By Rick Morris
NOTE: Rankings from start of season are in parentheses.
TOP
TIER
1
Kansas City (2-2-2-1-1-2-1)
2
Baltimore (3-3-1-3-3-3-2)
3
Pittsburgh (15-15-13-8-7-6-5)
4
Tennessee (8-7-6-5-5-5-4)
5
Seattle (11-5-4-4-4-4-3)
6
Tampa Bay (10-16-15-11-9-9-6)
7
Green Bay (5-4-3-2-2-1-7)
8
New Orleans (1-1-5-10-8-8-8)
9
Arizona (24-11-11-15-17-16-10)
SECOND
TIER
10
LA Rams (19-13-10-13-12-11-14)
11
San Francisco (4-6-8-9-11-18-13)
12
Buffalo (9-8-7-6-6-7-9)
13
Cleveland (16-26-18-18-14-13-16)
14
Chicago (14-14-14-12-15-14-11)
15
Las Vegas (21-12-9-14-16-12-12)
16
Indianapolis (7-20-17-16-13-15-17)
17
Carolina (22-22-24-19-18-17-18)
18
New England (23-9-12-7-10-10-15)
19
Miami (26-28-28-27-27-21-19)
20
LA Chargers (17-19-19-20-20-19-20)
THIRD
TIER
21
Philadelphia (6-10-20-21-19-20-22)
22
Detroit (31-30-30-30-30-30-28)
23
Denver (20-23-23-24-23-24-21)
24
Cincinnati (27-27-27-28-24-25-24)
25
Washington (28-24-26-26-26-28-30)
26
Atlanta (18-21-21-22-25-27-25)
27
Minnesota (13-18-22-23-22-23-26)
28
Houston (25-25-25-25-28-26-27)
29
Dallas (12-17-16-17-21-22-23)
30
New York Giants (29-29-31-31-31-31-29)
31
Jacksonville (32-32-29-29-29-29-31)
FOURTH
TIER
32 New York Jets (30-31-32-32-32-32-32)
BIGGEST RISERS: Detroit (6 spots), Washington (5 spots), LA Rams (4 spots), Cleveland (3 spots)
BIGGEST FALLERS: Dallas (6 spots), Buffalo, Chicago, Las Vegas and New England (3 spots)
RANKINGS BY DIVISION –
1 NFC West 35
2 AFC North 42
3 NFC South 57
4 AFC West 59
5 NFC North 70
6 AFC South 79
7 AFC East 81
8 NFC East 105
RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM
1 AFC 261
2 NFC 267