Week 8 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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SECOND TIER

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

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FOURTH TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Kansas City (7 spots), New Orleans (5 spots), Jacksonville and Oakland (4 spots), Miami and St. Louis (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: San Diego (6 spots), Houston (4 spots), Baltimore, Cleveland and Indianapolis (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 55

3 NFC West 58

4 AFC West 64

5 NFC East 66

6 NFC North 68

7 AFC North 75

8 AFC South 100