By
Rick Morris
NOTE:
Numbers in parenthesis represent previous power rankings.
TOP
TIER
1 Philadelphia
(1-1-1-1-2-3-2)
2 Kansas
City (5-5-4-6-3-1-1)
3 Baltimore
(10-6-8-7-8-8-3)
4 Miami
(4-4-2-5-5-2-4)
5 Dallas
(3-2-7-4-6-6-6)
6 Buffalo
(7-7-5-3-4-5-7)
7 Cincinnati
(6-8-6-14-10-10-10)
8 San
Francisco (2-3-3-2-1-4-5)
9 Seattle
(18-10-10-9-9-9-8)
10
Jacksonville (12-13-18-11-11-11-9)
11
Detroit (9-9-9-8-7-7-11)
SECOND
TIER
12
LA Chargers (14-14-14-12-13-18-20)
13
New Orleans (23-16-16-17-14-19-21)
14
Atlanta (21-15-17-18-15-14-13)
15
Cleveland (8-18-13-19-20-13-12)
16
LA Rams (13-12-12-10-12-12-15)
17
Houston (26-29-25-15-17-15-14)
18
NY Jets (15-24-28-28-22-16-16)
19
Pittsburgh (24-22-15-23-21-21-17)
20
Tampa Bay (22-20-21-16-16-17-19)
21
Denver (17-21-27-25-27-27-25)
22
Green Bay (11-11-11-13-18-20-22)
23
Indianapolis (29-27-19-22-19-22-23)
24
Tennessee (19-17-23-20-23-26-27)
25
Minnesota (20-25-24-24-24-24-18)
26
Washington (27-19-22-21-26-23-24)
THIRD
TIER
27
NY Giants (30-28-29-29-29-28-26)
28
Las Vegas (16-23-26-27-25-25-28)
29
New England (25-26-20-26-28-29-29)
30
Carolina (31-31-31-31-32-32-32)
31
Arizona (32-32-30-30-30-30-31)
32
Chicago (28-30-32-32-31-31-30)
BIGGEST
RISERS: LA Chargers and New Orleans (8 spots), Denver (4 spots), Cincinnati and
Tennessee (3 spots)
BIGGEST
FALLERS: Minnesota (7 spots), Cleveland, Houston and San Francisco (3 spots)
DIVISIONAL RANKINGS (the
lower the number, the higher the ranking):
1 AFC NORTH 44
2 AFC EAST 57
3 NFC EAST 59
4 AFC WEST 63
5 NFC WEST 64
6 AFC SOUTH 74
7 NFC SOUTH 77
8 NFC NORTH 90
CONFERENCE RANKINGS:
1 AFC 238