29-29-30-29-29)

FIFTH TIER

30 Oakland (29-29-32-28-29-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-31-31)

31 San Francisco (19-19-30-31-32-29-29-30-30-31-31-31-31-30-30)

32 Arizona (30-31-31-32-31-31-31-29-29-29-30-30-29-32-32)

BIGGEST RISERS: Baltimore (4 spots), Atlanta, Green Bay and Jacksonville (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: LA Chargers (3 spots)

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

1 AFC South 55

2 NFC North 59

3 AFC North 60

4 AFC West 61

5 NFC East 70

6 NFC South 73

7 NFC West 74

8 AFC East 76

AFC 252

NFC 276