NFL Week 1 power rankings

By Rick Morris

TOP TIER

1 San Francisco

2 Seattle

3 Houston

4 Denver

5 New England

6 Atlanta

7 Green Bay

8 Cincinnati

9 Baltimore

10 New Orleans

11 Chicago

12 Pittsburgh

13 New York Giants

14 Dallas

15 Indianapolis

16 St. Louis

SECOND TIER

17 Philadelphia

18 Washington

19 Detroit

20 Tampa Bay

21 Carolina

22 Minnesota

23 San Diego

24 Miami

25 Kansas City

26 Cleveland

27 Buffalo

28 Arizona

THIRD TIER

29 New York Jets

30 Tennessee

31 Jacksonville

32 Oakland