2016 NFL Week 5 power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Denver (8-5-2)

2 Pittsburgh (3-1-6)

3 Minnesota (12-6-3)

4 New England (1-2-1)

5 Green Bay (2-7-4)

6 Philadelphia (29-17-5)

7 Seattle (4-10-7)

SECOND TIER

8 Cincinnati (6-8-9)

9 Atlanta (25-20-16)

10 Oakland (11-15-14)

11 Baltimore (13-11-11)

THIRD TIER

12 Dallas (23-19-15)

13 Houston (10-9-17)

14 Carolina (5-4-8)

15 Los Angeles (31-30-20)

16 Kansas City (9-12-12)

17 Arizona (7-3-10)

18 New York Giants (16-13-13)

19 Buffalo (22-29-22)

20 Washington (18-25-19)

21 New York Jets (20-16-18)

FOURTH TIER

22 Jacksonville (14-21-27)

23 Indianapolis (21-27-21)

24 Chicago (17-28-29)

25 New Orleans (27-26-28)

26 San Diego (24-14-23)

27 Tampa Bay (15-18-24)

28 Detroit (19-22-26)

29 Tennessee (28-23-25)

FIFTH TIER

30 Miami (26-24-30)

31 San Francisco (30-31-31)

32 Cleveland (32-32-32)

BIGGEST RISERS: Atlanta (7 spots), Chicago, Jacksonville and Los Angeles (5 spots), Houston, Oakland and Pittsburgh (4 spots), Buffalo, Dallas and New Orleans (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Arizona (7 spots), Carolina (6 spots), New York Giants (5 spots), Kansas City and Tennessee (4 spots), New England, New York Jets, San Diego and Tampa Bay (3 spots)

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

1T AFC West 53

1T AFC North 53

3 NFC East 56

4 NFC North 60

5 NFC West 70

6 AFC East 74

7 NFC South 75

8 AFC South 87

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 261

2 AFC 267