| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | Green Bay Packers | 3-0 | Multiple offensive injuries rendered meaningless by play of Rodgers. |
| 2. | 2. | New England Patriots | 3-0 | Don't really need the early bye. |
| 3. | 3. | Arizona Cardinals | 3-0 | Cruised to victory with a pair of pick 6s to open the game. |
| 4. | 4. | Denver Broncos | 3-0 | Kubiak deserves credit for not being stubborn and allowing Peyton to line up in shotgun, run the offense. |
| 5. | 6. | Cincinnati Bengals | 3-0 | Dalton's first solid quarter of the season in the fourth in Baltimore helped bury the Ravens. |
| 6. | 8. | Carolina Panthers | 3-0 | Newly acquired Allen should help pass rush with Johnson placed on IR designated to return. |
| 7. | 7. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 2-1 | Loss of Roethlisberger obviously disastrous. |
| 8. | 10. | Atlanta Falcons | 3-0 | Quinn early leader for coach of the year. |
| 9. | 11. | Seattle Seahawks | 1-2 | Return of Chancellor had desired effect. |
| 10. | 13. | Buffalo Bills | 2-1 | Defense the real deal, need Taylor to continue stellar play. |
| 11. | 5. | Dallas Cowboys | 2-1 | Weeden pick up 21-7 in the second quarter killed their momentum. Playing without last year's big three on offense. |
| 12. | 17. | Minnesota Vikings | 2-1 | Rejuvenated by return of Purple Jesus to dominance. |
| 13. | 19. | Philadelphia Eagles | 1-2 | Got the win they needed in the Meadowlands, offense still completely out of synch. |
| 14. | 9. | New York Jets | 2-1 | Optimism of first two weeks quickly put to rest thanks to Fitzpatrick's mistakes. |
| 15. | 18. | Indianapolis Colts | 1-2 | Luck still has never lost to the Titans in his career. |
| 16. | 22. | Oakland Raiders | 2-1 | Carr, Murray and Cooper give them a young, quickly developing big 3 on offense. |
| 17. | 12. | Miami Dolphins | 1-2 | Philbin the early leader for first coach to be fired. Uncompetitive at home against division rival Bills after losing in Jacksonville the previous week. |
| 18. | 14. | San Diego Chargers | 1-2 | Still holding serve. Return home after a pair of road losses against tough competition. |
| 19. | 15. | Kansas City Chiefs | 1-2 | Multiple garbage time scores made debacle in Green Bay look somewhat respectable. |
| 20. | 27. | Houston Texans | 1-2 | Tied for first/last place in league's worst division. |
| 21. | 30. | New York Giants | 1-2 | Can Cruz provide Eli with another weapon? |
| 22. | 16. | Baltimore Ravens | 0-3 | Lost 3 straight to start the season for the first time in post-Browns franchise history. |
| 23. | 20. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 1-2 | Non-descript. Can't shake the feeling they need to get out of Jacksonville before ever seriously competing. |
| 24. | 21. | San Francisco 49ers | 1-2 | Kaepernick looks deer-in-the-headlights lost, Tomsula shouldn't be the head coach of a HS team. |
| 25. | 23. | Washington Redskins | 1-2 | Going nowhere with Cousins. |
| 26. | 24. | St. Louis Rams | 1-2 | Lack any semblance of a passing game. |
| 27. | 25. | Detriot Lions | 0-3 | Winless heading to Seattle, not good. |
| 28. | 26. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1-2 | The future is definitely not now. Winston does give them some hope. |
| 29. | 28. | Cleveland Browns | 1-2 | Going back to McCown had predictable results. |
| 30. | 29. | Tennessee Titans | 1-2 | Mariota tied Rypien as the only QBs to throw 8 TD passes in their first 3 games. |
| 31. | 31. | New Orleans Saints | 0-3 | Already behind a pair of teams by 3 games in their division. |
| 32. | 32. | Chicago Bears | 0-3 | Last time they were shut out was December '02. |
*Last week's final regular season ranking