| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | New England Patriots | 7-2 | Was trading Collins a huge mistake? Defense missed him on Sunday night. |
| 2. | 2. | Dallas Cowboys | 8-1 | Won 8 games in a row for 1st time since '77 with Staubach handing off to rookie Dorsett. |
| 3. | 3. | Oakland Raiders | 7-2 | Come off the bye with a home game in Mexico City in prime time on Monday night. How many fans will be rooting for them over the Texans? |
| 4. | 4. | Kansas City Chiefs | 7-2 | Scored 17 unanswered 4th quarter points to win a 2nd straight ugly, close game. |
| 5. | 6. | Seattle Seahawks | 6-2-1 | Made Patriots look human in Foxboro. Wilson finally performing up to expectations. |
| 6. | 7. | Denver Broncos | 7-3 | Head to bye with Siemian struggling despite win in Big Easy, Lynch seemingly not a realistic option. |
| 7. | 8. | New York Giants | 6-3 | Beckham quickest in league history to 3500 yards receiving, accomplishing the feat in 36 games. |
| 8. | 5. | Atlanta Falcons | 6-4 | Need to figure out a way to improve their pass defense over the bye. |
| 9. | 9. | Detroit Lions | 5-4 | Collapse of Vikings and Packers buoys their hopes for a divisional title. |
| 10. | 12. | Houston Texans | 6-3 | Won for the 1st time on the road this season. |
| 11. | 14. | Philadelphia Eagles | 5-4 | Wentz rebounding from adversity a good sign for the future. |
| 12. | 15. | Baltimore Ravens | 5-4 | Newsome appears to have rebuilt the defense. |
| 13. | 18. | Washington Redskins | 5-3-1 | Holding their own despite scoring only 3 more points than they have given up this season. |
| 14. | 19. | Arizona Cardinals | 4-4-1 | Only them and the Jaguars have yet to score this season on an opening offensive drive. |
| 15. | 10. | Minnesota Vikings | 5-4 | Freefall continues with 4th straight loss. Trade of 2017 1st rounder for Bradford looking like a huge mistake. |
| 16. | 20. | Miami Dolphins | 5-4 | Gase proving he knows what he's doing. |
| 17. | 11. | New Orleans Saints | 4-5 | Lost when game winning extra point in the final seconds was blocked and returned for 2 points. |
| 18. | 16. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 4-5 | Defense collapsed in the 4th quarter in the 1st game in the league this season with 7 lead changes. Fall under .500 with their 4th loss in a row. |
| 19. | 25. | Tennessee Titans | 5-5 | Exotic smash mouth scheme is 3rd in the league in rushing, shockingly 8th in scoring. Mullarkey deserves my apologies. |
| 20. | 13. | Green Bay Packers | 4-5 | Season turning into a disaster of epic proportions. Will McCarthy sacrifice Capers? Is there any chance McCarthy could be on the hot seat? |
| 21. | 17. | Cincinnati Bengals | 3-5-1 | Can Lewis survive a non-playoff season? Having never won a playoff game can't help his cause. |
| 22. | 23. | Indianapolis Colts | 4-5 | Come off bye needing to make up 2 games in division against Texas, half a game against the Titans. |
| 23. | 24. | Buffalo Bills | 4-5 | Return from bye with must win game for both teams in Cincinnati. |
| 24. | 27. | Los Angeles Rams | 4-5 | Won without scoring a TD for the 2nd time this season. Finally turning to Goff. |
| 25. | 28. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 4-5 | Martin needs to step up his game after struggling in return from hamstring injury against the Bears. |
| 26. | 21. | San Diego Chargers | 4-6 | Rivers threw 4 interceptions in the 4th quarter, the last returned for a TD with a minute remaining. |
| 27. | 22. | Carolina Panthers | 3-6 | Blew a 14 point 4th quarter lead at home. Stick a fork in them. |
| 28. | 26. | New York Jets | 3-7 | Petty simply did not look like an NFL QB. Not sure what they are going to do at QB after the bye, next season. |
| 29. | 29. | Chicago Bears | 2-7 | Any good feeling Cutler engendered coming off injury before the bye in a victory over the Vikings was thrown away (pun intended) with awful performance in Tampa. Jeffery suspension and Long season ending injury only make things worse offensively. |
| 30. | 30. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 2-7 | Yet to win in Jacksonville this season. |
| 31. | 31. | San Francisco 49ers | 1-8 | Almost got a win in the desert thanks to Kaepernick's legs. His arm let them down in the 2nd half. |
| 32. | 32. | Cleveland Browns | 0-10 | Inexplicably replaced Kessler with McCown to start the 2nd half of a close game. McCown turned the ball over 3 times. |
*Last week's ranking