2017 NFL Week 6 power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Kansas City (4-3-3-1)

2 Atlanta (3-2-2-2)

3 Green Bay (2-5-4-4)

4 Denver (10-8-7-5)

5 New England (1-1-1-6)

6 Philadelphia (15-17-17-8)

7 Carolina (14-16-16-14)

SECOND TIER

8 Seattle (6-7-10-11)

9 Pittsburgh (7-6-6-3)

10 Minnesota (11-11-9-13)

11 Los Angeles Rams (16-19-19-9)

12 Buffalo (26-26-20-10)

13 Jacksonville (23-24-23-26)

14 Detroit (18-14-14-12)

15 Baltimore (9-9-11-18)

16 Oakland (5-4-5-7)

17 Tampa Bay (12-10-12-16)

18 Tennessee (13-12-8-17)

19 Houston (25-25-25-15)

20 Washington (24-18-18-20)

21 New Orleans (21-22-21-21)

22 Dallas (8-15-15-19)

23 Cincinnati (28-28-27-22)

24 Miami (17-13-13-25)

25 Chicago (19-23-22-23)

26 Arizona (22-20-24-24)

THIRD TIER

27 Los Angeles Chargers (20-21-26-27)

28 New York Jets (32-32-29-29)

29 New York Giants (27-27-28-28)

30 Indianapolis (30-30-30-30)

31 San Francisco (31-31-32-31)

FOURTH TIER

32 Cleveland (29-29-31-32)

BIGGEST RISERS: Jacksonville (13 spots), Carolina (7 spots), Baltimore, Minnesota and Seattle (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Oakland (9 spots), Pittsburgh (6 spots), Houston (4 spots), Dallas (3 spots)

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

1 NFC SOUTH 47

2 AFC WEST 48

3 NFC NORTH 52

4 AFC EAST 69

5 NFC WEST 76

6 NFC EAST 77

7 AFC NORTH 79

8 AFC SOUTH 80

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 252

2 AFC 276