2019 NFL Week 5 power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from the start of the season are in parentheses.

TOP TIER

1 New England (2-1-1-1)

2 Kansas City (3-3-2-2)

SECOND TIER

3 New Orleans (13-6-19-9)

4 Philadelphia (1-2-5-12)

5 Dallas (11-11-7-5)

6 Green Bay (6-5-4-4)

7 LA Rams (4-4-3-3)

8 San Francisco (15-15-13-10)

9 Chicago (9-16-17-18)

10 Houston (12-17-14-7)

11 Minnesota (16-8-9-8)

12 Tennessee (18-9-15-19)

13 Cleveland (5-13-16-20)

14 Baltimore (23-10-8-6)

15 Detroit (24-27-20-14)

16 LA Chargers (8-7-11-15)

17 Seattle (14-12-6-16)

18 Buffalo (29-22-18-13)

19 Carolina (20-20-24-22)

20 Indianapolis (17-18-12-11)

21 Jacksonville (22-21-22-21)

22 Atlanta (10-19-10-17)

THIRD TIER

23 Tampa Bay (25-25-23-26)

24 Pittsburgh (7-14-21-23)

25 New York Giants (31-31-30-24)

26 Arizona (30-24-26-25)

27 Oakland (28-28-28-28)

FOURTH TIER

28 Denver (19-23-25-27)

29 Washington (27-29-29-29)

30 Cincinnati (26-26-27-30)

31 New York Jets (21-30-31-31)

FIFTH TIER

32 Miami (32-32-32-32)

BIGGEST RISERS: Chicago (9 spots), Philadelphia (8 spots), Cleveland and Tennessee (7 spots), New Orleans (6 spots), Carolina and Tampa Bay (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Indianapolis (9 spots), Baltimore (8 spots), Atlanta and Buffalo (5 spots), LA Rams (4 spots), Houston and Minnesota (3 spots)

DIVISIONAL RANKINGS (the lower the number, the higher the ranking):

1 NFC NORTH 41

2 NFC WEST 58

3T AFC SOUTH 63

3T NFC EAST 63

5 NFC SOUTH 67

6 AFC WEST 73

7 AFC NORTH 81

8 AFC EAST 82

CONFERENCE RANKINGS:

1 NFC 239

2 AFC 299