Week 7 NFL power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Green Bay (1-2-1-1-1)

2 New England (4-1-2-2-2)

3 Cincinnati (17-16-6-5-3)

4 Denver (3-3-3-4-4)

5 Arizona (14-7-5-3-5)

6 Seattle (2-4-4-6-6)

7 Atlanta (22-18-10-7-7)

SECOND TIER

8 Carolina (23-19-16-10-8)

9 New York Jets (26-21-11-13-9)

10 Pittsburgh (10-13-8-14-15)

11 Minnesota (12-17-12-9-11)

12 New York Giants (24-23-22-16-12)

13 San Diego (8-5-7-11-10)

14 Buffalo (18-6-13-8-13)

15 Indianapolis (5-8-20-18-20)

16 Baltimore (16-15-18-19-14)

17 Washington (27-28-19-20-18)

18 St. Louis (13-11-17-24-19)

19 Oakland (30-32-30-21-21)

20 Philadelphia (6-12-23-23-25)

21 Dallas (7-14-15-15-16)

22 Miami (11-10-14-17-24)

23 Tennessee (32-26-27-25-23)

THIRD TIER

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

25 Houston (25-24-24-26-27)

26 Chicago (15-27-32-32-30)

27 Cleveland (28-30-29-31-31)

28 Kansas City (9-9-9-12-17)

29 New Orleans (21-20-25-27-26)

30 Jacksonville (31-29-28-28-28)

31 San Francisco (29-25-26-30-32)

32 Detroit (19-22-21-22-22)

BIGGEST RISERS: Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay (5 spots), Chicago and Cleveland (4 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Kansas City (11 spots), Detroit (10 spots), Dallas (5 spots), New Orleans and San Diego (3 spots)

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

1 AFC East 47

2 AFC North 56

3 NFC West 60

4 AFC West 64

5 NFC South 68

6T NFC North 70

6T NFC East 70

8 AFC South 93

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 AFC 260

2 NFC 268