By
Rick Morris
NOTE:
Numbers in parenthesis represent previous power rankings.
TOP
TIER
1 Detroit
(3-4-4-3-3-3-2-2)
2 Kansas
City (1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1)
3 Washington
(27-27-18-8-6-7-7-5)
4 Minnesota
(21-14-3-2-2-2-3-7)
5 Baltimore
(9-13-11-5-5-5-4-8)
6 Buffalo
(7-5-2-6-8-8-8-6)
7 Green
Bay (16-16-10-11-7-6-5-3)
8 Houston
(4-2-5-4-4-4-6-4)
SECOND
TIER
9 Philadelphia
(5-7-7-12-12-14-9-9)
10
Pittsburgh (17-15-12-15-19-13-11-10)
11
Atlanta (24-21-21-21-13-11-14-11)
12
Arizona (26-17-16-17-15-17-17-13)
13
San Francisco (2-3-9-9-10-9-13-12)
14
LA Chargers (14-10-15-16-18-12-19-18)
15
Cincinnati (11-11-20-14-16-15-15-19)
16
Denver (29-30-30-20-14-21-18-15)
17
Seattle (15-9-6-7-9-18-10-14)
18
Tampa Bay (13-6-13-10-11-10-12-16)
19
Chicago (18-22-23-24-21-16-16-17)
20
LA Rams (10-18-14-18-22-22-22-20)
THIRD
TIER
21
Indianapolis (22-26-22-23-23-23-21-22)
22
Dallas (6-12-19-19-17-20-20-21)
23
New England (25-24-24-25-27-28-29-23)
24
NY Jets (19-19-17-22-24-24-24-27)
25
Miami (8-23-26-28-25-25-25-24)
26
NY Giants (31-31-29-31-29-26-26-25)
27
Tennessee (28-29-31-26-26-27-27-29)
28
New Orleans (20-8-8-13-20-19-23-26)
29
Cleveland (23-20-25-27-30-30-31-28)
30
Jacksonville (12-25-27-29-28-29-28-30)
31
Carolina (32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32)
32
Las Vegas (30-28-30-30-31-31-30-31)
BIGGEST
RISERS: Cincinnati and LA Chargers (4 spots), Baltimore, Minnesota and New York
Jets (3 spots)
BIGGEST
FALLERS: Green Bay and Houston (4 spots), Seattle (3 spots)
DIVISIONAL RANKINGS (the
lower the number, the higher the ranking):
1 NFC NORTH 31
2 AFC NORTH 59
3 NFC EAST 60
4 NFC WEST 62
5 AFC WEST 64
6 AFC EAST 78
7 AFC SOUTH 86
8 NFC SOUTH 88
CONFERENCE RANKINGS:
1 NFC
241
2 AFC
287
