The FDH Lounge NFL Week 17 Power Rankings

By Rick Morris

 

NOTE: Numbers in parenthesis represent previous power rankings.

 

TOP TIER

1 Baltimore (10-6-8-7-8-8-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-3-2)

2 San Francisco (2-3-3-2-1-4-5-8-8-7-6-6-1-1-1)

3 Buffalo (7-7-5-3-4-5-7-6-7-10-8-9-8-5-3)

4 Miami (4-4-2-5-5-2-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-6-5)

5 Detroit (9-9-9-8-7-7-11-11-10-8-7-8-7-8-8)

6 Philadelphia (1-1-1-1-2-3-2-1-1-1-1-1-2-4-7)

7 Dallas (3-2-7-4-6-6-6-5-6-3-3-3-3-2-6)

8 Kansas City (5-5-4-6-3-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-6-7-4)

9 Cleveland (8-18-13-19-20-13-12-15-12-11-9-15-18-9-9)

SECOND TIER

10 LA Rams (13-12-12-10-12-12-15-16-19-19-18-16-12-13-11)

11 Seattle (18-10-10-9-9-9-8-9-11-9-12-13-13-18-15)

12 Tampa Bay (22-20-21-16-16-17-19-20-25-20-22-24-23-19-17)

13 Cincinnati (6-8-6-14-10-10-10-7-4-6-16-18-15-10-10)

14 Houston (26-29-25-15-17-15-14-17-15-13-11-10-10-14-12)

15 Green Bay (11-11-11-13-18-20-22-22-22-25-23-19-14-16-19)

16 Las Vegas (16-23-26-27-25-25-28-28-27-23-21-22-24-28-21)

17 Pittsburgh (24-22-15-23-21-21-17-19-16-14-15-12-19-21-22)

18 Indianapolis (29-27-19-22-19-22-23-23-17-17-13-11-11-15-13)

19 Jacksonville (12-13-18-11-11-11-9-10-9-12-10-7-9-11-14)

20 Denver (17-21-27-25-27-27-25-21-23-21-17-14-17-12-16)

21 New Orleans (23-16-16-17-14-19-21-13-14-18-20-21-22-20-18)

22 Chicago (28-30-32-32-31-31-30-32-32-30-31-29-29-27-23)

23 Atlanta (21-15-17-18-15-14-13-14-18-22-24-23-21-23-25)

24 Minnesota (20-25-24-24-24-24-18-25-20-15-14-17-16-17-20)

THIRD TIER

25 LA Chargers (14-14-14-12-13-18-20-12-13-16-19-20-20-22-26)

26 Tennessee (19-17-23-20-23-26-27-24-26-27-26-25-25-24-24)

27 NY Jets (15-24-28-28-22-16-16-18-21-24-25-27-28-26-27)

FOURTH TIER

28 New England (25-26-20-26-28-29-29-29-29-29-30-31-31-30-30)

29 NY Giants (30-28-29-29-29-28-26-27-28-31-28-26-26-25-28)

30 Arizona (32-32-30-30-30-30-31-31-31-28-29-30-27-29-29)

31 Washington (27-19-22-21-26-23-24-26-24-26-27-28-30-31-31)

32 Carolina (31-31-31-31-32-32-32-30-30-32-32-32-32-32-32)

 

BIGGEST RISERS: Las Vegas, Pittsburgh and Tampa Bay (5 spots), Green Bay and Seattle (4 spots), Detroit (3 spots)

 

BIGGEST FALLERS: Indianapolis and Jacksonville (5 spots), Denver, Minnesota and Kansas City (4 spots), Cincinnati and New Orleans (3 spots),

 

DIVISIONAL RANKINGS (the lower the number, the higher the ranking):

 

1 AFC NORTH 40

2 NFC WEST 53

3 AFC EAST 62

4 NFC NORTH 66

5 AFC WEST 69

6 NFC EAST 73

7 AFC SOUTH 77

8 NFC SOUTH 88

 

CONFERENCE RANKINGS:

 

1 AFC 248

2 NFC 280