| Rnk | LY* | Team | Record+ | Comments |
| 1. | 2. | Arizona Cardinals | 7-1 | First team to hold Murray under 100 yards rushing this season, haven't allowed a 100 yard rusher in the 18 games since Arians took over as HC. |
| 2. | 3. | New England Patriots | 7-2 | Brady improved to 11-5 versus Peyton. |
| 3. | 1. | Denver Broncos | 6-2 | Relatively easy remaining schedule still gives them a good chance at home field throughout the playoffs. Certainly don't want to have to play again in Foxboro in January. |
| 4. | 4. | Philadelphia Eagles | 6-2 | Can Sanchez put his Dirty Jets past behind him with Foles sidelined? |
| 5. | 9. | Indianapolis Colts | 6-3 | Luck for MVP. |
| 6. | 6. | Detriot Lions | 6-2 | Offense should be improved with return of Bush, Megatron. |
| 7. | 7. | Seattle Seahawks | 5-3 | Needed to recover an onside kick to win by 6 at home against the Raid-uhs. Not impressive. |
| 8. | 8. | Cincinnati Bengals | 5-2-1 | Hill exploded with Bernard out due to injury. |
| 9. | 15. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 6-3 | Roethlisberger is the 1st QB in league history to throw 6 TD passes in consecutive weeks, YA Tittle is the only QB to throw 6 TD passes in a game twice during the same season. |
| 10. | 10. | Green Bay Packers | 5-3 | Signed McCarthy to an extension through 2018. |
| 11. | 5. | Dallas Cowboys | 6-3 | Things worked out about as bad as you would expect with Weeden forced into the lineup. |
| 12. | 14. | Kansas City Chiefs | 5-3 | Only team without a receiving TD by a WR. |
| 13. | 17. | Miami Dolphins | 5-3 | Pressured Rivers into 4 turnovers, the Chargers had previously only committed 5 total turnovers the entire season. |
| 14. | 12. | San Diego Chargers | 5-4 | Last win in Miami was in January of 1982. |
| 15. | 13. | Baltimore Ravens | 5-4 | In last place in the AFC North despite being over .500. |
| 16. | 16. | Buffalo Bills | 5-3 | Marrone's decision to start Orton turned around their season. |
| 17. | 18. | New Orleans Saints | 4-4 | Broke their 7 game road losing streak. |
| 18. | 20. | Cleveland Browns | 5-3 | Already topped last year's win total only halfway through their season. |
| 19. | 11. | San Francisco 49ers | 4-4 | Has rumored lame duck Harbaugh lost the locker room? |
| 20. | 19. | New York Giants | 3-5 | Non-competitive at home coming off the bye against the Colts. Have followed their 3 game winning streak with a 3 game losing streak. |
| 21. | 21. | Houston Texans | 4-5 | O'Brien would not give Fitzgerald a vote of confidence. Could Mallet be at the helm coming out of next week's bye? |
| 22. | 24. | Minnesota Vikings | 4-5 | Could Purple Jesus be back after the bye after pleading no contest to a misdemeanor? |
| 23. | 26. | St. Louis Rams | 3-5 | Had 8 sacks in Santa Clara after totaling only 6 previously for the entire season. |
| 24. | 22. | Carolina Panthers | 3-5-1 | Newton looked completely out of synch completing only 10 of 28 passes at home against a bad Saints defense. |
| 25. | 25. | Chicago Bears | 3-5 | Cutler has never won a game in Green Bay. |
| 26. | 23. | Washington Redskins | 3-6 | Return of RGIII did not go as well as they hoped. |
| 27. | 27. | Atlanta Falcons | 2-6 | Bye gave them a long time to think about 2nd half collapse in London. |
| 28. | 28. | Tennessee Titans | 2-6 | Didn't play last week, nobody noticed. |
| 29. | 29. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 1-8 | Play a home game in London next week, Goodell hopes they play all their home games in London before the end of the decade. |
| 30. | 30. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1-7 | Evans finally had his breakout performance with 7 receptions for 124 yards and a pair of TDs. |
| 31. | 31. | New York Jets | 1-8 | Have 4 less TD passes total this season than Roethlisberger has thrown the last 2 weeks. Lost 8th straight for the first time since 1996 during a 1-15 season with Kotite at the helm. |
| 32. | 32. | Oakland Raiders | 0-8 | At least they are playing hard for Sparano. |
*Last week's ranking