2017 NFL Week 9 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)

2 Kansas City (4-3-3-1-1-1-2)

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

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

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

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

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

8 Los Angeles Rams (16-19-19-9-11-9-8)

9 Atlanta (3-2-2-2-2-3-9)

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

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

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

13 Jacksonville (23-24-23-26-13-14-13)

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

SECOND TIER

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

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

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

18 Houston (25-25-25-15-19-18-18)

19 Green Bay (2-5-4-4-3-15-19)

20 Denver (10-8-7-5-4-11-20)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

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

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

FOURTH TIER

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Baltimore (10 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Miami (7 spots), Oakland (3 spots)

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

1 NFC SOUTH 51

2 AFC WEST 52

3 AFC EAST 63

4 NFC EAST 64

5 NFC NORTH 66

6 NFC WEST 72

7 AFC NORTH 78

8 AFC SOUTH 82

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 253

2 AFC 275