| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | Seattle Seahawks | 8-1 | Offense biding time until the return of Okung and Giacomini. |
| 2. | 2. | Denver Broncos | 7-1 | Hopefully Fox will get well soon. |
| 3. | 3. | Kansas City Chiefs | 9-0 | Offensive struggles a major concern heading into the bye. |
| 4. | 4. | San Francisco 49ers | 6-2 | The next two games against the red hot Panthers and Saints will go a long way toward determining the success of their season. |
| 5. | 6. | Indianapolis Colts | 6-2 | Impressively scored 15 unanswered points in the fourth quarter on Sunday night to win by 3. |
| 6. | 9. | New England Patriots | 7-2 | Return of Gronk and Amendola has reinvigorated the offense. |
| 7. | 5. | Cincinnati Bengals | 6-3 | Dalton taking a safety in OT was inexcusable. Loss of Atkins a major blow. |
| 8. | 7. | New Orleans Saints | 6-2 | Need home field advantage because there is no way they are going to win a playoff game in Seattle or San Francisco. |
| 9. | 11. | Carolina Panthers | 5-3 | Scored over 30 points in each of the last 4 games, all wins. |
| 10. | 10. | Detriot Lions | 5-3 | Stafford being able to stay on the field currently gives them a leg up in the three way race for NFC North. |
| 11. | 14. | Chicago Bears | 5-3 | Took advantage of Rodgers injury in Lambeau. |
| 12. | 8. | Green Bay Packers | 5-3 | Hard to envision them being able to overcome Rodgers injury. |
| 13. | 13. | Dallas Cowboys | 5-4 | Needing a last second drive to beat the Vikings in Dallas can’t be viewed as a good thing. |
| 14. | 17. | New York Jets | 5-4 | Defensive line battered Brees in the second half. Have now interspersed wins over the Patriots and Saints amongst losses to the Steelers and Bengals. |
| 15. | 15. | Arizona Cardinals | 4-4 | Face the reeling Texans at home coming off the bye, a great opportunity to get over .500. |
| 16. | 12. | San Diego Chargers | 4-4 | Still have 4 games against division rivals the Broncos and Chiefs. Is that good or bad? |
| 17. | 18. | Tennessee Titans | 4-4 | Powered by ground game provided by resurgent CJ and Greene. |
| 18. | 21. | Miami Dolphins | 4-4 | How will they be affected by Incognito, Martin fiasco? |
| 19. | 28. | Philadelphia Eagles | 4-5 | Kelly's offense finally clicked with Foles behind center. |
| 20. | 29. | Cleveland Browns | 4-5 | Campbell following in the footsteps of Hoyer. How bad is Weeden? |
| 21. | 24. | Washington Redskins | 3-5 | RGIII continues to play better-and-better. |
| 22. | 22. | New York Giants | 2-6 | Still have a remote chance in a bad division which is pretty amazing considering they lost their first 6 games. |
| 23. | 16. | Baltimore Ravens | 3-5 | The Newsome, Harbaugh magic has run out. |
| 24. | 20. | Buffalo Bills | 3-6 | Return of Manuel and/or Lewis can only help, obviously. |
| 25. | 19. | Oakland Raiders | 3-5 | Took gigantic step backwards against the Eagles. |
| 26. | 23. | Atlanta Falcons | 2-6 | A lost season. |
| 27. | 25. | St. Louis Rams | 3-6 | At least they appear to have found a feature back in Stacy. |
| 28. | 26. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 2-6 | Time to blow up the roster and start over. |
| 29. | 27. | Houston Texans | 2-6 | Hopefully Kubiak will get well soon. |
| 30. | 30. | Minnesota Vikings | 1-7 | Incredible fourth quarter performance by Purple Jesus wasted by defense's inability to protect a lead. |
| 31. | 31. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0-8 | Can't say they quit on Schiano after surprisingly taking the Seahawks to OT in Seattle. |
| 32. | 32. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 0-8 | Blackmon's second suspension of the season shows why most teams take character and off the field issues so seriously. |
*Last week's ranking