Week 7 NFL power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SECOND TIER

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FOURTH TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

BIGGEST RISERS: Philadelphia (8 spots), Miami (6 spots), Carolina (4 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Baltimore (12 spots), Kansas City and New Orleans (3 spots)

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

1 AFC East 42

2 NFC South 59

3 NFC West 61

4 NFC East 66

5 NFC North 67

6 AFC North 68

7 AFC West 79

8 AFC South 96

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 253

2 AFC 285