2016 final NFL power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

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

2 Dallas (23-19-15-12-9-5-4-3-3-1-1-1-1-3-2-2)

3 Pittsburgh (3-1-6-2-1-4-7-7-10-12-12-13-10-5-4-3)

4 Atlanta (25-20-16-9-5-6-11-8-7-8-10-10-12-9-7-4)

5 Kansas City (9-12-12-16-16-8-8-5-5-5-6-4-4-2-6-5)

6 Green Bay (2-7-4-5-6-9-6-10-13-15-20-17-16-13-12-6)

7 New York Giants (16-13-13-18-18-17-17-16-8-7-7-7-11-6-5-7)

8 Seattle (4-10-7-7-7-3-2-4-2-2-2-5-5-10-9-8)

SECOND TIER

9 Tampa Bay (15-18-24-27-25-25-21-28-28-26-16-12-9-7-8-11)

10 Denver (8-5-2-1-4-7-3-2-6-6-5-6-7-11-13-14)

11 Tennessee (28-23-25-29-27-27-27-21-24-19-19-14-14-12-11-16)

12 Detroit (19-22-26-28-24-19-19-19-9-9-8-8-8-8-10-10)

13 Miami (26-24-30-30-30-29-25-25-19-17-14-11-13-14-14-13)

14 Oakland (11-15-14-10-8-10-10-6-4-4-4-2-2-4-3-9)

15 Washington (18-25-19-20-12-12-12-13-14-10-9-9-15-16-19-12)

16 Houston (10-9-17-13-15-13-13-11-12-11-13-19-19-18-17-15)

17 Indianapolis (21-27-21-23-22-26-23-23-23-24-23-24-18-19-16-18)

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

19 Arizona (7-3-10-17-17-14-14-14-20-20-21-25-23-23-23-21)

20 Carolina (5-4-8-14-20-22-22-20-16-18-15-23-26-20-18-19)

21 New Orleans (27-26-28-25-26-23-29-22-21-22-25-21-21-21-20-20)

22 Philadelphia (29-17-5-6-10-18-9-12-18-16-18-18-25-26-26-25)

23 Minnesota (12-6-3-3-2-2-5-9-11-13-11-15-17-17-21-22)

24 Cincinnati (6-8-9-8-14-16-15-15-17-21-26-26-24-24-24-24)

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

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

30 Los Angeles (31-30-20-15-19-21-24-24-26-28-28-28-28-29-29-29)

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

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Tennessee (5 spots), Denver (4 spots), Philadelphia (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Oakland (5 spots), Washington (3 spots)

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

1 NFC East 46

2 NFC South 54

3 AFC West 55

4 AFC East 66

5 NFC North 70

6 AFC South 72

7 AFC North 77

8 NFC West 88

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 258

2 AFC 270