NFL Power Ranks: Week 5

Another week, another dominant performance by the New York Football Giants. Their impressive win over Seattle this week vaulted them to an even higher score and gave them a little more breathing room over 5-0 Tennessee. Buffalo's drubbing in Arizona knocked them out of the #2 spot down to #7, and which allowed Washington, Carolina, and Dallas to move up after Tampa's close loss to the Broncos.

The bottom 4 remained unchanged, with the Lions falling even deeper into the pits, now with a score below 10 for the first time in the short history of my computerized power rankings. The Colts crazy comeback win over Houston allowed them to escape the bottom 5, being replaced by listless Seattle.

The big gainers this week were Arizona and New England, who jumped 8 and 7 spots respectively. Arizona got that big win over undefeated Buffalo while New England finally showed some life on offense as they beat the 49ers. The biggest losers were the former #1 Eagles who dropped 8 spots when they fell deeper into last in the powerful NFC East, and New Orleans, who dropped 11 spots after losing to Minnesota at home. New Orleans is looking like the Arizona of last year....a very up and down team that hovers around the 50-point total and in turn jumps a lot of teams and falls behind a lot of teams depending on what they do. Here are the complete ranks:

1. Giants - 88.40 - Even
2. Titans - 83.73 - +1
3. Redskins - 81.01 - +1
4. Panthers - 71.76 - +2
5. Cowboys - 68.15 - +2
6. Steelers - 65.89 - +3
7. Bills - 65.08 - -5
8. Buccaneers - 62.13 - -3
9. Patriots - 61.35 - +7
10. Broncos - 60.97 - +1
11. Falcons - 58.75 - +3
12. Bears - 58.58 - +6
13. Cardinals - 56.18 - +8
14 (tie). Dolphins - 55.64 - +6
14 (tie). Jets - 55.64 - -1
16. Eagles - 55.55 - -8
17. Chargers - 52.42 - -2
18. Ravens - 49.94 - -8
19. Jaguars - 48.36 - Even
20. Vikings - 48.05 - +7
21. Colts - 46.08 - +7
22. Packers - 44.55 - -5
23. Saints - 41.36 - -11
24. 49ers - 40.76 - -2
25. Browns - 34.77 - -1
26. Raiders - 34.33 - -3
27. Chiefs - 30.50 - -2
28. Seahawks - 27.60 - -2
29. Texans - 17.23 - Even
30. Bengals - 16.37 - Even
31. Rams - 11.85 - Even
32. Lions - 9.69 - Even