2016 NFL Week 12 power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Dallas (23-19-15-12-9-5-4-3-3-1)

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

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

4 Oakland (11-15-14-10-8-10-10-6-4-4)

5 Denver (8-5-2-1-4-7-3-2-6-6)

6 Kansas City (9-12-12-16-16-8-8-5-5-5)

SECOND TIER

7 New York Giants (16-13-13-18-18-17-17-16-8-7)

8 Detroit (19-22-26-28-24-19-19-19-9-9)

9 Washington (18-25-19-20-12-12-12-13-14-10)

10 Atlanta (25-20-16-9-5-6-11-8-7-8)

11 Minnesota (12-6-3-3-2-2-5-9-11-13)

12 Pittsburgh (3-1-6-2-1-4-7-7-10-12)

13 Houston (10-9-17-13-15-13-13-11-12-11)

14 Miami (26-24-30-30-30-29-25-25-19-17)

15 Carolina (5-4-8-14-20-22-22-20-16-18)

16 Tampa Bay (15-18-24-27-25-25-21-28-28-26)

17 Baltimore (13-11-11-11-11-15-18-17-15-14)

18 Philadelphia (29-17-5-6-10-18-9-12-18-16)

19 Tennessee (28-23-25-29-27-27-27-21-24-19)

20 Green Bay (2-7-4-5-6-9-6-10-13-15)

THIRD TIER

21 Arizona (7-3-10-17-17-14-14-14-20-20)

22 Buffalo (22-29-22-19-13-11-16-18-22-23)

23 Indianapolis (21-27-21-23-22-26-23-23-23-24)

24 San Diego (24-14-23-26-29-24-20-26-25-25)

25 New Orleans (27-26-28-25-26-23-29-22-21-22)

26 Cincinnati (6-8-9-8-14-16-15-15-17-21)

27 New York Jets (20-16-18-21-23-28-26-27-27-27)

28 Los Angeles (31-30-20-15-19-21-24-24-26-28)

FOURTH TIER

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

30 Jacksonville (14-21-27-22-21-20-28-30-30-30)

FIFTH TIER

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

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Tampa Bay (10 spots), Carolina and Miami (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Cincinnati and Green Bay (5 spots), Baltimore and New Orleans (3 spots)

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

1 NFC East 35

2 AFC West 42

3 AFC East 62

4 NFC South 66

5 NFC North 70

6 NFC West 82

7 AFC South 85

8 AFC North 87

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 253

2 AFC 276