2019 NFL Week 16 power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from the start of the season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Baltimore (23-10-8-6-14-20-18-14-13-7-5-5-3-1-1)

2 New Orleans (13-6-19-9-3-2-2-2-3-3-4-4-4-3-3)

3 Kansas City (3-3-2-2-2-3-8-8-9-9-10-8-9-7-4)

4 Green Bay (6-5-4-4-6-5-5-4-4-5-3-3-6-8-5)

5 Seattle (14-12-6-16-17-7-4-11-12-11-7-6-5-5-6)

6 San Francisco (15-15-13-10-8-6-3-3-2-1-1-1-1-2-2)

7 New England (2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-4-7)

8 Minnesota (16-8-9-8-11-13-9-9-8-10-8-7-7-9-8)

9 Houston (12-17-14-7-10-9-6-6-6-4-6-10-8-6-10)

10 Buffalo (29-22-18-13-18-16-16-13-14-14-18-15-10-10-12)

11 LA Rams (4-4-3-3-7-10-13-10-10-12-14-11-13-12-9)

SECOND TIER

12 Tampa Bay (25-25-23-26-23-23-24-24-26-26-24-26-24-19-15)

13 Pittsburgh (7-14-21-23-24-28-26-26-24-17-13-17-18-15-13)

14 Tennessee (18-9-15-19-12-17-23-22-18-22-16-16-11-11-11)

15 Dallas (11-11-7-5-5-11-14-7-7-8-12-12-14-14-19)

16 Philadelphia (1-2-5-12-4-4-10-15-11-13-11-14-15-17-18)

17 Chicago (9-16-17-18-9-12-12-16-19-24-19-22-20-16-14)

THIRD TIER

18 Indianapolis (17-18-12-11-20-8-7-5-5-6-9-9-12-13-17)

19 Denver (19-23-25-27-28-27-25-25-23-19-20-25-26-21-16)

20 Atlanta (10-19-10-17-22-24-28-28-28-28-27-23-25-25-23)

FOURTH TIER

21 Jacksonville (22-21-22-21-21-21-21-21-17-20-21-21-23-24-25)

22 LA Chargers (8-7-11-15-16-18-22-23-25-18-22-20-22-23-22)

23 Oakland (28-28-28-28-27-22-20-20-20-16-15-13-16-18-20)

24 Carolina (20-20-24-22-19-14-11-12-15-15-17-18-19-20-24)

25 Arizona (30-24-26-25-26-25-17-18-22-23-26-28-27-28-28)

26 Cleveland (5-13-16-20-13-19-19-19-21-25-23-19-17-22-21)

27 New York Jets (21-30-31-31-31-31-29-29-29-31-29-24-21-27-26)

28 Miami (32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-30-28-29-29-26-27)

29 Detroit (24-27-20-14-15-15-15-17-16-21-25-27-28-29-29)

30 New York Giants (31-31-30-24-25-26-27-27-27-27-30-30-31-32-32)

31 Washington (27-29-29-29-29-29-30-30-30-29-31-31-30-30-30)

32 Cincinnati (26-26-27-30-30-30-31-31-31-32-32-32-32-31-31)

BIGGEST RISERS: Dallas and Jacksonville (4 spots), Atlanta, Arizona and Tampa Bay (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Cleveland (5 spots), San Francisco (4 spots), Chicago, Denver, Oakland and Tennessee (3 spots)

DIVISIONAL RANKINGS (the lower the number, the higher the ranking):

1 NFC WEST 47

2 NFC SOUTH 58

3 NFC NORTH 58

4 AFC SOUTH 62

5 AFC WEST 67

6T AFC NORTH 72

6T AFC EAST 72

8 NFC EAST 92

CONFERENCE RANKINGS:

1 AFC 245

2 NFC 271