The FDH Lounge NFL Week 18 Power Rankings

By Rick Morris

 

NOTE: Numbers in parenthesis represent previous power rankings.

 

TOP TIER

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

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

SECOND TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THIRD TIER

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FOURTH TIER

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

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

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

FIFTH TIER

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

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

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

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

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

 

BIGGEST RISERS: Indianapolis and Jacksonville (5 spots), New Orleans (4 spots), Chicago, Green Bay and Houston (3 spots)

 

BIGGEST FALLERS: Cincinnati (8 spots), Las Vegas and Tampa Bay (6 spots), Seattle (5 spots), Miami and Philadelphia (3 spots)

 

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

 

1 AFC NORTH 45

2 NFC WEST 56

3 NFC NORTH 59

4 AFC SOUTH 64

5 AFC EAST 67

6T AFC WEST 74

6T NFC EAST 74

8 NFC SOUTH 90

 

CONFERENCE RANKINGS:

 

1 AFC 250

2 NFC 279