By Rick Morris
NOTE: Rankings from the start
of the season are in parentheses.
TOP TIER
1 San Francisco
(15-15-13-10-8-6-3-3-2-1-1-1)
2 New England
(2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2)
3 Baltimore
(23-10-8-6-14-20-18-14-13-7-5-5)
4 New Orleans
(13-6-19-9-3-2-2-2-3-3-4-4)
5 Seattle
(14-12-6-16-17-7-4-11-12-11-7-6)
SECOND TIER
6 Green Bay
(6-5-4-4-6-5-5-4-4-5-3-3)
7 Minnesota
(16-8-9-8-11-13-9-9-8-10-8-7)
8 Houston
(12-17-14-7-10-9-6-6-6-4-6-10)
9 Kansas City
(3-3-2-2-2-3-8-8-9-9-10-8)
10 Buffalo
(29-22-18-13-18-16-16-13-14-14-18-15)
11 Tennessee
(18-9-15-19-12-17-23-22-18-22-16-16)
12 Indianapolis
(17-18-12-11-20-8-7-5-5-6-9-9)
13 LA Rams
(4-4-3-3-7-10-13-10-10-12-14-11)
14 Dallas
(11-11-7-5-5-11-14-7-7-8-12-12)
15 Philadelphia
(1-2-5-12-4-4-10-15-11-13-11-14)
16 Oakland
(28-28-28-28-27-22-20-20-20-16-15-13)
17 Cleveland
(5-13-16-20-13-19-19-19-21-25-23-19)
18 Pittsburgh
(7-14-21-23-24-28-26-26-24-17-13-17)
19 Carolina
(20-20-24-22-19-14-11-12-15-15-17-18)
THIRD TIER
20 Chicago
(9-16-17-18-9-12-12-16-19-24-19-22)
21 New York Jets
(21-30-31-31-31-31-29-29-29-31-29-24)
FOURTH TIER
22 LA Chargers
(8-7-11-15-16-18-22-23-25-18-22-20)
23 Jacksonville (22-21-22-21-21-21-21-21-17-20-21-21)
24 Tampa Bay
(25-25-23-26-23-23-24-24-26-26-24-26)
25 Atlanta
(10-19-10-17-22-24-28-28-28-28-27-23)
26 Denver
(19-23-25-27-28-27-25-25-23-19-20-25)
27 Arizona (30-24-26-25-26-25-17-18-22-23-26-28)
28 Detroit
(24-27-20-14-15-15-15-17-16-21-25-27)
FIFTH TIER
29 Miami
(32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-30-28-29)
30 Washington
(27-29-29-29-29-29-30-30-30-29-31-31)
31 New York Giants
(31-31-30-24-25-26-27-27-27-27-30-30)
32 Cincinnati
(26-26-27-30-30-30-31-31-31-32-32-32)
BIGGEST RISERS: Buffalo and
Tennessee (5 spots), New York Jets (3 spots)
BIGGEST FALLERS: Green Bay,
Indianapolis and Oakland (3 spots)
DIVISIONAL RANKINGS (the
lower the number, the higher the ranking):
1 NFC WEST 46
2 AFC SOUTH 54
3 NFC NORTH 61
4 AFC EAST 62
5 AFC NORTH 70
6 AFC WEST 73
7 NFC SOUTH 74
8 NFC EAST 91
CONFERENCE RANKINGS:
1 AFC 259
2 NFC 272