| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 5. | New England Patriots | 1-0 | No Brady or Gronkowski, no problem. Already alone in first in the AFC East with the rest of the division losing. |
| 2. | 1. | Seattle Seahawks | 1-0 | Wilson engineered the 19th game winning fourth quarter drive of his career despite playing with an ankle sprain. |
| 3. | 4. | Green Bay Packers | 1-0 | Nelson lacked explosiveness in his return from a torn ACL averaging 5.3 yards per catch on 6 receptions with a long of only 8 yards. He did get into the endzone. |
| 4. | 6. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 1-0 | Roethlisberger moved past Monongahela native Montana, tied Testervede for 12th all time in regular season TD passes with 275. |
| 5. | 7. | Denver Broncos | 1-0 | Siemian showed tremendous poise in prime time in his first start. Hard to envision lack of arm strength not being exploited by opponents as season progresses. |
| 6. | 8. | Cincinnati Bengals | 1-0 | Dalton came through late despite being battered by the Jets stellar defensive line. |
| 7. | 2. | Carolina Panthers | 0-1 | Much like the Super Bowl the offensive line simply could not contain the Broncos defensive front 7, especially later in the game. |
| 8. | 3. | Arizona Cardinals | 0-1 | Got off to an inexcusable slow start against Garoppolo led Pats, allowed late FG to lose after coming all the way back. |
| 9. | 9. | Kansas City Chiefs | 1-0 | Smith showed he could leave his comfort zone, open up the offense when needed. |
| 10. | 10. | Houston Texans | 1-0 | Osweiler provides stability at QB, something the franchise hasn't had except for Schaub in his best couple of years. |
| 11. | 11. | Minnesota Vikings | 1-0 | Survived in Tennessee with Hill under center thanks to a pair of defensive scores. |
| 12. | 14. | Oakland Raiders | 1-0 | Del Rio showed enormous cojones eschewing the tie and going for 2 for the win after scoring a TD in the final minute. |
| 13. | 15. | New York Giants | 1-0 | Improved defensive line, secondary made a stop on the final drive which would have been unheard of last season. |
| 14. | 17. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1-0 | Winston poised for a breakout season. |
| 15. | 12. | New York Jets | 0-1 | A loss in Buffalo on a short work week could have them staring at an 0-6 start given the brutal 4 game stretch up next on the schedule (@KC, Seattle, @Pittsburgh, @Arizona). |
| 16. | 18. | Baltimore Ravens | 1-0 | Flacco passing to an improved corps of receivers makes them dangerous. |
| 17. | 26. | Detriot Lions | 1-0 | Stafford looked good spreading the ball around in the absence of retired Megatron. |
| 18. | 13. | Indianapolis Colts | 0-1 | Luck is back with 385 yards passing, 4 TDs and no interceptions. Alas offensive line, running game and defense all again look abysmal. |
| 19. | 16. | Washington Redskins | 0-1 | Lost their fourth straight season opener, have won only 5 of their last 25 prime time regular season games. |
| 20. | 19. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 0-1 | Kept the game close against Packers. Is that enough at home given rising expectations? |
| 21. | 30. | Philadelphia Eagles | 1-0 | Gamble on seemingly unflappable, poised Wentz a success so far. |
| 22. | 20. | Dallas Cowboys | 0-1 | Prescott was fine between the 20s, had trouble getting the ball into the endzone. Bryant did him no favors having what seemed liked a sure TD overturned on review when he failed to secure a well thrown ball against tough coverage. |
| 23. | 24. | Miami Dolphins | 0-1 | Didn't get a break from the schedule makers opening the season in Seattle and Foxboro. |
| 24. | 21. | Buffalo Bills | 0-1 | Ryan brothers already on the hot seat. Rex looks like a strong possibility to be the first head coach fired this season. |
| 25. | 22. | New Orleans Saints | 0-1 | Brees exploded for 423 passing yards with Snead accounting for 172 receiving yards. Wasn't enough thanks to atrocious defense. |
| 26. | 23. | Atlanta Falcons | 0-1 | Losers of 9 of their last 12 after starting out last season by winning 5 straight. |
| 27. | 27. | Chicago Bears | 0-1 | Should have tried harder to replace uninspiring Cutler in the off season. |
| 28. | 31. | San Francisco 49ers | 1-0 | Face a slight upgrade in opposing QB play this coming week with Newton under center instead of Keenum. |
| 29. | 25. | St. Louis Rams | 0-1 | Set football back decades with performance in Santa Clara on Monday night. |
| 30. | 28. | San Diego Chargers | 0-1 | Blew a 17 point fourth quarter lead. Adding injury to insult lost Rivers' top weapon Allen for the season. |
| 31. | 29. | Tennessee Titans | 0-1 | Conservative offensive style means they need to protect the ball, certainly can't afford to give up a pair of defensive TDs like they did against the Vikes. |
| 32. | 32. | Cleveland Browns | 0-1 | Traded the pick used to take Wentz because they didn't think he was a franchise QB. Decision took all of 1 game to come back to haunt them on multiple levels. Wentz beat them in his first pro game, start. RGIII already likely out for the season with a shoulder injury. |
*Last week's ranking