2016 NFL Week 13 power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

SECOND TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

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

FOURTH TIER

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

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

FIFTH TIER

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

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Houston (6 spots), Tennessee (5 spots), New Orleans, San Diego and Tampa Bay (4 spots), Green Bay and Miami (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Carolina (8 spots), Arizona and Minnesota (4 spots), Seattle (3 spots)

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

1 AFC West 32

2 NFC East 35

3 NFC South 56

4 AFC East 63

5 NFC North 69

6T AFC North 87

6T AFC South 87

8 NFC West 89

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 249

2 AFC 269