| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | New England Patriots | 8-2 | Need to be careful in Detroit on Thanksgiving. |
| 2. | 2. | New York Jets | 8-2 | Won on the last play of regulation after winning the previous 2 weeks in OT. Could use a laugher against the Bengals on Thanksgiving night. |
| 3. | 3. | Atlanta Falcons | 8-2 | Will be tested by their next 2 opponents, Green Bay and Tampa have each only lost 3 games. |
| 4. | 4. | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-3 | Won despite Vick not putting up ridiculous numbers. That actually makes them scarier. |
| 5. | 6. | Green Bay Packers | 7-3 | Coach killers. Got Childress fired a week after getting Phillips fired. |
| 6. | 7. | New Orleans Saints | 7-3 | Brees is back on track. |
| 7. | 8. | Baltimore Ravens | 7-3 | Just keep winning. |
| 8. | 9. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-3 | Big victory over the Raiders after blowout loss to the Patriots was especially welcome given last year's second half slide. |
| 9. | 5. | Indianapolis Colts | 6-4 | Manning kept them in the game in Foxboro, but what no one will talk about is how his 3 interceptions doomed them. |
| 10. | 11. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 7-3 | Way ahead of schedule. Morris is the early front runner for coach of the year. |
| 11. | 13. | Chicago Bears | 7-3 | Defense leads the league in points allowed per game. |
| 12. | 14. | San Diego Chargers | 5-5 | Rivers joins Fouts and Brees as the only QBs in franchise history to throw for 4 TDs in back-to-back games. |
| 13. | 10. | New York Giants | 6-4 | Consecutive losses in the division has sent them into a tailspin. |
| 14. | 17. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 6-4 | Riding a 3 game winning streak. |
| 15. | 18. | Kansas City Chiefs | 6-4 | Bowe has TD receptions in 6 consecutive games. |
| 16. | 12. | Oakland Raiders | 5-5 | Campbell returned to earth with the running game shut down. |
| 17. | 25. | Washington Redskins | 5-5 | Performance on a short week in Tennessee was impressive. |
| 18. | 15. | Miami Dolphins | 5-5 | Shutout at home for only the second time in 40 years. |
| 19. | 16. | Tennessee Titans | 5-5 | Can Fisher and VY coexist going forward? Won't matter this year with VY placed on IR. |
| 20. | 19. | Seattle Seahawks | 5-5 | Remain atop the worst division in football thanks to everyone losing last week. |
| 21. | 28. | Dallas Cowboys | 3-7 | Garrett continues making his case. |
| 22. | 20. | Houston Texans | 4-6 | Opening day victory over the Colts a distant memory. |
| 23. | 21. | Cleveland Browns | 3-7 | Back to losing. |
| 24. | 22. | Minnesota Vikings | 3-7 | Frazier gets his opportunity. |
| 25. | 23. | San Fransisco 49ers | 3-7 | Shut out at home for the first time since '77. |
| 26. | 24. | St. Louis Rams | 4-6 | Still only a game behind in the worst division in football. |
| 27. | 30. | Buffalo Bills | 2-8 | Overcame a 17 point halftime deficit by exploding for 35 unanswered second half points to win their second straight. |
| 28. | 26. | Denver Broncos | 3-7 | Lost 15 of 20 for the first time since '71-'72. |
| 29. | 27. | Arizona Cardinals | 3-7 | Defense as responsible for their downfall as the abysmal QB situation. |
| 30. | 29. | Cincinnati Bengals | 2-8 | Made Fitzpatrick/Johnson look like Montana/Rice. |
| 31. | 31. | Detriot Lions | 2-8 | Playing .500 ball at home with 6 games remaining at Ford Field. |
| 32. | 32. | Carolina Panthers | 1-9 | Not good when your starting QB was a stay at home dad a week earlier. Kudos to St. Pierre for looking better than Clausen. |
*Last week's ranking