NFL Week 7 power rankings

By Rick Morris

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

TOP TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SECOND TIER

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FOURTH TIER

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

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

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

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

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Denver (8 spots), Green Bay (7 spots), Miami and Seattle (6 spots), Buffalo, New York Jets and Washington (5 spots), Tennessee (4 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Cincinnati (11 spots), Indianapolis (5 spots), Arizona, Dallas, Kansas City, St. Louis and San Diego (4 spots), Minnesota, New England, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and San Francisco (3 spots)

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

1 NFC North 40

2 NFC West 49

3 AFC East 56

4 NFC East 57

5 AFC North 75

6 NFC South 80

7 AFC South 85

8 AFC West 86

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 226

2 AFC 302