Week 10 NFL power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

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

2 Carolina (23-19-16-10-8-8-4-4-5)

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

4 Denver (3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-1)

5 Green Bay (1-2-1-1-1-1-2-1-4)

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

7 Seattle (2-4-4-6-6-6-8-8-7)

SECOND TIER

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

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

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

11 Atlanta (22-18-10-7-7-7-7-7-8)

THIRD TIER

12 Oakland (30-32-30-21-21-19-20-16-10)

13 New York Giants (24-23-22-16-12-12-14-12-15)

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

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

16 Indianapolis (5-8-20-18-20-15-17-20-21)

17 St. Louis (13-11-17-24-19-18-18-15-12)

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

19 New Orleans (21-20-25-27-26-29-26-21-17)

20 Kansas City (9-9-9-12-17-28-31-24-20)

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

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

23 Dallas (7-14-15-15-16-21-21-22-23)

FOURTH TIER

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

25 Baltimore (16-15-18-19-14-16-28-31-24)

26 San Diego (8-5-7-11-10-13-13-19-25)

27 Tennessee (32-26-27-25-23-23-24-25-29)

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

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

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

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

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Indianapolis (5 spots), Buffalo (4 spots), Carolina (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: St. Louis (5 spots), Atlanta and Denver (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 54

3 NFC West 58

4 AFC West 62

5T AFC North 69

5T NFC North 69

7 NFC East 72

8 AFC South 102

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 253

2 AFC 277