| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | New England Patriots | 8-2 | Brady's 199th victory ties Favre, only a single win behind Peyton for most by a starting QB. |
| 2. | 2. | Dallas Cowboys | 9-1 | Won 9 in a row for the first time in franchise history. Only loss this season was by 1 point to the Giants in the opener. |
| 3. | 3. | Oakland Raiders | 8-2 | Would have home field by tiebreaker over the Patriots in the AFC if the season ended today. |
| 4. | 5. | Seattle Seahawks | 7-2-1 | Need Rawls to stay healthy with Prosise suffering a broken scapula after Michael was shipped out of town. |
| 5. | 7. | New York Giants | 7-3 | Tied with Dolphins for the 2nd longest active win streak. Only team that has beaten the Cowboys. |
| 6. | 6. | Denver Broncos | 7-3 | Can Siemian step up his game post bye? If not should they give Lynch another opportunity? |
| 7. | 4. | Kansas City Chiefs | 7-3 | Smith has still yet to reach double digit passing TDs this season. |
| 8. | 8. | Atlanta Falcons | 6-4 | Come off the bye hoping to avoid a repeat of last season's collapse. |
| 9. | 9. | Detroit Lions | 6-4 | Still have trailed in the 4th quarter of every game this season. |
| 10. | 13. | Washington Redskins | 6-3-1 | Cousins making himself a lot of money. |
| 11. | 15. | Minnesota Vikings | 6-4 | The 4th team in league history with a pair of 100+ yard TDs in a single game. |
| 12. | 16. | Miami Dolphins | 6-4 | Only had 88 yards of total offense through 54 minutes before waking up to gain 152 yards and score a pair of TDs on their final 2 drives to win in LA. |
| 13. | 10. | Houston Texans | 6-4 | Done in by a series of controversial calls in Mexico City including a clear touchdown by Hopkins called out of bounds outside the 30 and a pair of horrible spots on consecutive plays which cost them a 1st down late in a tie game. O'Brien didn't help matters by punting with only a single timeout and just over 3 minutes remaining down by a TD. |
| 14. | 11. | Philadelphia Eagles | 5-5 | Hamstrung by Wentz's inability to get the ball downfield. Uninspiring receivers don't help. |
| 15. | 12. | Baltimore Ravens | 5-5 | Flacco has only 10 TD passes this season to go with 9 interceptions. |
| 16. | 18. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 5-5 | Schedule makers did them no favors with a pair of road games only 4 days apart, at least Cleveland and Indianapolis aren't that far away. Could get a major break with Luck in the concussion protocol. |
| 17. | 22. | Indianapolis Colts | 5-5 | Won 2 games in a row for the 1st time this season in part due to 8 total sacks against Rodgers and Mariota. Luck in the concussion protocol may not be available on Thanksgiving night. |
| 18. | 23. | Buffalo Bills | 5-5 | Hoping Shady won't miss any time despite surgery on Monday to repair a dislocated thumb. |
| 19. | 14. | Arizona Cardinals | 4-5-1 | Season basically over because of offensive line's inability to protect Palmer. |
| 20. | 25. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5-5 | Wildly inconsistent winning road games in Kansas City, Charlotte and Atlanta while losing 4 of 5 at home. |
| 21. | 27. | Carolina Panthers | 4-6 | Kept their season alive on Thursday night winning a close game over the Saints. |
| 22. | 17. | New Orleans Saints | 4-6 | Loved the throwback monochrome white jerseys with gold numerals on Thursday night. |
| 23. | 19. | Tennessee Titans | 5-6 | Lost 11th straight against the Colts. |
| 24. | 20. | Green Bay Packers | 4-6 | On the brink. Return of Matthews didn't really help the defense all that much in Washington. |
| 25. | 21. | Cincinnati Bengals | 3-6-1 | Lost Bernard for the season, Green for at least a week and probably more. Not sure Lewis can survive this debacle. |
| 26. | 26. | San Diego Chargers | 4-6 | Come off the bye basically needing to win out just to have a chance at a wild card, getting out of last in their division. |
| 27. | 24. | Los Angeles Rams | 4-6 | Kept a tight rein on Goff and after missing a FG with 6 minutes remaining blew a 10 point shutout lead. |
| 28. | 28. | New York Jets | 3-7 | Healthy Fitzpatrick will start reportedly at least partly because of fears by Bowles the veterans would revolt if Petty was given the job. What a mess. |
| 29. | 29. | Chicago Bears | 2-8 | Shoulder injury could sideline Cutler for the remainder of the season which is probably what Fox wants anyway. |
| 30. | 30. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 2-8 | Outplayed the Lions in Detroit yet lost by giving up an interception and punt return for TDs. |
| 31. | 31. | San Francisco 49ers | 1-9 | Had no chance against visiting Patriots which was not exactly a shock. |
| 32. | 32. | Cleveland Browns | 0-11 | Roethlisberger tied Anderson for the most wins by a QB (not just opposing QB) in Cleveland since expansion. |
*Last week's ranking