| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | Green Bay Packers | 6-0 | Riding a 12 game home winning streak. |
| 2. | 2. | New England Patriots | 5-0 | Brady, offense putting deflategate behind them with a vengeance averaging 36.6 points per game. |
| 3. | 3. | Denver Broncos | 6-0 | Needed OT to beat the Brownies for the 11th straight time as Peyton continued to look old, close to done. |
| 4. | 4. | Cincinnati Bengals | 6-0 | Fairly or unfairly, all that really matters at this point is winning the franchise's first playoff game since '90 when they beat the Oilers. |
| 5. | 5. | Carolina Panthers | 5-0 | Avenged last season’s playoff loss, have now won 9 straight regular season games. |
| 6. | 9. | New York Jets | 4-1 | Bowles' businesslike manner a welcome change after bluster of the Ryan era. |
| 7. | 6. | Atlanta Falcons | 5-1 | Stubbed their toe in the Big Easy, losing a road divisional matchup on a short work week somewhat understandable. |
| 8. | 11. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 4-2 | Hard to believe Landry was involved in the longest scoring play from scrimmage (88 yards) in the league so far this season, of course Bryant provided a lot of help after the catch. |
| 9. | 7. | Arizona Cardinals | 4-2 | Wasted 469 total yards and 21 first downs in Heinz Field due to turnovers, red zone failures. |
| 10. | 8. | Indianapolis Colts | 3-3 | Much discussed failed fake punt was actually an attempt to get Pats to run their defense back onto the field, get a 12 men on the field penalty. Ball obviously should not have been snapped when that didn't happen. |
| 11. | 13. | Minnesota Vikings | 3-2 | Undefeated at home, winless on the road. Needs to change Sunday in Detroit. |
| 12. | 15. | Philadelphia Eagles | 3-3 | Key to turning around the season has been vastly improved running game. |
| 13. | 10. | New York Giants | 3-3 | Jekyll and Hyde, often from quarter-to-quarter. Still tied at top of division thanks to shaky competition. |
| 14. | 12. | Seattle Seahawks | 2-4 | Blew another fourth quarter lead, Wilson lost for only the third time at home in his career. |
| 15. | 14. | Buffalo Bills | 3-3 | Veteran defenders already grumbling about Rex, that was a short honeymoon. |
| 16. | 16. | San Diego Chargers | 2-4 | Rivers broke franchise single game records for passing attempts, completions and yardage. Lost anyway in Lambeau. |
| 17. | 17. | Dallas Cowboys | 2-3 | Used bye to install Cassel, Michael as starters. |
| 18. | 19. | St. Louis Rams | 2-3 | Gurley has gained 305 yards in his 2 starts, now gets to face the Browns dead last ranked run defense allowing 149.8 yards per game. |
| 19. | 22. | Miami Dolphins | 2-3 | Campbell, Anarumo had a positive affect for at least 1 week. |
| 20. | 27. | New Orleans Saints | 2-4 | Brees lives! |
| 21. | 20. | Chicago Bears | 2-4 | Cutler continues to improve under the tutelage of Gase. |
| 22. | 28. | Houston Texans | 2-4 | Undefeated against state of Florida, winless versus everyone else. Hope to keep Florida winning streak alive this week with trip to Miami. |
| 23. | 23. | Oakland Raiders | 2-3 | Bye came at a good time, hopefully some of Murray's nagging injuries had time to heal to help bolster the running game. |
| 24. | 30. | San Francisco 49ers | 2-4 | Kaepernick showing some life. |
| 25. | 25. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2-3 | Winston has developed a nice rapport with Jackson, now he and Evans need to get on the same page. |
| 26. | 18. | Washington Redskins | 2-4 | Need to run the ball against the Bucs 25th ranked rushing defense after allowing Cousins to throw a ridiculous 170 passes the last 4 weeks. |
| 27. | 21. | Cleveland Browns | 2-4 | Haven't beaten a team with a 5-0 record or better since the 60s, groovy man. |
| 28. | 32. | Detriot Lions | 1-5 | Megatron finally broke out with 6 receptions for 166 yards. |
| 29. | 24. | Baltimore Ravens | 1-5 | Lost 5 games by a total of 22 points, every game they've played settled by 6 points or less. |
| 30. | 26. | Kansas City Chiefs | 1-5 | Gained only 57 yards on the ground with Charles sidelined, West and Davis both looked ordinary (or worse). |
| 31. | 29. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 1-5 | Still haven't scored a rushing TD this season. |
| 32. | 31. | Tennessee Titans | 1-4 | Losers of 4 straight, last 3 at home after winning opener. |
*Last week's final regular season ranking