| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 2. | Seattle Seahawks | 6-1 | Imminent return of Harvin makes them that much scarier. |
| 2. | 1. | Denver Broncos | 6-1 | Would be the fifth seed in the AFC if the season ended today. |
| 3. | 3. | Kansas City Chiefs | 7-0 | The last undefeated left standing. The '72 Dolphins have the champagne ready. |
| 4. | 4. | San Francisco 49ers | 5-2 | On a roll winning their last 4 by double digits. |
| 5. | 5. | Cincinnati Bengals | 5-2 | Know how to win close games. |
| 6. | 8. | Indianapolis Colts | 5-2 | How will Luck handle the loss of Wayne? |
| 7. | 7. | New Orleans Saints | 5-1 | Panthers and Falcons chipped into their big division lead while they were on bye. |
| 8. | 9. | Green Bay Packers | 4-2 | Caution, throwback uniforms induce vomiting. |
| 9. | 6. | New England Patriots | 5-2 | Injury riddled defense pounded on the ground by Ivory and the Jets. |
| 10. | 14. | Dallas Cowboys | 4-3 | Was defensive resurgence legit or just a product of poor play by Foles? |
| 11. | 10. | Detriot Lions | 4-3 | Megatron has returned to health, did everything he could in defeat. |
| 12. | 17. | San Diego Chargers | 4-3 | Whisenhunt has resurrected Rivers. |
| 13. | 22. | Carolina Panthers | 3-3 | Coming on with Newton and improving defense. |
| 14. | 11. | Chicago Bears | 4-3 | Cutler again fails to make it through a season healthy suffering a torn groin that will cost him 4 weeks. Losing Briggs on the other side of the ball for 4 to 6 weeks doesn't help a defense that was torched in Washington. |
| 15. | 23. | Atlanta Falcons | 2-4 | Bucs make everybody healthier. |
| 16. | 24. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 2-4 | Kept their season alive by beating divisional rival Ravens at home for the first time since '09. |
| 17. | 25. | New York Jets | 4-3 | Jekyll and Hyde. |
| 18. | 12. | Baltimore Ravens | 3-4 | Harbaugh is under .500 after 7 games for the first time in his career. |
| 19. | 27. | Buffalo Bills | 3-4 | Lewis has been their savior. |
| 20. | 13. | Miami Dolphins | 3-3 | Offensive line woes so pronounced they sent a conditional pick to the Ravens for 34 year old McKinnie. |
| 21. | 18. | Tennessee Titans | 3-4 | Rushing back Locker didn't help. |
| 22. | 20. | Arizona Cardinals | 3-4 | Hamstrung by Palmer. |
| 23. | 29. | Washington Redskins | 2-4 | RGIII and the offense rounding into form, need to score a lot to offset abysmal defense. |
| 24. | 15. | St. Louis Rams | 3-4 | A mess after loss of Bradford for the season. Rumors they had interested in Tebow were quickly denied. |
| 25. | 16. | Philadelphia Eagles | 3-4 | Lost their 9th straight home game. |
| 26. | 26. | Oakland Raiders | 2-4 | Rest of the season is about deciding whether Pryor is the answer. |
| 27. | 19. | Houston Texans | 2-5 | Help wanted sign up at Reliant Stadium. Again lost Cushing for the season. Then after the game waived Montgomery, Woods and Jefferson for violating team rules. |
| 28. | 21. | Cleveland Browns | 3-4 | There is no correct decision when choosing between Weeden and Campbell. |
| 29. | 30. | New York Giants | 1-6 | An ugly win is still a win. Just wish I hadn't watched in prime time. |
| 30. | 28. | Minnesota Vikings | 1-5 | Rushing Freeman into the lineup failed miserably. Should they seriously consider trading Peterson? |
| 31. | 31. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0-6 | Martin's torn labrum makes an awful season worse. |
| 32. | 32. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 0-7 | Travel to London as the home team to be sacrificial lambs for the Niners. |
*Last week's ranking