FDH 2018 Week 16 NFL power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

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

2 Chicago (18-18-19-12-12-12-13-10-10-9-7-5-7-5)

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

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

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

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

SECOND TIER

7 Houston (22-26-28-22-17-18-11-11-11-10-8-7-5-7)

8 Indianapolis (27-21-22-23-24-27-24-20-20-17-12-12-15-10)

9 Baltimore (12-12-12-6-13-10-10-15-17-19-13-14-13-11)

10 Seattle (20-24-21-19-21-17-18-12-13-16-11-10-9-8)

THIRD TIER

11 Dallas (26-25-25-25-28-22-23-24-24-21-15-15-11-9)

12 Philadelphia (3-4-3-5-8-7-9-9-9-11-14-13-10-14)

13 Pittsburgh (11-14-7-16-7-6-6-6-7-6-5-8-8-13)

14 Minnesota (1-2-6-8-6-5-5-7-8-8-9-9-12-15)

15 Cleveland (28-27-23-24-20-25-27-27-27-24-23-17-19-16)

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

17 Miami (17-16-9-17-19-16-19-21-21-22-22-22-17-12)

18 Carolina (8-11-4-4-4-9-7-5-5-7-10-11-16-19)

19 Denver (16-15-18-18-18-20-20-18-18-20-19-16-14-18)

FOURTH TIER

20 Green Bay (6-5-8-9-14-14-14-16-16-13-16-18-21-20)

21 Washington (21-23-20-20-26-21-15-14-15-12-21-23-24-25)

22 Jacksonville (7-6-13-10-10-13-16-19-19-23-25-27-20-21)

23 Buffalo (32-32-29-29-27-28-28-28-28-27-28-24-26-26)

24 Cincinnati (25-10-15-11-9-11-12-13-12-15-17-21-23-27)

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

26 NY Giants (24-28-27-30-30-30-30-31-31-30-26-28-28-23)

27 Tampa Bay (13-8-16-21-22-26-26-26-26-26-27-25-25-24)

28 Atlanta (9-9-10-15-15-15-17-17-14-18-20-20-22-28)

29 NY Jets (15-20-24-26-25-23-25-25-25-28-29-29-30-29)

FIFTH TIER

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

31 Oakland (29-29-32-28-29-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-31)

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Washington (4 spots), Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, LA Chargers (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Miami (5 spots), Detroit, LA Rams, NY Giants, Tampa Bay (3 spots)

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

1 AFC South 53

2 AFC West 58

3T NFC North 61

3T AFC North 61

5 NFC East 70

6 NFC South 74

7 AFC East 75

8 NFC South 76

AFC 247

NFC 271