| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | Green Bay Packers | 13-1 | Lost for the first time in 364 days. Bulaga's injury is more detrimental than the loss of an undefeated season. |
| 2. | 2. | New Orleans Saints | 11-3 | Breesus topped 40,000 yards passing for his career and became the first QB ever to throw for 350 yards or more in 7 games during a single season. |
| 3. | 5. | New England Patriots | 11-3 | Shut up supporters of Tebow! at least for a week. |
| 4. | 3. | Baltimore Ravens | 10-4 | 49ers took them off the hook for loss in San Diego. |
| 5. | 7. | San Francisco 49ers | 11-3 | First team in NFL history that has not allowed a rushing TD in the first 14 games of a season. |
| 6. | 4. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-4 | Simply put with a bye on the line in San Francisco they had a better chance using a hobbled Roethlisberger instead of putting Batch on the field. It is unlikely to matter against the Rams. |
| 7. | 6. | Houston Texans | 10-4 | Had a letdown after clinching franchise�s first ever playoff berth. |
| 8. | 10. | Atlanta Falcons | 9-5 | Scored 65 points in the last 6 quarters. |
| 9. | 11. | Detriot Lions | 9-5 | Won 9 games in a season for the first time since 2000. |
| 10. | 14. | Dallas Cowboys | 8-6 | Kudos to their fans for producing only the second sellout in Tampa in the last 2 seasons. |
| 11. | 16. | Cincinnati Bengals | 8-6 | Whether you're a brother or whether you're a mother, you're stayin' alive, stayin' alive. Feel the city breakin' and ev'rybody shakin' and we're stayin' alive, stayin' alive. Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive, stayin' alive. Ah, ha, ha, ha, stayin' alive. -- the Bee Gees |
| 12. | 18. | San Diego Chargers | 7-7 | Did their patented late season run begin a little too late this year? |
| 13. | 8. | Denver Broncos | 8-6 | Defense couldn't handle Brady. Tebow! couldn't do it alone. Shouldn't have been a shock. |
| 14. | 21. | Philadelphia Eagles | 6-8 | Gave a glimpse of what was expected of the dream team. Mathematically still in contention. |
| 15. | 9. | New York Jets | 8-6 | Remained winless in franchise history against the Eagles. |
| 16. | 17. | Arizona Cardinals | 7-7 | The ninth team in league history to win 3 overtime games in a season. |
| 17. | 20. | Seattle Seahawks | 7-7 | Lynch scored for the eighth consecutive game despite being held under 100 yards rushing for the first time in 4 weeks. |
| 18. | 12. | New York Giants | 7-7 | Jekyll and Hyde. Still control their own destiny. |
| 19. | 13. | Tennessee Titans | 7-7 | Lack of effort in Indy was shocking especially given a wild card berth was possible. |
| 20. | 15. | Oakland Raiders | 7-7 | Losers of 3 straight as Palmer trade continues to look worse-and-worse. |
| 21. | 22. | Miami Dolphins | 5-9 | Bush rushed for over 200 yards in a game for the first time in his career. Was he under utilized by Payton in New Orleans? |
| 22. | 24. | Kansas City Chiefs | 6-8 | Better off losing than having Crennel somehow ending up getting the full time job. |
| 23. | 19. | Chicago Bears | 7-7 | Need to put Hanie on the bench even if the replacement is McCown and not Cutler. |
| 24. | 25. | Carolina Panthers | 5-9 | Newton avoiding turnovers remains the key to winning. |
| 25. | 28. | Washington Redskins | 5-9 | Could conceivably cost themselves a chance at Barkley, Griffin or Jones. |
| 26. | 23. | Buffalo Bills | 5-9 | Could 8 game losing streak cost Gailey his job? |
| 27. | 26. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 4-10 | Need to add offensive weapons to aid Gabbert and Jones-Drew. |
| 28. | 27. | Cleveland Browns | 4-10 | Suffered double digit losses in 8 of the last 9 seasons. |
| 29. | 29. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 4-10 | The Cowboys outgained them by 209 yards . |
| 30. | 30. | Minnesota Vikings | 2-12 | Suddenly back in the suck for Luck sweepstakes. Could they get a first rounder for Ponder? |
| 31. | 32. | Indianapolis Colts | 1-13 | Won for the first time in 350 days. |
| 32. | 31. | St. Louis Rams | 2-12 | Clemens gave a credible performance starting only 11 days after being signed. |
*Last week's ranking