2017 NFL Week 17 power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

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

2 New Orleans (21-22-21-21-21-10-6-6-4-3-3-5-5-1-2)

3 Los Angeles Rams (16-19-19-9-11-9-8-8-6-4-5-4-4-4-3)

4 Minnesota (11-11-9-13-10-8-7-7-7-5-4-3-3-3-4)

5 Carolina (14-16-16-14-6-10-10-9-8-8-8-8-5-5)

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

7 Philadelphia (15-17-17-8-6-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-7-7)

SECOND TIER

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

9 Atlanta (3-2-2-2-2-3-9-9-13-11-7-7-9-8-8)

10 Jacksonville (23-24-23-26-13-14-13-13-11-10-9-12-12-9-9)

11 Kansas City (4-3-3-1-1-1-2-2-5-7-12-15-19-15-13)

12 Los Angeles Chargers (20-21-26-27-27-27-16-16-19-19-14-11-11-10-10)

13 Baltimore (9-9-11-18-15-20-25-15-17-17-13-13-13-13-12)

THIRD TIER

14 Tennessee (13-12-8-17-18-17-22-21-16-13-11-10-10-12-15)

15 Buffalo (26-26-20-10-12-12-12-11-14-14-18-16-16-16-16)

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

17 Miami (17-13-13-25-24-19-17-24-25-26-26-26-18-17-17)

18 San Francisco (31-31-32-31-31-31-31-31-31-30-30-30-30-30-24)

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

20 Oakland (5-4-5-7-16-26-11-14-12-12-16-14-14-18-18)

21 Detroit (18-14-14-12-14-13-15-17-18-18-15-18-22-20-19)

22 Arizona (22-20-24-24-26-24-28-28-28-28-28-28-28-23-23)

23 Chicago (19-23-22-23-25-23-23-23-22-23-24-24-26-24-25)

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

25 New York Jets (32-32-29-29-28-28-26-25-20-22-22-22-17-21-22)

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

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

28 Houston (25-25-25-15-19-18-18-18-23-24-21-21-25-26-28)

29 Tampa Bay (12-10-12-16-17-25-24-26-27-21-20-20-24-28-29)

FOURTH TIER

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

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

FIFTH TIER

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

BIGGEST RISERS: San Francisco (6 spots), Seattle (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Green Bay (5 spots), New York Jets (3 spots)

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

1 NFC SOUTH 45

2 NFC WEST 51

3 AFC EAST 58

4 AFC WEST 70

5 NFC EAST 73

6 NFC NORTH 74

7 AFC NORTH 75

8 AFC SOUTH 82

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 243

2 AFC 285