NFL Week 6 power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Previous weeks’ rankings in parentheses, Week 1 to present.

TOP TIER

1 Atlanta (7-3-2-1-1)

2 Houston (2-2-3-2-2)

3 San Francisco (10-4-1-5-3)

4 New England (3-1-7-9-4)

5 Chicago (8-7-9-7-6)

6 Baltimore (6-6-6-6-5)

SECOND TIER

7 New York Giants (5-9-5-3-7)

8 Minnesota (30-28-29-22-14)

9 Pittsburgh (9-10-8-11-13)

10 Arizona (23-22-16-8-9)

THIRD TIER

11 Green Bay (1-5-4-4-8)

12 Philadelphia (4-11-10-12-10)

13 Cincinnati (18-21-20-15-11)

14 San Diego (12-15-11-14-12)

15 Seattle (11-17-17-13-17)

16 St. Louis (28-27-26-27-21)

17 Dallas (16-8-12-10-16)

FOURTH TIER

18 Denver (21-12-14-17-15)

19 Miami (27-30-28-31-29)

20 Indianapolis (24-26-25-29-27)

21 Washington (29-20-21-25-18)

22 New York Jets (20-13-15-16-19)

23 Detroit (17-14-18-20-22)

24 Buffalo (14-24-24-19-20)

25 Tampa Bay (26-23-19-23-25)

26 Kansas City (22-25-27-24-26)

27 New Orleans (19-19-23-30-30)

28 Oakland (25-29-31-26-28)

29 Carolina (15-18-13-21-23)

30 Tennessee (13-16-22-18-24)

FIFTH TIER

31 Jacksonville (31-31-30-28-31)

32 Cleveland (32-32-32-32-32)

BIGGEST RISERS: Miami (10 spots), Indianapolis (7 spots), Minnesota (6 spots), St. Louis (5 spots), Pittsburgh (4 spots), New Orleans (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Carolina and Tennessee (6 spots), Buffalo (4 spots), Denver, Green Bay, New York Jets and Washington (3 spots)

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

1T NFC North 50

1T NFC West 50

3 NFC East 51

4 AFC North 61

5 AFC East 72

6 NFC South 79

7 AFC West 81

8 AFC South 84

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 230

2 AFC 298