FDH 2018 Week 8 NFL power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 LA Rams (2-1-1-1-1-1)

2 New Orleans (10-17-5-3-3-2)

3 New England (4-7-11-7-5-3)

4 Kansas City (5-3-2-2-2-4)

SECOND TIER

5 Minnesota (1-2-6-8-6-5)

6 Pittsburgh (11-14-7-16-7-6)

7 Carolina (8-11-4-4-4-9)

8 LA Chargers (14-13-14-14-11-8)

9 Philadelphia (3-4-3-5-8-7)

10 Baltimore (12-12-12-6-13-10)

11 Houston (22-26-28-22-17-18)

12 Cincinnati (25-10-15-11-9-11)

13 Chicago (18-18-19-12-12-12)

THIRD TIER

14 Green Bay (6-5-8-9-14-14)

15 Washington (21-23-20-20-26-21)

16 Jacksonville (7-6-13-10-10-13)

17 Atlanta (9-9-10-15-15-15)

18 Seattle (20-24-21-19-21-17)

19 Miami (17-16-9-17-19-16)

20 Denver (16-15-18-18-18-20)

21 Detroit (31-30-26-27-23-24)

22 Tennessee (23-22-17-13-16-19)

23 Dallas (26-25-25-25-28-22)

24 Indianapolis (27-21-22-23-24-27)

25 NY Jets (15-20-24-26-25-23)

26 Tampa Bay (13-8-16-21-22-26)

27 Cleveland (28-27-23-24-20-25)

28 Buffalo (32-32-29-29-27-28)

FOURTH TIER

29 San Francisco (19-19-30-31-32-29)

30 NY Giants (24-28-27-30-30-30)

31 Arizona (30-31-31-32-31-31)

32 Oakland (29-29-32-28-29-32)

BIGGEST RISERS: Houston (7 spots), Washington (6 spots), Detroit and Indianapolis (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Jacksonville, Miami and Tennessee (3 spots)

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

1 NFC South 52

2 NFC North 53

3 AFC North 55

4 AFC West 64

5 AFC South 73

6 AFC East 75

7 NFC East 77

8 NFC West 81

NFC 262

AFC 267