| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | Seattle Seahawks | 7-1 | Offensive line woes exposed on Monday night by the Rams. |
| 2. | 2. | Denver Broncos | 7-1 | Manning restored balance to the universe with second half offensive explosion against the Redskins. |
| 3. | 3. | Kansas City Chiefs | 8-0 | Reid has opened a season with 8 straight wins for the first time in his head coaching career. |
| 4. | 4. | San Francisco 49ers | 6-2 | A bye after playing the Jaguars, like getting 2 weeks off in a row. |
| 5. | 5. | Cincinnati Bengals | 6-2 | Dalton appears to be taking the next step. |
| 6. | 6. | Indianapolis Colts | 5-2 | Can all but end the season for the Texans this week in Houston. |
| 7. | 7. | New Orleans Saints | 6-1 | Hellish finish in Foxboro still the only thing keeping them from being undefeated. |
| 8. | 8. | Green Bay Packers | 5-2 | Rodgers just keeps on keepin' on despite injury riddled receiver corps. |
| 9. | 9. | New England Patriots | 6-2 | Haven't lost back-to-back division games in 7 years. |
| 10. | 11. | Detriot Lions | 5-3 | Megatron’s 329 receiving yards were the second most ever in a single game trailing only Flipper Anderson's 336. He joins Bambi Allworth as the only players in league history with 5 career games of 200 or more yards receiving. |
| 11. | 13. | Carolina Panthers | 4-3 | Over .500 for the first time since 2008, a string of 70 games. |
| 12. | 12. | San Diego Chargers | 4-3 | Had an extra week to prepare for trip East to play a winnable game against the Redskins (or should I say Bravehearts). |
| 13. | 10. | Dallas Cowboys | 4-4 | Blew a double digit lead for the third time this season. |
| 14. | 14. | Chicago Bears | 4-3 | Facing the Packers sans Cutler doesn't look promising even with an extra week to prepare. |
| 15. | 22. | Arizona Cardinals | 4-4 | Not sure how Arians gets them to win games. |
| 16. | 18. | Baltimore Ravens | 3-4 | Find themselves falling farther-and-farther behind the Bengals. |
| 17. | 17. | New York Jets | 4-4 | Lost by 40 in Cincinnati a week after beating the Patriots. Jekyll and Hyde indeed. |
| 18. | 21. | Tennessee Titans | 3-4 | Locker had an extra week to try to get back to his pre-injury form. |
| 19. | 26. | Oakland Raiders | 3-4 | Won coming off the bye for the first time in 10 years. |
| 20. | 19. | Buffalo Bills | 3-5 | Schedule makers doing them no favors with the Chiefs up next after their trip to New Orleans. |
| 21. | 20. | Miami Dolphins | 3-4 | Collapsed after being spotted a 14 point lead in Foxboro. |
| 22. | 29. | New York Giants | 2-6 | Only 2 games behind thanks in large part to the Cowboys inability to put games away. |
| 23. | 15. | Atlanta Falcons | 2-5 | Ryan struggled mightily without Jones and White. |
| 24. | 23. | Washington Redskins | 2-5 | Allowed 35 unanswered points after taking a 14 point lead. |
| 25. | 24. | St. Louis Rams | 3-5 | Fight hard for Fisher, have no offense without Bradford. |
| 26. | 16. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 2-5 | Let down hard by special teams in Oakland. |
| 27. | 27. | Houston Texans | 2-5 | Can Keenum save their season? |
| 28. | 25. | Philadelphia Eagles | 3-5 | Only a special teams gaffe by the Giants kept Kelly from being shut out for the first time in his college and pro head coaching career. |
| 29. | 28. | Cleveland Browns | 3-5 | Campbell was the 20th different QB to start a game since the advent of the franchise version 2.0 in 1999. |
| 30. | 30. | Minnesota Vikings | 1-6 | Return to Ponder had predictable result. |
| 31. | 31. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0-7 | Schiano somewhat surprisingly survived Thursday night prime time debacle, not that a mid-season coaching change would really make any difference. |
| 32. | 32. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 0-8 | Guaranteed not to lose this week thanks to the bye. |
*Last week's ranking