| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 2. | New Orleans Saints | 5-0 | Brees hung 369 yards passing and 4 TDs on the formerly top ranked pass defense after not throwing a TD pass in the previous 2 weeks. |
| 2. | 3. | Indianapolis Colts | 5-0 | Caldwell has a chance to join McDaniels along with Knox, Miller and Martz to start his head coaching career at 6-0. |
| 3. | 4. | Minnesota Vikings | 6-0 | Lucky Hauschka missed a 44 yarder in the final seconds after they blew a 17 point 4th quarter lead and turtled before Longwell's game winner. |
| 4. | 5. | Denver Broncos | 6-0 | Royal is is only the 11th player to return a kick and punt for a touchdown in the same game. |
| 5. | 1. | New York Giants | 5-1 | Gave up as many first half points to the Saints as they had previously given up in first halves all season. |
| 6. | 6. | Atlanta Falcons | 4-1 | Matty Ice hasn't been sacked since the opener. |
| 7. | 9. | New England Patriots | 4-2 | Set franchise records with 59 points on 619 total yards against the hapless Titans with Brady exiting after 2 series in the 3rd quarter. |
| 8. | 11. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 4-2 | Roethlisberger leads the league in passing yardage (with assistance from the Colts' bye). |
| 9. | 16. | Arizona Cardinals | 3-2 | Surprisingly lead the league in run defense allowing 59.6 yards per game ahead of the second place Steelers by a whopping 14.9 yards per game. |
| 10. | 10. | Chicago Bears | 3-2 | Wasn't the addition of Cutler supposed to open up running lanes for Forte? |
| 11. | 8. | Cincinnati Bengals | 4-2 | Can't stand prosperity. Losing Odom for the year is a blow. |
| 12. | 17. | Green Bay Packers | 3-2 | A bye followed by the Lions and Browns. That's like 3 off weeks for the defense. |
| 13. | 7. | Philadelphia Eagles | 3-2 | Reid got what he deserved after calling 54 passes and 12 runs against one of the league's worst rushing defenses. |
| 14. | 12. | Baltimore Ravens | 3-3 | Allowed back-to-back 100 yard rushers for the first time since December of 2005 when Ray Ray was out injured. |
| 15. | 15. | Dallas Cowboys | 3-2 | Play on the field is secondary to Jones' gaudy monument to greed and opulence. That might be a good thing given the team they have been putting on the field. |
| 16. | 13. | New York Jets | 3-3 | Dirty Sanchez's 5 interceptions (plus an interception thrown by Weatherford on a botched hold for a field goal) trumped their 318 yards rushing. The 3-0 start is but a distant memory. |
| 17. | 22. | Houston Texans | 3-3 | Offense is firing on all cylanders after the debacle against the Jets in the opener. |
| 18. | 18. | San Fransisco 49ers | 3-2 | Crabtree will be among the top 3 receivers and could start in his first game on the active roster. |
| 19. | 19. | Miami Dolphins | 2-3 | Should be watching film of the Jets versus the Saints and not the Giants. If they watch too much of last week's game they might decide to forfeit. |
| 20. | 14. | San Diego Chargers | 2-3 | Already 3 1/2 games behind in a division in which they were expected by everybody (including myself) to win easily. Of course last year they made up a 3 game deficit with 3 to play. |
| 21. | 21. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 3-3 | Outgained the Rams by 230 yards, but a -2 turnover differential including an interception return for a TD by Little kept the game close. |
| 22. | 23. | Carolina Panthers | 2-3 | Williams carried them to victory as Delhomme continued to struggle. |
| 23. | 20. | Seattle Seahawks | 2-4 | Outgained by 216 yards while managing only 17 minutes and 10 seconds of possesion time plus to add injury to insult lost Tatupu for the season with a torn pectoral muscle. |
| 24. | 27. | Buffalo Bills | 2-4 | Ivy leaguers Jauron (Yale) and Fitzpatrick (Harvard) used brains to prevail over Ryan's brawn. OK, not really. They just capitalized on the abysmal play of Dirty Sanchez. |
| 25. | 30. | Oakland Raiders | 2-4 | Seymour showed why they traded for him with a pair of sacks and a forced fumble. |
| 26. | 31. | Kansas City Chiefs | 1-5 | Hail Redskins! |
| 27. | 24. | Cleveland Browns | 1-5 | Need to find some receivers that can catch. |
| 28. | 25. | Washington Redskins | 2-4 | All their opponents were winless when they played. |
| 29. | 28. | Detriot Lions | 1-5 | Treading water until Stafford returns. |
| 30. | 29. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0-6 | Could Morris be one and done? Rumors are already swirling. |
| 31. | 26. | Tennessee Titans | 0-6 | Safeties Hope and Griffin should be embarrased by their complete lack of effort against the Patriots. Not that they particularly deserve to be singled out. |
| 32. | 32. | St. Louis Rams | 0-6 | Took the Jags to overtime in Jacksonville only to lose by 3. Actually a step in the right direction after being outscored by 112 points in the first 5 games. |
*Last week's ranking