Week 4 NFL power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Green Bay (1-2-1)

2 New England (4-1-2)

3 Arizona (14-7-5)

4 Denver (3-3-3)

5 Cincinnati (17-16-6)

6 Seattle (2-4-4)

SECOND TIER

7 Atlanta (22-18-10)

8 Buffalo (18-6-13)

9 Minnesota (12-17-12)

10 Carolina (23-19-16)

11 San Diego (8-5-7)

12 Kansas City (9-9-9)

13 New York Jets (26-21-11)

14 Pittsburgh (10-13-8)

15 Dallas (7-14-15)

16 New York Giants (24-23-22)

17 Miami (11-10-14)

18 Indianapolis (5-8-20)

19 Baltimore (16-15-18)

20 Washington (27-28-19)

21 Oakland (30-32-30)

22 Detroit (19-22-21)

23 Philadelphia (6-12-23)

24 St. Louis (13-11-17)

25 Tennessee (32-26-27)

26 Houston (25-24-24)

THIRD TIER

27 New Orleans (21-20-25)

28 Jacksonville (31-29-28)

29 Tampa Bay (20-31-31)

30 San Francisco (29-25-26)

31 Cleveland (28-30-29)

32 Chicago (15-27-32)

BIGGEST RISERS: Oakland (9 spots), Carolina and New York Giants (6 spots), Buffalo (5 spots), Atlanta and Minnesota (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: St. Louis (7 spots), Pittsburgh (6 spots), San Diego and San Francisco (4 spots), Kansas City and Miami (3 spots)

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

1 AFC East 40

2 AFC West 48

3 NFC West 63

4 NFC North 64

5 AFC North 69

6 NFC South 73

7 NFC East 74

8 AFC South 97

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 AFC 254

2 NFC 274