| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | New England Patriots | 10-0 | Could offensive line injuries be their downfall? Brady going to get hit a lot down the stretch, in the playoffs. |
| 2. | 2. | Carolina Panthers | 10-0 | Newton had never before thrown for 4 TDs in a game, did it in the first half before finishing with 5 TD passes. |
| 3. | 3. | Arizona Cardinals | 8-2 | Arians/Palmer emphatically continue to prove themselves. |
| 4. | 6. | Denver Broncos | 8-2 | Won with defense when Peyton was on the field. Why can't that continue with Osweiler? |
| 5. | 4. | Cincinnati Bengals | 8-2 | Prime time is not their time. |
| 6. | 9. | Green Bay Packers | 7-3 | Buoyed by Lacy's return to health, productivity. |
| 7. | 7. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 6-4 | Return from bye with 4 of final 6 games on the road. |
| 8. | 5. | Minnesota Vikings | 7-3 | Failed to take control of their division at home against the previously reeling Packers. |
| 9. | 15. | Kansas City Chiefs | 5-5 | Allowing under 10 points per game on average during their current 4 game winning streak. |
| 10. | 13. | Indianapolis Colts | 5-5 | Hasselbeck undefeated in 3 starts. |
| 11. | 8. | Atlanta Falcons | 6-4 | Offense struggled to run the ball after Freeman suffered a concussion, blew 14 point lead in final 16 minutes. |
| 12. | 12. | New York Giants | 5-5 | What could have been? Blew fourth quarter leads in 4 of their 5 losses. |
| 13. | 14. | Seattle Seahawks | 5-5 | Playing the Niners can cure a lot of ills. |
| 14. | 18. | Houston Texans | 5-5 | Tied for first thanks to defense fueled 3 game winning streak. |
| 15. | 10. | Buffalo Bills | 5-5 | Need to get Watkins more involved. |
| 16. | 11. | New York Jets | 5-5 | Fitzpatrick continues to struggle through thumb injury/surgery, just don't have a better option. |
| 17. | 23. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5-5 | Only need 1 more win to equal their total from the last 2 seasons combined. |
| 18. | 16. | Chicago Bears | 4-6 | Couldn't overcome injuries to offensive playmakers against tough Broncos defense. |
| 19. | 31. | Dallas Cowboys | 3-7 | Return of Romo ended 7 game skid, makes them a different team. |
| 20. | 17. | Miami Dolphins | 4-6 | Serious questions surround Tannehill. |
| 21. | 19. | Washington Redskins | 4-6 | Winless so far this season on the road. |
| 22. | 20. | Philadelphia Eagles | 4-6 | Won’t be easy to improve their sagging fortunes with trip to Detroit on short work week for Thanksgiving matchup. Does Kelly care? Is he heading to Southern Cal? |
| 23. | 21. | St. Louis Rams | 4-6 | Switch to Keenum predictably didn't work. Can Fisher survive this debacle? |
| 24. | 22. | Oakland Raiders | 4-6 | Talk earlier in the season about them being a legitimate playoff contender proved premature. |
| 25. | 25. | New Orleans Saints | 4-6 | Allen unlikely to make much difference as new coordinator for defense that is dead last in points and yards allowed. |
| 26. | 26. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 4-6 | Only a game behind in their division, next 2 opponents (Chargers, Titans) have a total of 4 wins. |
| 27. | 27. | Baltimore Ravens | 3-7 | Lost season gets worse despite victory with Flacco suffering torn ACL/MCL, Forsett a broken arm. |
| 28. | 29. | Detriot Lions | 3-7 | Can Caldwell save his job? Promoted Cooter has actually helped Stafford. |
| 29. | 24. | San Francisco 49ers | 3-7 | Gabbert has been a short term improvement over Kaepernick, not that it really matters. |
| 30. | 28. | Tennessee Titans | 2-8 | Held to 14 points or fewer in 6 of their last 7 games, 7 times total this season. |
| 31. | 30. | San Diego Chargers | 2-8 | Losers of 6 straight, the longest current streak in the league. |
| 32. | 32. | Cleveland Browns | 2-8 | Pettine benching Manziel because of a video of him partying over bye week. Not seeing what Manziel can do on the field the rest of the season is idiocy. Pettine/Farmer need to go. If they wanted a choirboy Manziel shouldn't have been drafted in the first place. |
*Last week's final regular season ranking