| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | Green Bay Packers | 10-0 | Rodgers is on pace to break Brady's single season TD pass record. |
| 2. | 2. | San Francisco 49ers | 9-1 | Travelling cross country on a short work week for the Harbaugh bowl will be a tough task. |
| 3. | 3. | New Orleans Saints | 7-3 | Can't afford a letdown coming off a longer than usual bye on MNF at home against the desperate Giants. |
| 4. | 4. | Baltimore Ravens | 7-3 | Veteran John may not be able to live down losing to rookie Jim at home despite the records. |
| 5. | 5. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-3 | How did the matchup with the Chiefs not get flexed out of prime time on Sunday night? |
| 6. | 6. | New England Patriots | 7-3 | Defense will face a tougher test by default whether Vick or VY plays after getting what was basically a second bye against Palko. |
| 7. | 9. | Chicago Bears | 7-3 | Defense and running game will have to step up even more after Cutler was lost to surgery on a broken thumb. Claiming Orton if the Chiefs pass couldn't hurt. |
| 8. | 8. | Houston Texans | 7-3 | Running game and defense means all Leinart needs to do is limit mistakes. At least in the regular season. |
| 9. | 10. | Atlanta Falcons | 6-4 | Gonzalez became only the 13th player in league history to top 13,000 yards receiving. |
| 10. | 11. | Detriot Lions | 7-3 | Smith was a breath of fresh air for the previously dormant running game. |
| 11. | 13. | Dallas Cowboys | 6-4 | Needed a Gano miss in OT from 52 yards to give them a short field and subsequent victory. Ryan's sigh of relief was telling. |
| 12. | 14. | Oakland Raiders | 6-4 | Lead the AFC with 4 road wins. |
| 13. | 7. | New York Giants | 6-4 | Commanding division lead has evaporated. |
| 14. | 12. | Cincinnati Bengals | 6-4 | Hung tough with the Steelers and Ravens despite coming up short. I'd say they're a year away, but you never know with this franchise. Under Brown things have tended to go south in a hurry when the future looked the brightest. |
| 15. | 18. | Denver Broncos | 5-5 | Tebow! Gained 95 yards on the final drive in the final 5 minutes after gaining a grand total of 134 yards in the first 55 minutes. |
| 16. | 19. | Philadelphia Eagles | 4-6 | Still have a pulse. Barely. |
| 17. | 15. | New York Jets | 5-5 | Dirty Sanchez's third pick 6 of the season, the first of a pair of turnovers in 10 seconds of the third quarter, kept the Broncos in the game and allowed Tebow to again work his last minute magic. |
| 18. | 16. | Tennessee Titans | 5-5 | Hasselbeck had no structural damage to his elbow. Why not turn to Locker anyway? |
| 19. | 25. | Miami Dolphins | 3-7 | Played their way out of the suck for Luck sweepstakes. Might be playing their way out of the Barkley, Jones and Griffin III sweepstakes. |
| 20. | 17. | Buffalo Bills | 5-5 | Maybe giving Fitzgerald an extension wasn't such a great idea. |
| 21. | 20. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 4-6 | Not really surprising they're taking a step backwards after last season's shocking 7 game improvement over 2009. |
| 22. | 27. | Seattle Seahawks | 4-6 | Have a good chance to win 3 in a row for the first time in the Carroll era with the Redskins coming to town. Jinx. |
| 23. | 21. | Kansas City Chiefs | 4-6 | Could claim Orton as Palko�s replacement. |
| 24. | 22. | San Diego Chargers | 4-6 | Lost 5 straight and in last place. Turner's job is reportedly finally in jeopardy. He shouldn't have survived last season's debacle. |
| 25. | 31. | Cleveland Browns | 4-6 | Impressive, late defensive stop at the 3 as time expired got them another unspectacular win. |
| 26. | 26. | Arizona Cardinals | 3-7 | Skelton came crashing back to earth in San Francisco. |
| 27. | 23. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 3-7 | Del Rio's fate was sealed when Garrard was released a few days before the opener. |
| 28. | 24. | Minnesota Vikings | 2-8 | Expected to be without Purple Jesus for at least a game due to a high ankle sprain. Why rush him back in what is a lost season? |
| 29. | 28. | St. Louis Rams | 2-8 | Decimated by injuries. |
| 30. | 29. | Carolina Panthers | 2-8 | Couldn't sustain a hot start in Detroit. Newton throwing 4 picks obviously didn't help. |
| 31. | 30. | Washington Redskins | 3-7 | Losing streak at 6 games and counting. |
| 32. | 32. | Indianapolis Colts | 0-10 | Orlovsky, also a member of the 2008 Lions, has a chance to go winless twice in his career. |
*Last week's ranking