2016 NFL Week 7 power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

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

2 Minnesota (12-6-3-3-2)

3 Seattle (4-10-7-7-7)

4 Pittsburgh (3-1-6-2-1)

5 Dallas (23-19-15-12-9)

6 Atlanta (25-20-16-9-5)

7 Denver (8-5-2-1-4)

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

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

10 Oakland (11-15-14-10-8)

SECOND TIER

11 Buffalo (22-29-22-19-13)

12 Washington (18-25-19-20-12)

13 Houston (10-9-17-13-15)

14 Arizona (7-3-10-17-17)

15 Baltimore (13-11-11-11-11)

16 Cincinnati (6-8-9-8-14)

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

18 Philadelphia (29-17-5-6-10)

THIRD TIER

19 Detroit (19-22-26-28-24)

20 Jacksonville (14-21-27-22-21)

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

22 Carolina (5-4-8-14-20)

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

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

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

26 Indianapolis (21-27-21-23-22)

27 Tennessee (28-23-25-29-27)

FOURTH TIER

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

29 Miami (26-24-30-30-30)

30 Chicago (17-28-29-24-28)

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

32 Cleveland (32-32-32-32-32)

BIGGEST RISERS: Kansas City (8 spots), Detroit and San Diego (5 spots), Dallas and Seattle (4 spots), Arizona (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Philadelphia (8 spots), New York Jets (5 spots), Baltimore and Indianapolis (4 spots), Denver, Green Bay, New Orleans and Pittsburgh (3 spots)

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

1 AFC West 49

2 NFC East 52

3 NFC North 60

4 AFC North 67

5T AFC East 69

5T NFC West 69

7 NFC South 76

8 AFC South 86

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 257

2 AFC 271