By
Rick Morris
NOTE:
Numbers in parenthesis represent previous power rankings.
TOP
TIER
1 Kansas
City (2-2-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-1)
2 Philadelphia
(9-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2)
3 Buffalo
(1-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-3)
4 Dallas
(28-18-12-9-6-5-5-5-5-6-4)
5 Miami
(8-4-3-5-8-9-9-6-6-4-5)
6 Minnesota
(11-13-10-10-9-4-4-4-4-3-6)
SECOND
TIER
7 San
Francisco (13-10-11-7-5-11-13-9-11-11-9)
8 Cincinnati
(10-21-13-13-13-7-7-14-14-15-12)
9 Baltimore
(5-7-7-12-11-12-11-8-8-8-8)
10
Tennessee (24-28-22-16-14-16-10-7-7-7-7)
THIRD
TIER
11
New England (25-22-25-27-18-10-14-12-12-12-11)
12
NY Jets (32-25-26-21-17-8-8-13-9-9-14)
13
Washington (22-26-32-32-32-30-25-20-19-16-15)
14
Seattle (20-30-31-22-24-23-15-10-10-10-10)
15
NY Giants (21-12-18-14-10-6-6-11-13-13-16)
16
LA Chargers (7-9-17-15-15-17-16-15-15-17-18)
FOURTH
TIER
17
Jacksonville (31-17-9-11-16-20-23-27-22-22-22)
18
Tampa Bay (3-3-8-8-4-14-17-18-16-14-13)
19
Atlanta (30-32-24-23-27-19-20-19-17-20-17)
20
Green Bay (6-6-6-4-7-15-18-17-20-18-19)
21
Las Vegas (15-15-23-20-22-22-19-28-29-31-29)
22
Cleveland (12-19-15-19-21-24-26-23-21-23-27)
23
Detroit (26-14-19-26-29-29-32-32-27-25-21)
24
Arizona (19-11-20-17-19-21-21-21-25-19-20)
25
New Orleans (18-20-21-25-23-28-27-22-26-28-23)
26
Chicago (17-27-26-28-28-31-24-26-24-24-24)
27
Carolina (29-31-28-31-31-32-28-29-31-29-30)
28
Pittsburgh (14-23-29-29-30-26-29-30-30-30-31)
29
LA Rams (4-8-5-6-12-13-12-16-18-21-25)
30
Indianapolis (23-29-16-24-20-18-22-24-28-26-26)
31
Denver (16-16-14-18-26-27-30-25-23-27-28)
FIFTH
TIER
32
Houston (27-24-30-30-25-25-31-31-32-32-32)
BIGGEST
RISERS: Las Vegas (8 spots), Cleveland and Jacksonville (5 spots), Cincinnati
(4 spots), Carolina and Pittsburgh (3 spots)
BIGGEST
FALLERS: Tampa Bay (5 spots), Arizona, Indianapolis, LA Rams and Seattle (4
spots), Denver and Tennessee (3 spots)
RANKINGS
BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM
AFC
EAST 31
NFC
EAST 34
AFC
NORTH 67
AFC
WEST 69
NFC
WEST 74
NFC
NORTH 75
NFC
SOUTH 88
AFC
SOUTH 89
AFC
256
NFC
271