FDH 2018 Week 9 NFL power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

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

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

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

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

SECOND TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FOURTH TIER

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

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

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

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

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Seattle (6 spots), Indianapolis (4 spots), Chicago (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Baltimore (5 spots), Jacksonville (3 spots)

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

1 NFC South 50

2 NFC North 55

3 AFC North 61

4 AFC West 62

5 NFC West 72

6 AFC South 73

7 AFC East 77

8 NFC East 78

NFC 255

AFC 273