2017 NFL Week 12 power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 Philadelphia (15-17-17-8-6-2-1-1-1-1)

2 New England (1-1-1-6-5-4-3-3-2-2)

3 New Orleans (21-22-21-21-21-10-6-6-4-3)

4 Minnesota (11-11-9-13-10-8-7-7-7-5)

5 Los Angeles Rams (16-19-19-9-11-9-8-8-6-4)

6 Pittsburgh (7-6-6-3-9-5-4-4-3-6)

7 Atlanta (3-2-2-2-2-3-9-9-13-11)

8 Carolina (14-16-16-14-6-10-10-9-8)

SECOND TIER

9 Jacksonville (23-24-23-26-13-14-13-13-11-10)

10 Seattle (6-7-10-11-8-7-5-5-8-9)

11 Tennessee (13-12-8-17-18-17-22-21-16-13)

12 Kansas City (4-3-3-1-1-1-2-2-5-7)

13 Baltimore (9-9-11-18-15-20-25-15-17-17)

14 Los Angeles Chargers (20-21-26-27-27-27-16-16-19-19)

15 Detroit (18-14-14-12-14-13-15-17-18-18)

16 Oakland (5-4-5-7-16-26-11-14-12-12)

17 Washington (24-18-18-20-20-16-21-22-15-15)

18 Buffalo (26-26-20-10-12-12-12-11-14-14)

19 Dallas (8-15-15-19-22-22-14-12-10-16)

20 Tampa Bay (12-10-12-16-17-25-24-26-27-21)

21 Houston (25-25-25-15-19-18-18-18-23-24)

22 New York Jets (32-32-29-29-28-28-26-25-20-22)

23 Green Bay (2-5-4-4-3-15-19-19-21-20)

24 Chicago (19-23-22-23-25-23-23-23-22-23)

25 Cincinnati (28-28-27-22-23-21-27-27-26-27)

26 Miami (17-13-13-25-24-19-17-24-25-26)

27 Denver (10-8-7-5-4-11-20-20-24-25)

THIRD TIER

28 Arizona (22-20-24-24-26-24-28-28-28-28)

29 Indianapolis (30-30-30-30-30-30-30-30-30-29)

30 San Francisco (31-31-32-31-31-31-31-31-31-30)

31 New York Giants (27-27-28-28-29-29-29-29-29-31)

FOURTH TIER

32 Cleveland (29-29-31-32-32-32-32-32-32-32)

 

BIGGEST RISERS: Los Angeles Chargers (5 spots), Atlanta and Baltimore (4 spots), Detroit and Houston (3 spots)

 

BIGGEST FALLERS: Kansas City (5 spots), Buffalo and Oakland (4 spots), Dallas and Green Bay (3 spots)

 

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

1 NFC SOUTH 38

2 NFC NORTH 66

3T NFC EAST 68

3T AFC EAST 68

5 AFC WEST 69

6 AFC SOUTH 70

7 NFC WEST 73

8 AFC NORTH 76

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 245

2 AFC 273