2019 NFL Week 9 power rankings

By Rick Morris

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

TOP TIER

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

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

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

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

SECOND TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

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

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

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

FOURTH TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FIFTH TIER

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

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

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

SIXTH TIER

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

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

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

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

BIGGEST RISERS: Jacksonville, Philadelphia and Tennessee (4 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Arizona (4 spots)

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

1 NFC WEST 44

2 AFC SOUTH 46

3 NFC NORTH 47

4 NFC SOUTH 72

5 NFC EAST 75

6 AFC EAST 76

7 AFC WEST 77

8 AFC NORTH 79

CONFERENCE RANKINGS:

1 NFC 238

2 AFC 278