| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | Dallas Cowboys | 3-0 | Romo and Phillips will be judged by playoff results, not the regular season. |
| 2. | 3. | New York Giants | 3-0 | Underestimated the Bengals and needed overtime at home to stay undefeated. At least they figured out a way to win. |
| 3. | 6. | Tennessee Titans | 3-0 | Collins gives them a better chance to win. The key though is the defense. |
| 4. | 10. | Denver Broncos | 3-0 | Explosive offense has scored 114 points. Porous defense has allowed 84 points. |
| 5. | 9. | Buffalo Bills | 3-0 | Sort of a poor man's Titans. Winning with defense, the running game and a game manager at quarterback. |
| 6. | 11. | Philadelphia Eagles | 2-1 | Dodged a bullet with the MRI on Westbrook's ankle coming back negative. |
| 7. | 2. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 2-1 | Roethlisberger was pummelled as the offensive line was completely exposed. Has the NFC surpassed the AFC? Seemed like it in Philly on Sunday as one of the best in the AFC could not handle the third best team in the NFC North. |
| 8. | 4. | New England Patriots | 2-1 | NFL record 21 game regular season winning streak was snapped. Dropped out of first in the AFC East for the first time since week 6 in 2003. The bloom is off the rose for Cassel. The bigger issue is giving up 38 points to the anemic Dolphins. |
| 9. | 7. | Green Bay Packers | 2-1 | Probable loss of corner Harris for the season due to a ruptured spleen is a blow. |
| 10. | 13. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2-1 | Griese's arm may fall off after throwing 67 passes in Chicago. |
| 11. | 14. | Washington Redskins | 2-1 | Taylor's consecutive games played streak will end at 133 due to a calf injury. |
| 12. | 8. | Carolina Panthers | 2-1 | Smith's return didn't help. Big fumble by Delhomme at the close of the first half changed the momentum. |
| 13. | 16. | San Diego Chargers | 1-2 | Got a big lead and did not take the foot off the pedal after a pair of last second losses. |
| 14. | 17. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 1-2 | Came up big late in a must win divisional game in Indianapolis. |
| 15. | 5. | Indianapolis Colts | 1-2 | Stunned in the last second by the Jaguars. Have not been able to overcome offensive line issues. |
| 16. | 18. | Minnesota Vikings | 1-2 | Decision to replace Jackson with Frerotte paid immediate dividends. |
| 17. | 12. | Arizona Cardinals | 2-1 | Cross country trip to Washington has a predictable outcome. |
| 18. | 22. | Baltimore Ravens | 2-0 | Dominated the state of Ohio. |
| 19. | 15. | New Orleans Saints | 1-2 | Loss of Shockey to sports hernia surgery in addition to Colston's injury leaves Brees short handed. |
| 20. | 25. | San Fransisco 49ers | 2-1 | O'Sullivan continued to roll. |
| 21. | 26. | Atlanta Falcons | 2-1 | Smith, Ryan and Turner have already proven they can beat bad teams. A step in the right direction after the Petrino/Vick debacle of last season. |
| 22. | 19. | New York Jets | 1-2 | Favre experiment is off to a rocky start. |
| 23. | 27. | Seattle Seahawks | 1-2 | Hopefully a receiver or 2 can return from injury after the bye. |
| 24. | 21. | Chicago Bears | 1-2 | Defense needs to play better than they did against Griese. |
| 25. | 30. | Miami Dolphins | 1-2 | Broke their 11 game road winning streak in style in Foxboro. Brown became the first player since 1923 to run for 4 touchdowns and pass for a touchdown. |
| 26. | 20. | Cleveland Browns | 0-3 | Anderson keeps his job for at least another week. |
| 27. | 23. | Houston Texans | 0-2 | Promising season thrown off kilter by Hurricane Ike. |
| 28. | 24. | Oakland Raiders | 1-2 | Kiffin continues to swing in the wind. When will he pay the price for Davis' senility? |
| 29. | 28. | Cincinnati Bengals | 0-3 | Came up short despite showing some life in the swamps of Jersey. |
| 30. | 29. | St. Louis Rams | 0-3 | Have been outscored 116 to 29. |
| 31. | 31. | Detriot Lions | 0-3 | Millen finally got the axe after leading them to an NFL worst 31-84 record in his 7 years at the helm. |
| 32. | 32. | Kansas City Chiefs | 0-3 | Thigpen starting an NFL game at quarterback is a bad joke. Riding a 12 game losing streak. Losing 13 more this season would not be a shocker. |
*Last week's ranking