2016 NFL Week 8 power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SECOND TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FOURTH TIER

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

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

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Philadelphia (9 spots), Denver, Miami, San Diego and Tampa Bay (4 spots), Green Bay and Indianapolis (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Jacksonville (8 spots), Atlanta and Buffalo (5 spots), Baltimore, Los Angeles, Minnesota and Pittsburgh (3 spots)

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

1 AFC West 41

2 NFC East 42

3 NFC North 60

4 AFC East 68

5 NFC West 71

6 AFC North 72

7 NFC South 83

8 AFC South 91

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 256

2 AFC 272