By
Rick Morris
NOTE:
Numbers in parenthesis represent previous power rankings.
TOP
TIER
1 Kansas
City (1-1-1-1-1-1-1)
2 Detroit
(3-4-4-3-3-3-2)
3 Green
Bay (16-16-10-11-7-6-5)
4 Houston
(4-2-5-4-4-4-6)
5 Washington
(27-27-18-8-6-7-7)
6 Buffalo
(7-5-2-6-8-8-8)
7 Minnesota
(21-14-3-2-2-2-3)
8 Baltimore
(9-13-11-5-5-5-4)
SECOND
TIER
9 Philadelphia
(5-7-7-12-12-14-9)
10
Pittsburgh (17-15-12-15-19-13-11)
11
Atlanta (24-21-21-21-13-11-14)
12
San Francisco (2-3-9-9-10-9-13)
13
Arizona (26-17-16-17-15-17-17)
14
Seattle (15-9-6-7-9-18-10)
15
Denver (29-30-30-20-14-21-18)
16
Tampa Bay (13-6-13-10-11-10-12)
17
Chicago (18-22-23-24-21-16-16)
18
LA Chargers (14-10-15-16-18-12-19)
19
Cincinnati (11-11-20-14-16-15-15)
THIRD
TIER
20
LA Rams (10-18-14-18-22-22-22)
21
Dallas (6-12-19-19-17-20-20)
22
Indianapolis (22-26-22-23-23-23-21)
23
New England (25-24-24-25-27-28-29)
24
Miami (8-23-26-28-25-25-25)
25
NY Giants (31-31-29-31-29-26-26)
26
New Orleans (20-8-8-13-20-19-23)
27
NY Jets (19-19-17-22-24-24-24)
28
Cleveland (23-20-25-27-30-30-31)
29
Tennessee (28-29-31-26-26-27-27)
30
Jacksonville (12-25-27-29-28-29-28)
31
Las Vegas (30-28-30-30-31-31-30)
32
Carolina (32-32-32-32-32-32-32)
BIGGEST
RISERS: New England (6 spots), Arizona (4 spots), Atlanta, Cleveland and
Seattle (3 spots)
BIGGEST
FALLERS: Baltimore, Cincinnati, Minnesota, Seattle and Tampa Bay (4 spots), New
Orleans and New York Jets (3 spots)
DIVISIONAL RANKINGS (the
lower the number, the higher the ranking):
1 NFC NORTH 29
2 NFC WEST 59
3 NFC EAST 60
4T AFC NORTH 65
4T AFC WEST 65
6 AFC EAST 80
7T NFC SOUTH 85
7T AFC SOUTH 85
CONFERENCE RANKINGS:
1 NFC
233
2 AFC
295