2016 NFL Week 9 power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SECOND TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FOURTH TIER

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

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

BIGGEST RISERS: New Orleans (7 spots), Tennessee (6 spots), Oakland (4 spots), Atlanta and Kansas City (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Tampa Bay (7 spots), San Diego (6 spots), Green Bay and Minnesota (4 spots), Philadelphia (3 spots)

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

1 AFC West 39

2 NFC East 44

3 NFC North 67

4T AFC East 71

4T AFC North 71

6 NFC West 73

7 NFC South 78

8 AFC South 85

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 262

2 AFC 266