FDH 2018 Week 12 NFL power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

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

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

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

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

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

SECOND TIER

6 LA Chargers (14-13-14-14-11-8-8-8-6-5)

7 Chicago (18-18-19-12-12-12-13-10-10-9)

8 Houston (22-26-28-22-17-18-11-11-11-10)

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

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

THIRD TIER

11 Seattle (20-24-21-19-21-17-18-12-13-16)

12 Indianapolis (27-21-22-23-24-27-24-20-20-17)

13 Baltimore (12-12-12-6-13-10-10-15-17-19)

14 Philadelphia (3-4-3-5-8-7-9-9-9-11)

15 Dallas (26-25-25-25-28-22-23-24-24-21)

16 Green Bay (6-5-8-9-14-14-14-16-16-13)

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

18 Tennessee (23-22-17-13-16-19-22-23-23-14)

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

20 Atlanta (9-9-10-15-15-15-17-17-14-18)

21 Washington (21-23-20-20-26-21-15-14-15-12)

22 Miami (17-16-9-17-19-16-19-21-21-22)

FOURTH TIER

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

24 Detroit (31-30-26-27-23-24-21-22-22-25)

25 Jacksonville (7-6-13-10-10-13-16-19-19-23)

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

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

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

29 NY Jets (15-20-24-26-25-23-25-25-25-28)

FIFTH TIER

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

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

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Baltimore and Dallas (6 spots), Indianapolis and Seattle (5 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Washington (9 spots), New York Giants and Tennessee (4 spots), Carolina, Green Bay and Philadelphia (3 spots)

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

1 NFC North 56

2 AFC North 58

3 NFC South 59

4 AFC West 60

5 AFC South 63

6 NFC West 73

7 NFC East 76

8 AFC East 83

NFC 264

AFC 264