Week 13 NFL power rankings

By Rick Morris

 

NOTES: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SECOND TIER

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

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FOURTH TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

FIFTH TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Chicago (6 spots), New York Jets and Washington (5 spots), Detroit and San Diego (4 spots), Oakland (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Dallas (11 spots), Atlanta (4 spots), Buffalo, Green Bay, New York Giants and Tampa Bay (3 spots)

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

1 AFC East 48

2 NFC North 50

3 AFC West 57

4T NFC South 65

4T NFC West 65

6 AFC North 74

7 AFC South 83

8 NFC East 86

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 AFC 262

2 NFC 266