FDH 2021 NFL Week 18 Power Rankings

By Rick Morris

 

NOTE: Numbers in parentheses reflect previous rankings.

 

TOP TIER

1 Green Bay (10-11-9-9-7-4-4-4-1-3-3-3-3-1-1)

2 Tampa Bay (1-2-1-3-2-2-3-3-4-2-2-2-1-2-2)

3 LA Rams (4-1-6-4-3-3-1-2-3-6-7-6-6-4-4)

4 Kansas City (2-4-4-8-8-14-13-13-10-7-6-5-5-3-3)

SECOND TIER

5 Buffalo (12-11-8-5-6-7-5-7-5-10-9-10-10-10-6)

6 Cincinnati (21-17-13-11-10-5-9-12-13-11-8-9-14-14-8)

7 New England (14-18-16-14-17-17-10-11-8-5-5-4-4-7-10)

8 Tennessee (18-16-19-17-11-10-16-10-9-12-20-21-17-20-14)

9 Arizona (7-6-3-1-1-1-2-1-2-1-1-1-2-5-9)

10 Dallas (13-14-10-10-9-8-6-8-6-9-12-11-8-6-5)

11 Indianapolis (27-27-25-26-20-15-19-21-20-14-14-13-12-12-7)

12 LA Chargers (15-3-2-2-5-6-8-6-11-8-11-8-7-8-12)

13 Baltimore (6-7-7-6-4-9-7-5-7-4-4-7-9-9-13)

14 Miami (17-19-22-27-28-28-29-27-24-20-13-12-11-11-11)

15 Las Vegas (9-10-15-18-15-13-11-16-17-22-15-16-19-16-15)

16 San Francisco (3-8-12-13-14-20-17-19-14-13-10-15-13-13-16)

17 Philadelphia (23-24-24-19-21-22-21-23-22-18-22-20-20-17-17)

THIRD TIER

18 New Orleans (22-15-18-12-13-12-12-14-15-21-24-25-25-22-24)

19 Minnesota (24-20-21-16-16-16-20-22-19-15-17-19-15-15-18)

20 Pittsburgh (16-23-23-20-18-18-15-15-16-17-21-17-24-18-22)

21 Cleveland (5-5-5-7-12-11-14-9-12-16-18-18-16-19-19)

22 Denver (11-12-17-23-24-24-22-17-25-25-19-22-18-21-21)

23 Chicago (26-28-26-21-22-26-26-28-28-28-26-27-26-26-23)

24 Seattle (19-21-14-24-25-25-25-25-27-27-28-23-22-23-25)

25 Atlanta (29-25-27-25-26-19-23-18-21-24-23-24-23-24-20)

26 Washington (20-22-20-22-23-23-24-24-23-19-16-14-21-25-26)

27 Houston (25-26-30-30-31-31-31-31-32-31-31-32-32-31-27)

28 Carolina (8-9-11-14-19-21-18-20-18-23-27-28-28-27-28)

29 New York Giants (30-30-28-28-30-27-28-26-26-26-25-26-27-28-29)

30 Detroit (28-29-31-31-32-32-32-32-31-32-32-30-30-29-30)

31 New York Jets (31-31-29-29-29-30-27-29-29-29-29-29-29-30-31)

FOURTH TIER

32 Jacksonville (32-32-32-32-27-29-30-30-30-30-30-31-31-32-32)

 

BIGGEST RISERS: New Orleans and Tennessee (6 spots)

 

BIGGEST FALLERS: Atlanta and Dallas (5 spots), Indianapolis (4 spots), Miami (3 spots)

 

RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM

 

NFC West: 52

AFC West: 53

AFC East: 57

AFC North: 60

NFC North: 73

NFC South: 73

AFC South: 78

NFC East: 82

 

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

AFC: 248

NFC: 280