| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | New England Patriots | 11-2 | Brady joined Peyton, Favre and Brees as the only QBs in league history with 450 or more career TD passes. |
| 2. | 2. | Dallas Cowboys | 11-2 | Both of their losses have been at the hands of the Giants by a combined total of 4 points. |
| 3. | 4. | Kansas City Chiefs | 10-3 | Kelce along with Gonzalez and Graham are the only TEs in league history with 4 straight 100 yard receiving games. |
| 4. | 3. | Oakland Raiders | 10-3 | Drop from the first to fifth seed in the AFC with second loss to the Chiefs. |
| 5. | 6. | Detroit Lions | 9-4 | Will finger injury cause Stafford problems down the stretch? |
| 6. | 9. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 8-5 | The first franchise to have 3 coaches with 100 regular season wins as Tomlin last Sunday joined Cowher (149) and Noll (193). Tomlin, Cowher and Noll have coached the team consecutively for 47 years since '69. |
| 7. | 10. | New York Giants | 9-4 | Eli started his 197th straight regular season game, third most in league history among QBs behind his brother Peyton (208) and Favre (297). |
| 8. | 5. | Seattle Seahawks | 8-4-1 | Last time they lost by more than 10 points was '11. |
| 9. | 11. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 8-5 | Surprising winners of 5 straight. |
| 10. | 12. | Atlanta Falcons | 8-5 | Didn't need Jones against the Rams. Sitting him again versus the Niners might not be the worst idea. |
| 11. | 14. | Green Bay Packers | 7-6 | Offense firing on all cylinders. Is it too late? Could they be derailed by Rodgers' balky hamstring? |
| 12. | 7. | Denver Broncos | 8-5 | Final three games are against opponents (Patriots, Chiefs, Raiders) that have combined to lose only 8 games this season. |
| 13. | 13. | Miami Dolphins | 8-5 | Tannehill's season ended by a torn ACL, solid backup Moore at least gives them a chance. |
| 14. | 15. | Washington Redskins | 7-5-1 | Last in the league in third down defense allowing the opposition a 48% conversion rate. |
| 15. | 8. | Baltimore Ravens | 7-6 | Loss of Smith for an extended time would be a major blow to the pass defense. |
| 16. | 16. | Minnesota Vikings | 7-6 | Red zone follies including Assiata fumbling and getting stuffed on fourth down both from the 1 yard line luckily didn't matter in Jacksonville. |
| 17. | 18. | Houston Texans | 7-6 | Have yet to lose in their division with 2 games remaining. |
| 18. | 19. | Tennessee Titans | 7-6 | Managed to beat the Broncos despite Mariota completing only 6 passes. |
| 19. | 23. | Cincinnati Bengals | 5-7-1 | Won consecutive games for the first time this season. |
| 20. | 17. | Indianapolis Colts | 6-7 | Rest of the team simply not good enough to overcome Luck turning the ball over 3 times. |
| 21. | 26. | Carolina Panthers | 5-8 | Defense has come on of late now leading the league with 39 sacks. |
| 22. | 20. | Arizona Cardinals | 5-7-1 | DJ and James are the only players in league history to have 100 or more yards from scrimmage in each of the first 13 games to start a season. |
| 23. | 21. | Buffalo Bills | 6-7 | Rumors running rampant that Ryan, Taylor won't be back. |
| 24. | 22. | New Orleans Saints | 5-8 | Brees has thrown for over 4000 yards for a league record 11th consecutive season. |
| 25. | 24. | San Diego Chargers | 5-8 | Couldn't overcome Rivers turning the ball over 5 times in Charlotte. |
| 26. | 25. | Philadelphia Eagles | 5-8 | Wentz needs help. |
| 27. | 29. | New York Jets | 4-9 | Ended 4 game losing streak by rallying from 14 down at halftime to win in Santa Clara. |
| 28. | 27. | Chicago Bears | 3-10 | Done in by back-to-back holding penalties on the final drive down by 3 on completions that would have given them the ball in Lions territory. |
| 29. | 28. | Los Angeles Rams | 4-9 | Gave up more TDs in the Coliseum last Sunday to the Falcons than they have scored their themselves all season. The embarrasment was finally enough to get Fisher fired albeit a week after his contract extension was announced making the front office appear even more clueless. Fisher ends up tied with Reeves for most career losses by a head coach. |
| 30. | 30. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 2-11 | Haven't won a home game in over a year. |
| 31. | 31. | San Francisco 49ers | 1-12 | Rumors swirling that Baalke will finally be fired at the end of the season. Hard to envision a new GM wanting to keep Kelly. |
| 32. | 32. | Cleveland Browns | 0-13 | Just the 8th team in league history to lose the first 13 games of a season. Clinched last place in the AFC North for the 14th time in the last 18 years. Last time they won a game Manziel started at QB. |
*Last week's ranking