2019 NFL Week 8 power rankings

By Rick Morris

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

TOP TIER

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

2 New Orleans (13-6-19-9-3-2-2)

3 San Francisco (15-15-13-10-8-6-3)

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

SECOND TIER

5 Indianapolis (17-18-12-11-20-8-7)

6 Houston (12-17-14-7-10-9-6)

7 Dallas (11-11-7-5-5-11-14)

8 Kansas City (3-3-2-2-2-3-8)

THIRD TIER

9 Minnesota (16-8-9-8-11-13-9)

10 LA Rams (4-4-3-3-7-10-13)

11 Seattle (14-12-6-16-17-7-4)

12 Carolina (20-20-24-22-19-14-11)

13 Buffalo (29-22-18-13-18-16-16)

14 Baltimore (23-10-8-6-14-20-18)

15 Philadelphia (1-2-5-12-4-4-10)

FOURTH TIER

16 Chicago (9-16-17-18-9-12-12)

17 Detroit (24-27-20-14-15-15-15)

18 Arizona (30-24-26-25-26-25-17)

19 Cleveland (5-13-16-20-13-19-19)

20 Oakland (28-28-28-28-27-22-20)

21 Jacksonville (22-21-22-21-21-21-21)

22 Tennessee (18-9-15-19-12-17-23)

23 LA Chargers (8-7-11-15-16-18-22)

FIFTH TIER

24 Tampa Bay (25-25-23-26-23-23-24)

25 Denver (19-23-25-27-28-27-25)

26 Pittsburgh (7-14-21-23-24-28-26)

27 New York Giants (31-31-30-24-25-26-27)

SIXTH TIER

28 Atlanta (10-19-10-17-22-24-28)

29 New York Jets (21-30-31-31-31-31-29)

30 Washington (27-29-29-29-29-29-30)

31 Cincinnati (26-26-27-30-30-30-31)

32 Miami (32-32-32-32-32-32-32)

BIGGEST RISERS: Dallas (7 spots), Baltimore (4 spots), Buffalo and LA Rams (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Seattle (7 spots), Philadelphia (5 spots), Chicago (4 spots)

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

1 NFC WEST 42

2 NFC NORTH 46

3 AFC SOUTH 53

4 NFC SOUTH 66

5 AFC EAST 75

6 AFC WEST 76

7 NFC EAST 79

8 AFC NORTH 80

CONFERENCE RANKINGS:

1 NFC 223

2 AFC 284