By
Rick Morris
NOTE:
Numbers in parenthesis represent previous power rankings.
TOP
TIER
1 Buffalo
(1-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-3-3-2-2-2-2-1)
2 Kansas
City (2-2-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-1-1-3-3-3-3-2)
3 Cincinnati
(10-21-13-13-13-7-7-14-14-15-12-8-6-5-4-4-3)
4 Philadelphia
(9-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-1-1-1-1-4)
5 Dallas
(28-18-12-9-6-5-5-5-5-6-4-4-4-4-5-5-5)
6 San
Francisco (13-10-11-7-5-11-13-9-11-11-9-7-11-7-6-6-6)
SECOND
TIER
7 Minnesota
(11-13-10-10-9-4-4-4-4-3-6-6-5-6-7-7-7)
8 Jacksonville
(31-17-9-11-16-20-23-27-22-22-22-17-21-18-15-10-10)
9 LA
Chargers (7-9-17-15-15-17-16-15-15-17-18-16-19-13-10-9-8)
10
Baltimore (5-7-7-12-11-12-11-8-8-8-8-9-8-8-8-8-9)
11
NY Giants (21-12-18-14-10-6-6-11-13-13-16-15-15-15-13-11-11)
THIRD
TIER
12
Miami (8-4-3-5-8-9-9-6-6-4-5-5-7-9-9-13-14)
13
Detroit (26-14-19-26-29-29-32-32-27-25-21-23-20-14-12-14-15)
14
Seattle (20-30-31-22-24-23-15-10-10-10-10-14-9-16-18-22-17)
15
New England (25-22-25-27-18-10-14-12-12-12-11-11-12-10-11-15-13)
16
Tampa Bay (3-3-8-8-4-14-17-18-16-14-13-18-16-20-20-18-16)
17
Green Bay (6-6-6-4-7-15-18-17-20-18-19-20-17-17-17-12-12)
18
Pittsburgh (14-23-29-29-30-26-29-30-30-30-31-28-24-26-23-20-18)
19
Washington (22-26-32-32-32-30-25-20-19-16-15-13-14-12-16-16-23)
20
Carolina (29-31-28-31-31-32-28-29-31-29-30-27-27-22-26-19-20)
21
New Orleans (18-20-21-25-23-28-27-22-26-28-23-25-25-25-24-21-19)
22
Atlanta (30-32-24-23-27-19-20-19-17-20-17-19-23-21-25-27-25)
23
NY Jets (32-25-26-21-17-8-8-13-9-9-14-12-13-11-14-17-21)
24
Cleveland (12-19-15-19-21-24-26-23-21-23-27-22-22-24-21-25-22)
25
Tennessee (24-28-22-16-14-16-10-7-7-7-7-10-10-19-22-23-24)
26
LA Rams (4-8-5-6-12-13-12-16-18-21-25-29-29-27-27-24-26)
27
Las Vegas (15-15-23-20-22-22-19-28-29-31-29-21-18-23-19-26-27)
FOURTH
TIER
28
Denver (16-16-14-18-26-27-30-25-23-27-28-31-31-31-31-31-31)
29
Arizona (19-11-20-17-19-21-21-21-25-19-20-24-26-28-28-28-28)
30
Houston (27-24-30-30-25-25-31-31-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32)
31
Chicago (17-27-26-28-28-31-24-26-24-24-24-26-28-29-29-29-29)
32
Indianapolis (23-29-16-24-20-18-22-24-28-26-26-30-30-30-30-30-30)
BIGGEST
RISERS: Washington (4 spots), Atlanta, Denver and Seattle (3 spots)
BIGGEST
FALLERS: Green Bay (5 spots)
RANKINGS
BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM
NFC
EAST 39
AFC
EAST 51
AFC
NORTH 55
AFC
WEST 66
NFC
NORTH 68
NFC
WEST 75
NFC
SOUTH 79
AFC
SOUTH 95
NFC
261
AFC
267