By
Rick Morris
NOTE:
Numbers in parenthesis represent previous power rankings.
TOP
TIER
1 Detroit
(3-4-4-3-3-3-2-2-1-1)
2 Kansas
City (1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2)
3 Minnesota
(21-14-3-2-2-2-3-7-4-3)
4 Buffalo
(7-5-2-6-8-8-8-6-6-6)
5 Baltimore
(9-13-11-5-5-5-4-8-5-4)
6 Philadelphia
(5-7-7-12-12-14-9-9-9-9)
7 Green
Bay (16-16-10-11-7-6-5-3-7-7)
8 Pittsburgh
(17-15-12-15-19-13-11-10-10-10)
9 Houston
(4-2-5-4-4-4-6-4-8-8)
10
Washington (27-27-18-8-6-7-7-5-3-5)
SECOND
TIER
11
Arizona (26-17-16-17-15-17-17-13-12-12)
12
LA Chargers (14-10-15-16-18-12-19-18-14-13)
13
Denver (29-30-30-20-14-21-18-15-16-15)
14
San Francisco (2-3-9-9-10-9-13-12-13-11)
15
Seattle (15-9-6-7-9-18-10-14-17-17)
16
Atlanta (24-21-21-21-13-11-14-11-11-16)
17
Tampa Bay (13-6-13-10-11-10-12-16-18-18)
18
Cincinnati (11-11-20-14-16-15-15-19-15-14)
THIRD
TIER
19
LA Rams (10-18-14-18-22-22-22-20-20-21)
20
Indianapolis (22-26-22-23-23-23-21-22-21-20)
21
Miami (8-23-26-28-25-25-25-24-25-22)
22
Chicago (18-22-23-24-21-16-16-17-19-19)
FOURTH
TIER
23
New England (25-24-24-25-27-28-29-23-23-24)
24
Dallas (6-12-19-19-17-20-20-21-22-23)
25
New Orleans (20-8-8-13-20-19-23-26-28-28)
26
NY Jets (19-19-17-22-24-24-24-27-24-25)
27
NY Giants (31-31-29-31-29-26-26-25-26-26)
28
Tennessee (28-29-31-26-26-27-27-29-27-27)
29
Cleveland (23-20-25-27-30-30-31-28-29-29)
30
Jacksonville (12-25-27-29-28-29-28-30-30-30)
31
Carolina (32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-31-31)
32
Las Vegas (30-28-30-30-31-31-30-31-32-32)
BIGGEST
RISERS: New Orleans and Philadelphia (3 spots)
BIGGEST
FALLERS: Washington (5 spots), Cincinnati (4 spots), Chicago and San Francisco
(3 spots)
DIVISIONAL RANKINGS (the
lower the number, the higher the ranking):
1 NFC NORTH 33
2T NFC WEST 59
2T AFC WEST 59
4 AFC NORTH 60
5 NFC EAST 67
6 AFC EAST 74
7 AFC SOUTH 87
8 NFC SOUTH 89
CONFERENCE RANKINGS:
1 NFC
248
2 AFC
280