| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | New England Patriots | 9-0 | Signings of Moss and Stallworth plus trade for Welker continue to pay off. |
| 2. | 2. | Indianapolis Colts | 7-1 | Will be even more upset about giving up a 10 point lead with less than 10 minutes remaining if they are playing in Foxboro in January. |
| 3. | 3. | Dallas Cowboys | 7-1 | Victory in the Meadowlands this week will make them the clear favorite in the NFC. |
| 4. | 6. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 6-2 | Officially put last year behind them by dominating their nemesis the Ravens. Roethlisberger joined Brady as the only quarterbacks this season to throw 5 touchdown passes in a half. A hip injury Big Ben suffered near the begining of the second half mercifully does not appear serious. |
| 5. | 5. | Green Bay Packers | 7-1 | Won on the road with a short work week after a Monday night victory away from home. Always impressive. |
| 6. | 4. | New York Giants | 6-2 | Their 6 game winning streak has come against opponents with a combined record of 13-36. |
| 7. | 7. | Tennessee Titans | 6-2 | Have won 11 of their last 13. |
| 8. | 11. | Detriot Lions | 6-2 | Producing turnovers and winning games. A sign of the apocalypse. |
| 9. | 18. | New Orleans Saints | 4-4 | Brees is back. |
| 10. | 15. | Cleveland Browns | 5-3 | Anderson picked a good time to be a restricted free agent. |
| 11. | 8. | San Diego Chargers | 4-4 | Both Rivers and Tomlinson have regressed badly under the tutelage of Turner. |
| 12. | 9. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 5-3 | Asking Gray to win 2 straight road games was just too much. In big trouble if Garrard can't come back for their must win game in Nashville. |
| 13. | 17. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5-4 | Graham is proving his worth. |
| 14. | 16. | Washington Redskins | 5-3 | Needed overtime to recover from their Patriots induced hangover. |
| 15. | 10. | Baltimore Ravens | 4-4 | Suffered the worst defeat of the Billick era in Pittsburgh. |
| 16. | 12. | Kansas City Chiefs | 4-4 | LJ's foot injury will likely require them to turn to Holmes and Smith at RB. Perhaps for more than just a game or two. Think they would like to take back the deadline deal of Bennett to the Bucs? |
| 17. | 13. | Seattle Seahawks | 4-4 | Alexander took the money, but didn't run. |
| 18. | 14. | Carolina Panthers | 4-4 | Only have 7 total sacks this season. What happened to Peppers? |
| 19. | 22. | Buffalo Bills | 4-4 | The exploits of Purple Jesus caused Lynch to be almost completely ignored even though he rushed for 153 yards and threw a touchdown pass. |
| 20. | 25. | Houston Texans | 4-5 | Who'ld of thought that signing Rosenfels would be just as important an off season move as trading for Schaub? |
| 21. | 27. | Minnesota Vikings | 3-5 | It's official. Purple Jesus is a god. Maybe not THE God. But a god. |
| 22. | 19. | Arizona Cardinals | 3-5 | Warner is still useful in small doses, but as a full time starter leaves something to be desired. Remain in contention because their division is a bad joke. |
| 23. | 23. | Chicago Bears | 3-5 | Fallen victim to the curse of the Super Bowl runner up. |
| 24. | 20. | Denver Broncos | 3-5 | Ramsey replacing an injured Cutler could not hold on to the ball. Learning Cutler had not broken his tibia was very good news indeed. |
| 25. | 21. | Philadelphia Eagles | 3-5 | Reid appears to have lost control of his team in addition to his family. |
| 26. | 24. | Cincinnati Bengals | 2-6 | Losers of 12 of their last 16 games. |
| 27. | 30. | Atlanta Falcons | 2-6 | Actually playing hard for Petrino despite all the bitching about his tough style. |
| 28. | 26. | San Fransisco 49ers | 2-6 | Looks like the Patriots will have a top 5 pick. |
| 29. | 28. | Oakland Raiders | 2-6 | McCown is just as bad as Culpepper. Maybe worse. Won't be easy to decide whether or not they should throw Russell to the wolves against a tough second half schedule. Especially since he didn't sign 'til after training camp ended. |
| 30. | 29. | New York Jets | 1-8 | Took a 17-3 lead after 20 minutes and then got way too conservative. Nothing new. |
| 31. | 31. | St. Louis Rams | 0-8 | Jackson is expected back after the bye which should help. |
| 32. | 32. | Miami Dolphins | 0-8 | Need to see if Beck is the answer so they can decide whether to take Brohm, Woodson or Ryan. |
*Last week's ranking