NFL Week 4 power rankings

By Rick Morris

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

TOP TIER

1 Seattle (2-2-1)

2 Denver (4-3-2)

3 New Orleans (10-6-8)

4 Chicago (11-9-9)

5 Cincinnati (8-10-10)

6 New England (5-5-6)

7 San Francisco (1-1-4)

8 Green Bay (7-8-5)

9 Miami (24-17-11)

10 Baltimore (9-13-14)

11 Kansas City (25-18-12)

12 Indianapolis (15-15-15)

13 Dallas (14-11-13)

14 Atlanta (6-7-7)

15 Houston (3-4-3)

16 Tennessee (30-25-22)

SECOND TIER

17 Detroit (19-19-21)

18 San Diego (23-23-18)

19 St. Louis (16-16-19)

20 Carolina (21-21-23)

21 New York Jets (29-27-28)

22 Philadelphia (17-14-17)

23 Buffalo (27-26-20)

THIRD TIER

24 Cleveland (26-31-31)

25 Washington (18-20-24)

26 Arizona (28-29-26)

27 New York Giants (13-12-16)

28 Pittsburgh (12-24-27)

29 Minnesota (22-22-25)

30 Oakland (32-30-30)

31 Tampa Bay (20-28-29)

32 Jacksonville (31-32-32)

BIGGEST RISERS: Cleveland and New York Jets (7 spots), Tennessee (6 spots), Chicago, Cincinnati and New Orleans (5 spots), Baltimore and Detroit (4 spots), Carolina and Indianapolis (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Houston (12 spots), New York Giants (11 spots), Atlanta (7 spots), Philadelphia (5 spots), Minnesota (4 spots), Buffalo, Green Bay and San Francisco (3 spots)

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

1 NFC West 53

2 NFC North 58

3 AFC East 59

4 AFC West 61

5 AFC North 67

6 NFC South 68

7 AFC South 75

8 NFC East 87

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 AFC 262

2 NFC 266