| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | Green Bay Packers | 6-0 | Defense allowing 16.8 points per game, least in the league. |
| 2. | 2. | New England Patriots | 6-0 | Opening brief shows league obviously serious about appeal of Judge Berman's decision to vacate Brady's 4 game suspension for Deflategate. |
| 3. | 3. | Denver Broncos | 6-0 | Defense dominant. Scary if Peyton can defy time, offense can get their act together. |
| 4. | 4. | Cincinnati Bengals | 6-0 | Victory in Pittsburgh this week would make division championship after only 7 games a foregone conclusion barring catastrophic, unforeseen circumstances. |
| 5. | 5. | Carolina Panthers | 6-0 | League has never before had 5 teams undefeated after 6 weeks. |
| 6. | 7. | Atlanta Falcons | 6-1 | Won despite only scoring 10 point in Nashville. Win obviously good. Offensive ineptitude obviously bad. |
| 7. | 9. | Arizona Cardinals | 5-2 | Palmer's 16 TD passes tied with Brady for the league lead. |
| 8. | 6. | New York Jets | 4-2 | As goes Ivory, so goes the Jets. Averaged slightly over 170 yards rushing in their wins, under 70 yards rushing in their losses. |
| 9. | 11. | Minnesota Vikings | 4-2 | Won on the road for the first time this season in Detroit, would benefit greatly from another divisional road win on Sunday in Chicago. |
| 10. | 14. | Seattle Seahawks | 3-4 | Dominated Niners. Does this signify a return to form or poor competition? |
| 11. | 13. | New York Giants | 4-3 | Alone in first place in a bad division thanks to league leading +10 turnover differential. |
| 12. | 8. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 4-3 | Return of Roethlisberger obviously can't happen soon enough after performance of Landry in Arrowhead, Vick previously. |
| 13. | 18. | St. Louis Rams | 3-3 | Only backs before Gurley in franchise history to gain over 150 yards from scrimmage in 3 consecutive games were Faulk, Dickerson. |
| 14. | 19. | Miami Dolphins | 3-3 | Tannehill completed 25 straight passes over the last 2 weeks breaking McNabb's league record set in '02. |
| 15. | 20. | New Orleans Saints | 3-4 | Payton, Brees have risen from the dead. Messiahs or Zombies? |
| 16. | 23. | Oakland Raiders | 3-3 | Did not punt or turn the ball over in the first half for the first time since '02. |
| 17. | 10. | Indianapolis Colts | 3-4 | Next 3 opponents (Broncos, Panthers, Falcons) have lost a total of 1 game. |
| 18. | 12. | Philadelphia Eagles | 3-4 | Bradford clearly not working out. |
| 19. | 15. | Buffalo Bills | 3-4 | Rallied in London streaming on Yahoo yet ultimately could not overcome Manuel's mistakes, turnovers. |
| 20. | 26. | Washington Redskins | 3-4 | Undefeated when Cousins doesn't turn the ball over. |
| 21. | 21. | Chicago Bears | 2-4 | Offense continues to be dominated by Forte. Trading the free agent to be at the deadline would be tantamount to giving up on the season. |
| 22. | 30. | Kansas City Chiefs | 2-5 | Berry getting his first interception since returning from lymphoma was a nice moment. |
| 23. | 16. | San Diego Chargers | 2-5 | Allen broke the record of Harrison and Houshmandzadeh for most catches after the first 7 games. |
| 24. | 17. | Dallas Cowboys | 2-4 | Switch from Weeden to Cassel predictably didn't make a difference. |
| 25. | 31. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 2-5 | Won 2 of their first 7 games for the first time since '11. |
| 26. | 22. | Houston Texans | 2-5 | Quit in Miami, garbage time notwithstanding. |
| 27. | 24. | San Francisco 49ers | 2-5 | Already lost 4 times this season by 14 points or more. |
| 28. | 25. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2-4 | Blew a 17 point halftime lead in Washington. |
| 29. | 27. | Cleveland Browns | 2-5 | Being coy about McCown's shoulder injury. Sadly starting QB probably won't matter to bottom line. Still think taking an extended look at Manziel would be the smartest move. |
| 30. | 28. | Detriot Lions | 1-6 | Firing offensive coordinator Lombardi, offensive line coaches a meaningless gesture. |
| 31. | 29. | Baltimore Ravens | 1-6 | Harbaugh and Flacco have never had a losing season in Baltimore. |
| 32. | 32. | Tennessee Titans | 1-5 | Season opening victory over Bucs is their only win in last 16 games. |
*Last week's final regular season ranking