2017 NFL Week 5 power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Kansas City (4-3-3)

2 Atlanta (3-2-2)

3 Pittsburgh (7-6-6)

4 Green Bay (2-5-4)

5 Denver (10-8-7)

6 New England (1-1-1)

SECOND TIER

7 Oakland (5-4-5)

8 Philadelphia (15-17-17)

9 Los Angeles Rams (16-19-19)

10 Buffalo (26-26-20)

11 Seattle (6-7-10)

12 Detroit (18-14-14)

13 Minnesota (11-11-9)

14 Carolina (14-16-16)

15 Houston (25-25-25)

16 Tampa Bay (12-10-12)

17 Tennessee (13-12-8)

18 Baltimore (9-9-11)

19 Dallas (8-15-15)

20 Washington (24-18-18)

21 New Orleans (21-22-21)

THIRD TIER

22 Cincinnati (28-28-27)

23 Chicago (19-23-22)

24 Arizona (22-20-24)

25 Miami (17-13-13)

26 Jacksonville (23-24-23)

FOURTH TIER

27 Los Angeles Chargers (20-21-26)

28 New York Giants (27-27-28)

29 New York Jets (32-32-29)

30 Indianapolis (30-30-30)

31 San Francisco (31-31-32)

32 Cleveland (29-29-31)

BIGGEST RISERS: Buffalo, Houston and Los Angeles (10 spots), Philadelphia (9 spots), Cincinnati (5 spots), Pittsburgh (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Miami (12 spots), Tennessee (9 spots), Baltimore (7 spots), New England (5 spots), Dallas, Minnesota and Tampa Bay (4 spots), Jacksonville (3 spots)

RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM

1 AFC WEST 40

2 NFC NORTH 52

3 NFC SOUTH 53

4 AFC EAST 70

5T AFC NORTH 75

5T NFC WEST 75

5T NFC EAST 75

8 AFC SOUTH 88

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 255

2 AFC 273