| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | New England Patriots | 10-2 | Clear AFC favorites after having beaten the Jets, Steelers, Ravens, Colts and Chargers. |
| 2. | 3. | Atlanta Falcons | 10-2 | Weems franchise record 102 yard kickoff return for a TD with 10 minutes remaining got them within 3 and led to the win. |
| 3. | 4. | New Orleans Saints | 9-3 | Riding a 5 game winning streak. Losing to the Browns was clearly a wakeup call. Same as with the Patriots. |
| 4. | 6. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 9-3 | Polamalu is back making big plays. |
| 5. | 2. | New York Jets | 9-3 | Blowhard Ryan was embarrassed in primetime. |
| 6. | 7. | Chicago Bears | 9-3 | Cutler hasn't throw an interception the last 2 weeks. Makes them tough to beat. |
| 7. | 9. | Philadelphia Eagles | 8-4 | Can't afford a letdown against division rivals in Dallas. |
| 8. | 10. | Green Bay Packers | 8-4 | Getting healthier. |
| 9. | 5. | Baltimore Ravens | 8-4 | Flacco showed glimpses of why recently fired Pitt coach Wannstedt picked Palko to start over him. |
| 10. | 11. | New York Giants | 8-4 | Doing a good job of overcoming injuries. |
| 11. | 12. | Kansas City Chiefs | 8-4 | Cassel isn't expected to miss any time despite having an appendectomy this week. Modern medicine is amazing. He is needed after throwing 23 TDs with only 4 interceptions this season. |
| 12. | 16. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 7-5 | Easy schedule should make it hard for the Colts to overtake them. |
| 13. | 17. | Oakland Raiders | 6-6 | Physically dominated the Chargers while rushing for over 200 yards to sweep the season series. |
| 14. | 8. | San Diego Chargers | 6-6 | Lost in December for the first time since 2005. |
| 15. | 13. | Indianapolis Colts | 6-6 | Manning has thrown 11 interceptions including 4 returned for TDs during their 3 game losing streak. |
| 16. | 14. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 7-5 | Need to put the creamsicle throwbacks back in the freezer/closet. |
| 17. | 19. | Cleveland Browns | 5-7 | Mangini is making it hard for Holmgren to fire him. |
| 18. | 20. | Minnesota Vikings | 5-7 | Does Jackson actually give them a better chance to win than Favre? Seemed like it against the Bills. |
| 19. | 21. | St. Louis Rams | 6-6 | I am drunk and tired. I just don't care about the NFC West enough to come up with a good comment on the Rams. |
| 20. | 24. | Seattle Seahawks | 6-6 | My comment about the Rams also applies to the Seahawks. |
| 21. | 26. | Dallas Cowboys | 4-8 | Garrett improved to 3-1. |
| 22. | 15. | Miami Dolphins | 6-6 | Is Sparano on the hot seat with Parcells out of the picture?. |
| 23. | 18. | Houston Texans | 5-7 | Can Kubiak survive? Will he be the next coach of the Broncos? |
| 24. | 22. | Washington Redskins | 5-7 | Hard to win when turning the ball over 6 times. |
| 25. | 23. | Tennessee Titans | 5-7 | Return of Collins should help. |
| 26. | 25. | San Fransisco 49ers | 4-8 | A loss combined with wins by the Rams and Seahawks was disastrous. Chance of winning the division with 4 games remaining when 2 games behind a pair of teams is minimal. |
| 27. | 27. | Buffalo Bills | 2-10 | Finally hit a wall in Minnesota despite continuing to play hard for Gailey. |
| 28. | 28. | Denver Broncos | 3-9 | McDaniels is currently videotaping unemployment offices in an attempt to formulate his game plan for next week. |
| 29. | 29. | Arizona Cardinals | 3-9 | Expected to give Skelton a shot. Why not? Anderson and Hall are clearly not the answer. |
| 30. | 30. | Cincinnati Bengals | 2-10 | Losers of 9 straight. |
| 31. | 31. | Detriot Lions | 2-10 | Lost their league record 19th straight divisional matchup. |
| 32. | 32. | Carolina Panthers | 1-11 | Took a 14 point lead before giving up 31 unanswered points. |
*Last week's ranking