| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | Houston Texans | 4-0 | Cruised to a 24 point victory even though they were outgained 325 yards to 297. |
| 2. | 2. | Atlanta Falcons | 4-0 | Matty Ice is on fire. Burner Turner also showed some life. |
| 3. | 4. | Arizona Cardinals | 4-0 | Off to their best start in 38 years. Won late despite playing poorly. A good sign. |
| 4. | 5. | Baltimore Ravens | 3-1 | Won their thirteenth consecutive home game, the longest current streak in the league. |
| 5. | 6. | San Francisco 49ers | 3-1 | Harbaugh made the right decision to spend the week at Youngstown St. rather than return home to the West coast after the loss in Minnesota. |
| 6. | 7. | Philadelphia Eagles | 3-1 | Buoyed by Vick's ability to finally get through a game turnover free. |
| 7. | 10. | Green Bay Packers | 2-2 | Needed a late drive to beat the hapless Saints at home. Offense still out of synch. |
| 8. | 11. | New England Patriots | 2-2 | Scored TDs on 6 consecutive second half possessions. |
| 9. | 3. | New York Giants | 2-2 | Offensive pass interference turned a last second 44 yard field goal attempt into a 54 yarder and effectively doomed their chances to overtake the Eagles. |
| 10. | 12. | Cincinnati Bengals | 3-1 | Defense allowed only 212 total yards, their best performance since holding the Ravens to 199 yards in the 2010 season finale. |
| 11. | 13. | Chicago Bears | 3-1 | Handed the game on MNF by Romo's 5 interceptions, 2 of which were returned for TDs. |
| 12. | 14. | San Diego Chargers | 3-1 | Appears to be a 2 team race in the AFC West between them and the Broncos with the Chiefs and Raiders looking awful. |
| 13. | 15. | Denver Broncos | 2-2 | Have to be happy with Manning's progress. Pathetic Raiders defense didn't hurt. |
| 14. | 19. | Minnesota Vikings | 3-1 | Already matched their win total from last season. |
| 15. | 9. | Dallas Cowboys | 2-2 | Whole is less than the sum of the parts. |
| 16. | 16. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 1-2 | Loss in Oakland even more sickening after watching the Raiders in Denver. |
| 17. | 8. | Seattle Seahawks | 2-2 | Wilson's 3 interceptions contributed to just their second loss to the Rams in the last 15 tries. |
| 18. | 26. | Washington Redskins | 2-2 | RGIII already tied the franchise record for most rushing TDs by a QB for a season with 4. |
| 19. | 30. | St. Louis Rams | 2-2 | The importance of coaching is being proven as much if not more by Fisher than by the suspension of Payton. |
| 20. | 17. | New York Jets | 2-2 | Managed only 145 yards of total offense while suffering their most lopsided home shutout loss since giving up 37 to the Bills in 1989. |
| 21. | 18. | Buffalo Bills | 2-2 | Blew a 14 point third quarter lead to lose by a mind boggling 24 points in part due to 6 turnovers. |
| 22. | 20. | Detriot Lions | 1-3 | First team to give up kickoff and punt returns for TDs in consecutive games since at least 1940. |
| 23. | 21. | Carolina Panthers | 1-3 | Outplayed the Falcons and still figured out a way to lose. |
| 24. | 22. | Oakland Raiders | 1-3 | McFadden continued to struggle in new zone blocking scheme. |
| 25. | 24. | Tennessee Titans | 1-3 | CJ finally broke out in defeat with 141 yards rushing on 25 carries more than tripling his rushing total through the first 3 games. |
| 26. | 27. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1-3 | Close, hard fought losses are still losses. |
| 27. | 28. | Miami Dolphins | 1-3 | Tannehill (431 yards passing) to Hartline (253 yards receiving) wasn’t enough. |
| 28. | 23. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 1-3 | Can't win if Jones-Drew only carries the ball 13 times. |
| 29. | 25. | Kansas City Chiefs | 1-3 | Hard to overcome 6 turnovers. |
| 30. | 31. | Indianapolis Colts | 1-2 | Get well soon, coach Pagano. |
| 31. | 29. | New Orleans Saints | 0-4 | Brees tied Unitas for the most consecutive games with a TD pass at 47. |
| 32. | 32. | Cleveland Browns | 0-4 | Dawson is only the seventh kicker in NFL history to make 3 FGs of 50 yards or longer in a game. |
*Last week's ranking