| Rnk | LW | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | Indianapolis Colts | 11-0 | Keeping the dream alive for an undefeated season. |
| 2. | 2. | Denver Broncos | 9-2 | Managed to squeak out a win even though Plummer threw his first interception since September 18th. |
| 3. | 3. | Seattle Seahawks | 9-2 | Overtime win over the Giants makes them the front runner for home feld advantage in the NFC. |
| 4. | 12. | Chicago Bears | 8-3 | Defense continued to dominate despite giving up their first touchown in 39 opponent possessions. |
| 5. | 5. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 8-3 | Leftwich's broken ankle is obviously a concern. The easy remaining schedule should help Garrard. |
| 6. | 8. | Carolina Panthers | 8-3 | Will try to get the running game on track by turning to Foster. |
| 7. | 9. | Cincinnati Bengals | 8-3 | Can take control of the AFC North next week in Pittsburgh. |
| 8. | 10. | San Diego Chargers | 7-4 | Tomlinson refused to let his team lose. |
| 9. | 4. | Dallas Cowboys | 7-4 | Getting beat on Thanksgiving in overtime by Dayne has to be hard for Parcells to stomach. |
| 10. | 6. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-4 | Undermined by their own conservative playcalling in the first half against the Colts. Ran on almost every first and second down. No play action. Put Roethlisberger in third and long repeatedly. Never tried to stretch the field. Played right into the hands of the defense. Then suddenly threw caution to the wind with the failed onside kick attempt to start the second half and never recovered. The decision making was mind boggling. Need to rebound quicky from consecutive losses with the Bengals coming to town. |
| 11. | 11. | New York Giants | 7-4 | Feely missed 3 game winning field goal attempts to cost them sole possession of first place in the NFC East. |
| 12. | 14. | Atlanta Falcons | 7-4 | Won for the 7th time in 8 games when Vick failed to throw for 200 yards. Only 1-3 when Vick (or Schaub) gets over 200 yards passing. |
| 13. | 15. | Kansas City Chiefs | 7-4 | Hard to envision them making a playoff run with the Broncos, Cowboys, Giants, Chargers and Bengals left on the schedule. |
| 14. | 13. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 7-4 | Torpedoed by a lost fumble on their first possession and a missed 29 yard field goal on their next to last possession. |
| 15. | 7. | New England Patriots | 6-5 | Even Belicheck needs some talent to make his defense work. |
| 16. | 16. | Minnesota Vikings | 6-5 | Have now won 4 straight and gotten back into playoff contention with Johnson behind center. |
| 17. | 19. | Philadelphia Eagles | 5-6 | Westbrook finally got over 20 carries in a game and topped the century mark on the ground for the first time this season. |
| 18. | 20. | St. Louis Rams | 5-6 | Avoided the embarrasment of losing in Houston thanks in large part to rookie 7th round Harvard graduate Fitzpatrick's 310 yards passing and 3 touchdowns. |
| 19. | 17. | Oakland Raiders | 4-7 | Turner could be the next coach to go. |
| 20. | 18. | Washington Redskins | 5-6 | Blew a 4th quarter lead for the 3rd consecutive week. Defeated by a coach fired by Snyder for the 2nd consecutive week. |
| 21. | 26. | Miami Dolphins | 4-7 | Still on the fringes of contention in the worst division in the league. |
| 22. | 21. | Baltimore Ravens | 3-8 | Victory over the Steelers seems like their last gasp. |
| 23. | 22. | Cleveland Browns | 4-7 | Droughns is only 59 yards away from becoming the franchise's first 1000 yard rusher since Mack in '85. |
| 24. | 28. | Tennessee Titans | 3-8 | Henry overcame early season injuries and a substance abuse related suspension to finally contribute. |
| 25. | 23. | Arizona Cardinals | 3-8 | Lack of discipline and composure has resulted in 23 penalties against in the last 2 weeks. |
| 26. | 24. | Buffalo Bills | 4-7 | Not progressing as expected with Donahoe and Mullarkey in charge. |
| 27. | 25. | Detriot Lions | 4-7 | Rumblings that Mariucci would be fired immediately after the Thanksgiving day debacle finally came to fruition on Monday. Jauron takes over as interim coach. How Millen keeps his job remains a mystery. |
| 28. | 31. | New Orleans Saints | 3-8 | Won on their second try in the Meadowlands. The victory over the Jets was officially an away game. The early season loss to the Giants was officially a home game in the wake of hurricane Katrina. |
| 29. | 27. | Green Bay Packers | 2-9 | When does Rodgers get some reps at QB? |
| 30. | 29. | New York Jets | 2-9 | Bollinger provided a spark even in defeat with a 107.9 quarterback rating. |
| 31. | 30. | San Fransisco 49ers | 2-9 | Long term success is tied to the development of Smith. |
| 32. | 32. | Houston Texans | 1-10 | Stayed ahead in the race for the top pick in the draft by blowing a 21 point halftime lead and a 10 point lead with 34 seconds remaining. |