NFL Week 17 power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Week 16 rankings in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Green Bay (1)

2 New Orleans (2)

SECOND TIER

3 New England (3)

4 San Francisco (4)

5 Baltimore (5)

6 Pittsburgh (6)

THIRD TIER

7 Detroit (8)

8 Atlanta (7)

9 Houston (10)

FOURTH TIER

10 New York Giants (14)

11 New York Jets (9)

12 Cincinnati (16)

13 Oakland (15)

14 Dallas (11)

15 Tennessee (18)

16 Philadelphia (20)

17 San Diego (13)

18 Denver (12)

19 Arizona (19)

20 Kansas City (17)

21 Carolina (24)

22 Chicago (22)

23 Miami (23)

24 Seattle (21)

25 Buffalo (26)

FIFTH TIER

26 Washington (25)

27 Jacksonville (27)

28 Minnesota (29)

29 Cleveland (28)

30 Tampa Bay (30)

31 St. Louis (31)

32 Indianapolis (32)

BIGGEST RISERS: Cincinnati, New York Giants and Philadelphia (4 spots), Carolina and Tennessee (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Denver (6 spots), San Diego (4 spots), Dallas and Kansas City and Seattle (3 spots)

RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST

1 AFC North 52

2 NFC North 58

3 NFC South 61

4 AFC East 62

5 NFC East 66

6 AFC West 68

7 NFC West 78

8 AFC South 83

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 253

2 AFC 265