2016 NFL Week 6 power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Pittsburgh (3-1-6-2)

2 Minnesota (12-6-3-3)

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

4 Denver (8-5-2-1)

5 Atlanta (25-20-16-9)

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

7 Seattle (4-10-7-7)

SECOND TIER

8 Oakland (11-15-14-10)

9 Dallas (23-19-15-12)

10 Philadelphia (29-17-5-6)

THIRD TIER

11 Baltimore (13-11-11-11)

12 Washington (18-25-19-20)

13 Buffalo (22-29-22-19)

14 Cincinnati (6-8-9-8)

15 Houston (10-9-17-13)

16 Kansas City (9-12-12-16)

17 Arizona (7-3-10-17)

18 New York Giants (16-13-13-18)

19 Los Angeles (31-30-20-15)

20 Carolina (5-4-8-14)

FOURTH TIER

21 Jacksonville (14-21-27-22)

22 Indianapolis (21-27-21-23)

23 New York Jets (20-16-18-21)

24 Detroit (19-22-26-28)

25 Tampa Bay (15-18-24-27)

26 New Orleans (27-26-28-25)

27 Tennessee (28-23-25-29)

28 Chicago (17-28-29-24)

29 San Diego (24-14-23-26)

FIFTH TIER

30 Miami (26-24-30-30)

31 San Francisco (30-31-31-31)

32 Cleveland (32-32-32-32)

BIGGEST RISERS: Washington (8 spots), Buffalo (6 spots), Atlanta and Detroit (4 spots), Dallas (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Carolina and Cincinnati (6 spots), Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia (4 spots), Denver and San Diego (3 spots)

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

1 NFC East 47

2 AFC West 57

3 AFC North 58

4 NFC North 60

5 AFC East 69

6 NFC West 74

7 NFC South 76

8 AFC South 85

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 257

2 AFC 269