By
Rick Morris
NOTE:
Numbers in parenthesis represent previous power rankings.
TOP
TIER
1 Philadelphia
(1-1-1-1-2-3-2-1-1-1-1)
2 Kansas
City (5-5-4-6-3-1-1-2-2-2-2)
3 Dallas
(3-2-7-4-6-6-6-5-6-3-3)
4 Baltimore
(10-6-8-7-8-8-3-3-3-4-4)
5 Miami
(4-4-2-5-5-2-4-4-5-5-5)
6 San
Francisco (2-3-3-2-1-4-5-8-8-7-6)
7 Jacksonville
(12-13-18-11-11-11-9-10-9-12-10)
8 Detroit
(9-9-9-8-7-7-11-11-10-8-7)
9 Buffalo
(7-7-5-3-4-5-7-6-7-10-8)
SECOND
TIER
10
Houston (26-29-25-15-17-15-14-17-15-13-11)
11
Indianapolis (29-27-19-22-19-22-23-23-17-17-13)
12
Pittsburgh (24-22-15-23-21-21-17-19-16-14-15)
13
Seattle (18-10-10-9-9-9-8-9-11-9-12)
14
Denver (17-21-27-25-27-27-25-21-23-21-17)
15
Cleveland (8-18-13-19-20-13-12-15-12-11-9)
16
LA Rams (13-12-12-10-12-12-15-16-19-19-18)
17
Minnesota (20-25-24-24-24-24-18-25-20-15-14)
THIRD
TIER
18
Cincinnati (6-8-6-14-10-10-10-7-4-6-16)
19
Green Bay (11-11-11-13-18-20-22-22-22-25-23)
20
LA Chargers (14-14-14-12-13-18-20-12-13-16-19)
21
New Orleans (23-16-16-17-14-19-21-13-14-18-20)
22
Las Vegas (16-23-26-27-25-25-28-28-27-23-21)
23
Atlanta (21-15-17-18-15-14-13-14-18-22-24)
24
Tampa Bay (22-20-21-16-16-17-19-20-25-20-22)
FOURTH
TIER
25
Tennessee (19-17-23-20-23-26-27-24-26-27-26)
26
NY Giants (30-28-29-29-29-28-26-27-28-31-28)
27
NY Jets (15-24-28-28-22-16-16-18-21-24-25)
28
Washington (27-19-22-21-26-23-24-26-24-26-27)
29
Chicago (28-30-32-32-31-31-30-32-32-30-31)
30
Arizona (32-32-30-30-30-30-31-31-31-28-29)
31
New England (25-26-20-26-28-29-29-29-29-29-30)
32
Carolina (31-31-31-31-32-32-32-30-30-32-32)
BIGGEST
RISERS: Green Bay (4 spots), Denver, Jacksonville and Pittsburgh (3 spots)
BIGGEST
FALLERS: Cleveland (6 spots), Minnesota (3 spots)
DIVISIONAL RANKINGS (the
lower the number, the higher the ranking):
1 AFC NORTH 49
2 AFC SOUTH 53
3T AFC WEST 58
3T NFC EAST 58
5 NFC WEST 65
6 AFC EAST 72
7 NFC NORTH 73
8 NFC SOUTH 90
CONFERENCE RANKINGS:
1 AFC 232
2 NFC
286