| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | New Orleans Saints | 6-0 | Brees remained composed despite being intercepted and sacked by the Dolphins more times than he had previously been all season to lead the biggest comeback of his career. |
| 2. | 2. | Indianapolis Colts | 6-0 | Manning the elder continues to roll despite coaching and personel changes. |
| 3. | 4. | Denver Broncos | 6-0 | The Rodney Dangerfield of the NFL. I know I'm still not giving them any respect despite the high ranking. I fully expect them to go on a prolonged losing streak. |
| 4. | 7. | New England Patriots | 5-2 | Is Brady back or was it just the competition (or lack thereof) provided by the winless Titans and Bucs? |
| 5. | 8. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 5-2 | Did the clock roll back to 2008? Defense rose up and won a close game by scoring on a pair of fourth quarter returns for the first time since 1995. |
| 6. | 3. | Minnesota Vikings | 6-1 | Return of Favre to Green Bay is going to be crazy. |
| 7. | 9. | Arizona Cardinals | 4-2 | Suddenly have shown the ability to travel to the East coast and win. |
| 8. | 5. | New York Giants | 5-2 | Manning the younger, Smith and Manningham appear out of synch making the loss of Burress seem important again. At least Nicks has shown signs of developing into the real deal. |
| 9. | 11. | Cincinnati Bengals | 5-2 | Palmer threw more TD passes than incompletions against the Bears. |
| 10. | 12. | Green Bay Packers | 4-2 | Had a bye week to prepare for the return of Favre. Oh wait, they played last week in Cleveland. Same difference. |
| 11. | 15. | Dallas Cowboys | 4-2 | Saved their season by winning for the 5th straight time coming off a bye. Austin has been a revelation. |
| 12. | 13. | Philadelphia Eagles | 4-2 | Rebounded from a loss in Oakland by beating the Redskins in Washington. The last 2 weeks haven't exactly been resume builders. |
| 13. | 6. | Atlanta Falcons | 4-2 | A loss in the Big Easy would put them 3 games behind in the NFC South. |
| 14. | 14. | Baltimore Ravens | 3-3 | Darlings of the early, early season desperately need to knock the Broncos from among the ranks of the unbeaten and halt their 3 game losing streak coming off the bye. |
| 15. | 16. | New York Jets | 4-3 | First team since the '75 Bills to rush for over 300 yards in consecutive games. |
| 16. | 17. | Houston Texans | 4-3 | Over .500 for the first time since the 5th week of 2007. |
| 17. | 20. | San Diego Chargers | 3-3 | Looked sharp in their road throwbacks. What about their win in Arrowhead? Who cares. The Chiefs were predictably awful. |
| 18. | 10. | Chicago Bears | 3-3 | Outrushed 215 yards to 35 as Benson got his revenge. |
| 19. | 18. | San Fransisco 49ers | 3-3 | Former first pick Smith with a big assist from former top 10 pick Davis rallied them back from a 21 point deficit only to fall 3 points short. Smith will deservedly get the start next week over the ineffective Hill. |
| 20. | 19. | Miami Dolphins | 2-4 | Gave up 36 second half points to the Saints en route to blowing a 21 point lead. |
| 21. | 21. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 3-3 | Have a chance to become a legitimate wildcard contender with the struggling Titans and Chiefs up next on the schedule. |
| 22. | 24. | Buffalo Bills | 3-4 | Won 2 straight on the road thanks in large part to a combined 9 turnovers from Sanchez and Delhomme. |
| 23. | 23. | Seattle Seahawks | 2-4 | There's still a team in Seattle? I'd forgotten. |
| 24. | 22. | Carolina Panthers | 2-4 | Resigning of Delhomme remains an albatross around Fox's neck. This is Cowher's job if he wants to live in NC full time and coach again. |
| 25. | 25. | Oakland Raiders | 2-5 | Russell's in game play and post game comments prove he is clueless. |
| 26. | 26. | Kansas City Chiefs | 1-6 | Predictably came back to earth after winning their first game of the season last week. LJ blew a gasket after the game and whether he plays again for Haley is an open question. Not that it really matters given his lack of production. |
| 27. | 27. | Cleveland Browns | 1-6 | Outgained 460 yards to 139. Quinn must have really burned his bridges in the locker room to not get another opportunity over the awful Anderson. |
| 28. | 28. | Washington Redskins | 2-5 | Having Lewis call plays made no difference. Big surprise. |
| 29. | 29. | Detriot Lions | 1-5 | Come off the bye with the status of Stafford still not clear. They really need him back. |
| 30. | 30. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0-7 | Explain to me again why anyone thought replacing Gruden with Morris was a good idea? |
| 31. | 31. | Tennessee Titans | 0-6 | Adams is publicly pressuring Fisher to start VY. Not a good sign even though VY probably should start at this point. |
| 32. | 32. | St. Louis Rams | 0-7 | Riding a 17 game losing streak with no end in sight. |
*Last week's ranking