By
Rick Morris
NOTE:
Numbers in parenthesis represent previous power rankings.
TOP
TIER
1 Detroit
(3-4-4-3-3-3-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1)
2 Kansas
City (1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2)
3 Buffalo
(7-5-2-6-8-8-8-6-6-6-4-4-4-5-3-3-3)
4 Minnesota
(21-14-3-2-2-2-3-7-4-3-3-3-3-3-5-4-4)
5 Green
Bay (16-16-10-11-7-6-5-3-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-5-5)
6 Philadelphia
(5-7-7-12-12-14-9-9-9-9-6-6-5-4-4-6-6)
7 Baltimore
(9-13-11-5-5-5-4-8-5-4-5-5-6-7-7-7-7)
SECOND
TIER
8 Washington
(27-27-18-8-6-7-7-5-3-5-10-10-9-12-10-8-8)
9 LA
Chargers (14-10-15-16-18-12-19-18-14-13-12-12-11-10-13-10-9)
10
LA Rams (10-18-14-18-22-22-22-20-20-21-19-21-17-16-15-13-10)
11
Denver (29-30-30-20-14-21-18-15-16-15-13-11-10-9-9-11-11)
12
Tampa Bay (13-6-13-10-11-10-12-16-18-18-17-16-14-14-12-14-12)
13
Cincinnati (11-11-20-14-16-15-15-19-15-14-18-18-21-17-16-17-17)
14
Seattle (15-9-6-7-9-18-10-14-17-17-15-15-13-11-14-18-18)
15
Houston (4-2-5-4-4-4-6-4-8-8-9-9-12-13-11-12-15)
16
Pittsburgh (17-15-12-15-19-13-11-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8-9-14)
17
Atlanta (24-21-21-21-13-11-14-11-11-16-16-17-20-21-19-15-13)
18
Miami (8-23-26-28-25-25-25-24-25-22-21-19-22-19-20-16-16)
19
Arizona (26-17-16-17-15-17-17-13-12-12-11-13-15-18-17-19-19)
20
San Francisco (2-3-9-9-10-9-13-12-13-11-14-14-16-15-18-20-20)
21
Dallas (6-12-19-19-17-20-20-21-22-23-24-23-19-22-21-21-21)
22
Indianapolis (22-26-22-23-23-23-21-22-21-20-20-20-18-20-22-22-22)
THIRD
TIER
23
New Orleans (20-8-8-13-20-19-23-26-28-28-25-24-24-23-23-23-23)
24
New England (25-24-24-25-27-28-29-23-23-24-23-25-25-24-24-24-24)
25
Chicago (18-22-23-24-21-16-16-17-19-19-22-22-23-25-26-26-26)
26
NY Jets (19-19-17-22-24-24-24-27-24-25-26-27-28-28-28-28-28)
27
Tennessee (28-29-31-26-26-27-27-29-27-27-28-26-26-26-25-25-25)
28
Las Vegas (30-28-30-30-31-31-30-31-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-31-30)
29
Carolina (32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-31-31-31-31-31-31-31-30-31)
30
Cleveland (23-20-25-27-30-30-31-28-29-29-29-28-27-27-27-27-27)
31
NY Giants (31-31-29-31-29-26-26-25-26-26-27-29-29-29-29-29-29)
32
Jacksonville (12-25-27-29-28-29-28-30-30-30-30-30-30-30-30-32-32)
BIGGEST
RISERS: Cincinnati and Seattle (4 spots)
BIGGEST
FALLERS: Atlanta (4 spots), Cleveland (3 spots)
DIVISIONAL RANKINGS (the
lower the number, the higher the ranking):
1 NFC NORTH 35
2 AFC WEST 50
3 NFC WEST 63
4 AFC NORTH 66
5 NFC EAST 66
6 AFC EAST 71
7 NFC SOUTH 81
8 AFC SOUTH 96
CONFERENCE RANKINGS:
1 NFC
245
2 AFC
283
