Week 9 NFL power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SECOND TIER

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

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

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

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FOURTH TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Baltimore (7 spots), Oakland (6 spots), Denver, Kansas City and New Orleans (4 spots), St. Louis (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: San Diego (6 spots), Tennessee (4 spots), Green Bay, Miami and New York Giants (3 spots)

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

1 AFC East 47

2 NFC South 52

3T NFC West 56

3T AFC West 56

5 NFC East 65

6 AFC North 70

7 NFC North 71

8 AFC South 105

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 244

2 AFC 278