FDH 2021 NFL Week 8 Power Rankings

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