| Rnk | LY* | Team | Record+ | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | Seattle Seahawks | 1-0 | Still dominating. |
| 2. | 2. | Denver Broncos | 1-0 | Peyton joined Favre in beating all 32 NFL teams. |
| 3. | 8. | San Francisco 49ers | 1-0 | Defense overcame injuries, suspensions, free agent losses. Is Dallas just horrendous? |
| 4. | 9. | Cincinnati Bengals | 1-0 | Maligned Dalton improved to 31-18 as a starter, the best winning percentage in franchise history for a QB with 10 starts or more. |
| 5. | 6. | Philadelphia Eagles | 1-0 | Slept through first half before waking up to score 34 unanswered second half points. |
| 6. | 3. | Green Bay Packers | 0-1 | Ran into a buzz saw in Seattle. |
| 7. | 15. | Atlanta Falcons | 1-0 | A healthy Jones made a huge difference on offense, defense remains a concern. |
| 8. | 4. | New Orleans Saints | 0-1 | Defense collapsed after leading by 13 twice in the first half. Colston’s overtime fumble was the nail in the coffin. |
| 9. | 5. | New England Patriots | 0-1 | Trading Mankins when he wouldn't take a pay cut proved to be a mistake with the interior offensive line being dominated. |
| 10. | 13. | Arizona Cardinals | 1-0 | Arians keeps finding ways to win. |
| 11. | 11. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 1-0 | Won their opener for the first time since 2010 despite trying hard to collapse in the second half. |
| 12. | 7. | Indianapolis Colts | 0-1 | Losing Mathis for 4 weeks to suspension was bad enough, losing him for the season to injury is a major blow. |
| 13. | 17. | Detriot Lions | 1-0 | Penalties and a lack of disciple remain a concern, luckily Stafford to Megatron can solve a myriad of problems. |
| 14. | 18. | Carolina Panthers | 1-0 | Maybe last season's 11 wins were not a fluke. |
| 15. | 10. | San Diego Chargers | 0-1 | Face the Seahawks on a short work week after Monday night loss in Arizona. Schedule makers obviously did them no favors. |
| 16. | 21. | Miami Dolphins | 1-0 | Is Wake the most overlooked dominating defender in the league? |
| 17. | 19. | New York Jets | 1-0 | Geno interception and pair of fumbles a cause for concern. |
| 18. | 12. | Baltimore Ravens | 0-1 | How will they react to Rice fiasco? |
| 19. | 25. | Tennessee Titans | 1-0 | Seemed to have little problem adapting to Whisenhunt's offense and Horton's defense. |
| 20. | 27. | Minnesota Vikings | 1-0 | Is defensive performance sustainable or more a function of Rams offensive ineptitude? |
| 21. | 30. | Buffalo Bills | 1-0 | Pegula will reportedly pay $1.4 billion to save football in Buffalo. |
| 22. | 28. | Houston Texans | 1-0 | Completely different team with Watt on the field. |
| 23. | 14. | Kansas City Chiefs | 0-1 | Loss of Johnson, DeVito for the season to Achilles injuries a huge blow to the run defense. |
| 24. | 16. | Chicago Bears | 0-1 | Losing home opener to Bills an unmitigated disaster. |
| 25. | 20. | Dallas Cowboys | 0-1 | Done in by 3 straight Romo interceptions in the first half, the 11th 3 interception game of his career. |
| 26. | 23. | New York Giants | 0-1 | Coughlin on his last legs, GM Reese may also not survive. |
| 27. | 22. | St. Louis Rams | 0-1 | Could Hill actually be worse than Clemens? |
| 28. | 24. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0-1 | Lovie can't be pleased his tenure began with a home loss to a team QBed by backup Anderson. |
| 29. | 26. | Washington Redskins | 0-1 | Set RGIII free. Dink-and-dunk offense could only get the ball into the end zone once. |
| 30. | 29. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 0-1 | Bortles watch officially on after Henne and the offense stalled in the second half. |
| 31. | 31. | Cleveland Browns | 0-1 | Tried hard to avoid league record 10th straight opening day loss, fell short. |
| 32. | 32. | Oakland Raiders | 0-1 | Carr gives them a glimmer of hope for the future, present is bleak. |
*Last week's ranking