NFL Week 5 power rankings

By Rick Morris

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

TOP TIER

1 Seattle (2-2-1-1)

2 Denver (4-3-2-2)

3 New Orleans (10-6-8-3)

SECOND TIER

4 New England (5-5-6-6)

5 San Francisco (1-1-4-7)

6 Kansas City (25-18-12-11)

7 Chicago (11-9-9-4)

8 Green Bay (7-8-5-8)

9 Indianapolis (15-15-15-12)

THIRD TIER

10 Cincinnati (8-10-10-5)

11 Miami (24-17-11-9)

12 Tennessee (30-25-22-16)

13 Baltimore (9-13-14-10)

14 Detroit (19-19-21-17)

15 Dallas (14-11-13-13)

16 Houston (3-4-3-15)

17 San Diego (23-23-18-18)

18 Atlanta (6-7-7-14)

FOURTH TIER

19 Buffalo (27-26-20-23)

20 Carolina (21-21-23-20)

21 Cleveland (26-31-31-24)

FIFTH TIER

22 Arizona (28-29-26-26)

23 St. Louis (16-16-19-19)

24 Washington (18-20-24-25)

25 New York Jets (29-27-28-21)

26 Philadelphia (17-14-17-22)

SIXTH TIER

27 Minnesota (22-22-25-29)

28 New York Giants (13-12-16-27)

29 Pittsburgh (12-24-27-28)

30 Oakland (32-30-30-30)

31 Tampa Bay (20-28-29-31)

SEVENTH TIER

32 Jacksonville (31-32-32-32)

BIGGEST RISERS: Kansas City (5 spots), Arizona, Buffalo and Tennessee (4 spots), Cleveland, Detroit and Indianapolis (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Cincinnati (5 spots), Atlanta, New York Jets, Philadelphia and St. Louis (4 spots), Baltimore and Chicago (3 spots)

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

1 NFC West 51

2 AFC West 55

3 NFC North 56

4 AFC East 59

5 AFC South 69

6 NFC South 72

7 AFC North 73

8 NFC East 93

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 AFC 256

2 NFC 272