| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | Denver Broncos | 12-3 | Last loss was October 7th. |
| 2. | 2. | Green Bay Packers | 11-4 | Getting hot at the right time. |
| 3. | 5. | Atlanta Falcons | 13-2 | Clinched home field, now must win home playoff games. |
| 4. | 6. | New England Patriots | 11-4 | Brady has thrown TD passes in 47 straight games, tying Unitas for second all-time and trailing Brees by 7. |
| 5. | 7. | Seattle Seahawks | 10-5 | Scored a mind boggling 150 points in the last 3 games. |
| 6. | 3. | Houston Texans | 12-3 | Losers of 2 of the last 3 are playing their worst football at the wrong time. |
| 7. | 4. | San Francisco 49ers | 10-4-1 | Becoming enamored with Kaepernick when Smith was injured is starting to look like a mistake. |
| 8. | 8. | Baltimore Ravens | 10-5 | Finally woke up against the Giants after sleep walking through a 3 game losing streak. |
| 9. | 9. | Indianapolis Colts | 10-5 | Can Pagano return spur them to even greater heights? |
| 10. | 10. | Washington Redskins | 9-6 | Haven't lost since Shanahan seemed to give up on them before the week 10 bye. |
| 11. | 12. | Cincinnati Bengals | 9-6 | Lewis deserves credit for making the playoffs in consecutive season while retooling on the fly with a new offensive coordinator, quarterback and top receiver. |
| 12. | 14. | Minnesota Vikings | 9-6 | Purple Jesus has carried them to the unlikely position that a win in the season finale earns them a playoff berth. |
| 13. | 15. | Chicago Bears | 9-6 | Need help. Not what was expected after 7-1 start. |
| 14. | 17. | New Orleans Saints | 7-8 | Still have a chance to finish .500 after offseason turmoil and 0-4 start. |
| 15. | 11. | Dallas Cowboys | 8-7 | A win in Washington still gives them the division despite last week's slip up. |
| 16. | 13. | New York Giants | 8-7 | Have to win plus have the Bears, Vikings and Cowboys all lose to defend their championship. |
| 17. | 18. | Miami Dolphins | 7-8 | Can't go into next season with the same receiving corps. |
| 18. | 19. | Carolina Panthers | 6-9 | Have a chance to top last season’s win total. |
| 19. | 20. | St. Louis Rams | 7-7-1 | Already won 5 more games than last year and still have a bounty of picks from RGIII deal. |
| 20. | 26. | San Diego Chargers | 6-9 | Getting to play the Jets is a salve for even the worst of defenses. |
| 21. | 16. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-8 | Decision to replace Arians with Haley backfired. |
| 22. | 21. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 6-9 | Rome was not built in a day. The players now tiring of Schiano are the mentally weak that need replaced on a winner. |
| 23. | 22. | Tennessee Titans | 5-10 | Owner Adams is not a happy man, nor should he be. |
| 24. | 23. | New York Jets | 6-9 | McElroy is not the answer. |
| 25. | 24. | Arizona Cardinals | 5-10 | Inability to replace Warner likely to cost Whisenhunt his job. |
| 26. | 25. | Cleveland Browns | 5-10 | How many times will they have to start over before they finally get things right? |
| 27. | 27. | Detriot Lions | 4-11 | Megatron set the record for most receiving yards in a season as they lost their seventh straight. |
| 28. | 28. | Buffalo Bills | 5-10 | Need to start over with a real plan. |
| 29. | 29. | Philadelphia Eagles | 4-11 | Vick gets a last chance to showcase himself due to Foles injury. |
| 30. | 30. | Oakland Raiders | 4-11 | Anyone that thought anybody including Allen could turn around this mess in a single season was dreaming. |
| 31. | 31. | Kansas City Chiefs | 2-13 | Just need to lose the finale to clinch the first pick. |
| 32. | 32. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 2-13 | Are they desperate enough to turn to Tebow? |
*Last week's ranking