| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | New England Patriots | 11-0 | Didn't come close to covering the spread, but proved they could do what needs to be done in a close game. |
| 2. | 2. | Dallas Cowboys | 10-1 | Led the Patriots in the second half for a short stretch and have beaten everybody else. That's a pretty good resume. |
| 3. | 3. | Green Bay Packers | 10-1 | Tomorrow night's game against the Cowboys in Dallas is likely to decide home field in the NFC. Too bad hardly anyone including me will be able to watch it on the NFL Network. |
| 4. | 4. | Indianapolis Colts | 9-2 | Need to beat the visiting Jaguars to keep control of the AFC South. |
| 5. | 5. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 8-3 | Garrard hasn't thrown an interception in his last 209 pass attempts. Jinx. |
| 6. | 7. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 8-3 | Field was an embarrasment on Monday night. What shape will it be in this coming Sunday night? |
| 7. | 8. | Cleveland Browns | 7-4 | Already scored 77 more points than all of last season. |
| 8. | 10. | Seattle Seahawks | 7-4 | Rallied to score 17 unanswered second half points and take a 2 game lead in the division. |
| 9. | 11. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 7-4 | Praying that Garcia's back improves. The alternative is Gradkowski or McCown. |
| 10. | 6. | New York Giants | 7-4 | Was Eli adopted? |
| 11. | 14. | San Diego Chargers | 6-5 | Even Norv can out coach Billick. |
| 12. | 9. | Tennessee Titans | 6-5 | VY and White have fallen on hard times. |
| 13. | 20. | Chicago Bears | 5-6 | Kept their season alive when good Rex suddenly showed up to lead them to 17 unanswered points in just over 8 minutes. |
| 14. | 12. | Denver Broncos | 5-6 | Memo to Sauerbrun. Kicking or punting to Hester in the middle of the field is really, really stupid. |
| 15. | 21. | New Orleans Saints | 5-6 | Saved their season in Carolina. Can legitimately get back in the playoff race with Tampa Bay coming to town. |
| 16. | 15. | Detriot Lions | 6-5 | Euphoria over the 6-2 start has been forgotten in the midst of a 3 game losing streak. |
| 17. | 16. | Philadelphia Eagles | 5-6 | Won a moral victory in Foxboro which of course means next to nothing. |
| 18. | 13. | Arizona Cardinals | 5-6 | Suffered as tough a loss as imaginable. Got a delay of game penalty on a 27 yard field goal attempt in overtime that was good. Rackers missed the subsequest 32 yarder. Then Warner took a sack and fumbled away the game -- maybe the season -- in his own endzone. |
| 19. | 25. | Minnesota Vikings | 5-6 | Returning 3 interceptions for touchdowns tends to give a team a lift. |
| 20. | 17. | Buffalo Bills | 5-6 | Edwards returns at QB to try to halt the 2 game losing streak. |
| 21. | 18. | Houston Texans | 5-6 | Have committed a league high 29 turnovers. |
| 22. | 19. | Washington Redskins | 5-6 | Condolences to the Taylor family and the Redskins organization. Tough to concentrate on football when something like this happens. |
| 23. | 28. | Cincinnati Bengals | 4-7 | Call me crazy, but I actually got a kick out of Ocho Cinco supplanting the endzone cameraman as part of his first touchdown celebration of a 3 touchdown day. |
| 24. | 22. | Baltimore Ravens | 4-7 | Mired in a 5 game losing streak with the Patriots and Colts next on the schedule. Looks like the Billick era will be coming to an end. |
| 25. | 23. | Carolina Panthers | 4-7 | Still looking for their first home win of the season. |
| 26. | 30. | San Fransisco 49ers | 3-8 | Snapped an 8 game losing streak in overtime. |
| 27. | 31. | Oakland Raiders | 3-8 | Victory over the Chiefs was their first against an AFC West opponent since late November of 2004 in Denver. |
| 28. | 24. | Kansas City Chiefs | 4-7 | Once vaunted home field advantage in Arrowhead Stadium is gone. |
| 29. | 27. | New York Jets | 2-9 | Last week's post bye uprising appears to have been an aberation. |
| 30. | 26. | St. Louis Rams | 2-9 | Fate seeled when Frerotte subbing for an injured Bulger on the final series missed a wide open Bruce in the endzone on first down and fumbled the snap on fourth down both inside the opponent's 5 yard line. |
| 31. | 29. | Atlanta Falcons | 3-8 | Would Petrino consider quitting after a single season to return to college? |
| 32. | 32. | Miami Dolphins | 0-11 | First team to go 0-11 since the Lions started out 0-12 in '01. |
*Last week's ranking