Week 12 NFL power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

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

2 Arizona (14-7-5-3-5-5-6-6-6-6-2)

3 Carolina (23-19-16-10-8-8-4-4-5-2-3)

SECOND TIER

4 Green Bay (1-2-1-1-1-1-2-1-4-5-6)

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

6 Denver (3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-1-4-7)

7 Minnesota (12-17-12-9-11-11-11-9-9-8-4)

THIRD TIER

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

9 Seattle (2-4-4-6-6-6-8-8-7-7-9)

FOURTH TIER

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

11 Buffalo (18-6-13-8-13-14-15-17-18-14-11)

12 Houston (25-24-24-26-27-25-23-27-27-29-19)

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

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

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

16 New York Jets (26-21-11-13-9-9-9-10-11-9-12)

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

18 Dallas (7-14-15-15-16-21-21-22-23-23-24)

19 Miami (11-10-14-17-24-22-16-13-16-16-18-15)

20 Oakland (30-32-30-21-21-19-20-16-10-12-14)

21 Chicago (15-27-32-32-30-26-25-26-26-24-21)

22 Philadelphia (6-12-23-23-25-20-12-14-14-15-18)

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

24 St. Louis (13-11-17-24-19-18-18-15-12-17-22)

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

FIFTH TIER

26 Detroit (19-22-21-22-22-32-30-32-32-32-31)

27 Jacksonville (31-29-28-28-28-30-32-28-28-30-27)

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

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

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

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

32 Cleveland (28-30-29-31-31-27-27-30-30-31-32)

BIGGEST RISERS: Houston and Kansas City (7 spots), Dallas and Tampa Bay (6 spots), Detroit (5 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Oakland (6 spots), Atlanta (5 spots), Miami, New York Jets, Philadelphia and San Diego (4 spots), Minnesota and Washington (3 spots)

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

1 AFC East 47

2 NFC North 59

3 NFC South 60

4T NFC West 66

4T AFC West 66

6 AFC North 73

7 NFC East 76

8 AFC South 82

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 261

2 AFC 268