By Rick Morris
NOTE: Numbers in parentheses reflect previous
rankings.
TOP TIER
1 Arizona (7-6-3-1-1)
2 Tampa Bay (1-2-1-3-2)
3 LA Rams (4-1-6-4-3)
4 Green Bay (10-11-9-9-7)
5 Cincinnati (21-17-13-11-10)
6 LA Chargers (15-3-2-2-5)
7 Buffalo (12-11-8-5-6)
8 Dallas (13-14-10-10-9)
9 Baltimore (6-7-7-6-4)
10 Tennessee (18-16-19-17-11)
11 Cleveland (5-5-5-7-12)
12 New Orleans (22-15-18-12-13)
13 Las Vegas (9-10-15-18-15)
SECOND TIER
14 Kansas City (2-4-4-8-8)
15 Indianapolis (27-27-25-26-20)
16 Minnesota (24-20-21-16-16)
17 New England (14-18-16-14-17)
18 Pittsburgh (16-23-23-20-18)
THIRD TIER
19 Atlanta (29-25-27-25-26)
20 San Francisco (3-8-12-13-14)
21 Carolina (8-9-11-14-19)
22 Philadelphia (23-24-24-19-21)
23 Washington (20-22-20-22-23)
24 Denver (11-12-17-23-24)
25 Seattle (19-21-14-24-25)
26 Chicago (26-28-26-21-22)
27 New York Giants (30-30-28-28-30)
FOURTH TIER
28 Miami (17-19-22-27-28)
29 Jacksonville (32-32-32-32-27)
30 New York Jets (31-31-29-29-29)
31 Houston (25-26-30-30-31)
32 Detroit (28-29-31-31-32)
BIGGEST RISERS: Atlanta (7 spots), Cincinnati
and Indianapolis (5 spots), Green Bay and New York Giants (3 spots)
BIGGEST FALLERS: Kansas City and San
Francisco (6 spots), Baltimore (5 spots), Chicago (4 spots)
RANKINGS BY
DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM
AFC North: 43
NFC West: 49
NFC South: 54
AFC West: 56
NFC North: 78
NFC East: 80
AFC East: 82
AFC South: 85
RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE
NFC: 261
AFC: 266