| Rnk | LW | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | San Diego Chargers | 10-2 | Hung on in Buffalo thanks in large part to Tomlinson's 178 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns. Tomlinson is now only 2 touchdowns shy of Alexander's single season record. |
| 2. | 2. | Indianapolis Colts | 10-2 | Deserve a mulligan against the resurgent Titans. Especially considering the way the rest of the top teams in the rankings played. |
| 3. | 3. | Baltimore Ravens | 9-3 | Lack of a gamebreaker on offense gives them a very small margin for error. |
| 4. | 4. | New England Patriots | 9-3 | Unimpressive home win over the Lions keeps them on track. Turnovers were nearly their undoing in what would have been a shocking upset. Really need to start doing a better job of holding on to the ball. |
| 5. | 5. | Chicago Bears | 10-2 | Won despite Grossman going 6 of 19 for 34 yards and 3 inteceptions against the 31st ranked pass defense. |
| 6. | 6. | Dallas Cowboys | 8-4 | Decision to replace Vanderjagt with Gramatica paid immediate dividends. |
| 7. | 7. | Seattle Seahawks | 8-4 | Battling Dallas and New Orleans for a playoff bye. |
| 8. | 8. | New Orleans Saints | 8-4 | Bush finally had a breakout game with 167 yards from scrimmage and 4 touchdowns. |
| 9. | 11. | Cincinnati Bengals | 7-5 | Defense allowed only 7 points in the last 2 weeks. |
| 10. | 13. | New York Jets | 7-5 | Improved their record to 6-1 against teams with a losing record. An especially good sign considering their remaining opponents all have losing records. |
| 11. | 14. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 7-5 | Inconsistent squad that really needs to string together a few good games. |
| 12. | 9. | Kansas City Chiefs | 7-5 | Not the same team away from Arrowhead. |
| 13. | 10. | Denver Broncos | 7-5 | Cutler was not ready. |
| 14. | 12. | Carolina Panthers | 6-6 | Fourth quarter woes continued in Philadelphia. |
| 15. | 18. | Tennessee Titans | 5-7 | On the rise. Need to sign Fisher to a contract extension ASAP. |
| 16. | 16. | New York Giants | 6-6 | Still in the hunt for a wildcard despite losing 4 in a row. Lucky to be in the NFC. |
| 17. | 21. | Atlanta Falcons | 6-6 | Again running the ball well even though the passing game remains in disarray. |
| 18. | 24. | Philadelphia Eagles | 6-6 | Garcia threw for over 300 yards for the first time since week 6 in 2004. |
| 19. | 22. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 5-7 | Beating the Bucs is like kissing your sister. Yes, a win is a win. But a win over Tampa Bay is far from satisfying. |
| 20. | 15. | Miami Dolphins | 5-7 | Saban got a vote of confidence from Huizenga after Sunday's loss. Not sure whether that is good or bad for Saban. |
| 21. | 17. | Buffalo Bills | 5-7 | Kept the game against the Chargers close even though they were never really in a position to win. |
| 22. | 19. | Minnesota Vikings | 5-7 | Held the Bears to 102 total yards and 6 first downs. Gashed their run defense for 192 net yards and a 5.5 average. Lost anyway due to punt and interception returns for touchdowns. Johnson was picked 4 times and replaced by Bollinger. |
| 23. | 20. | St. Louis Rams | 5-7 | Home loss to the Cardinals was a severe blow to their playoff hopes. |
| 24. | 23. | San Fransisco 49ers | 5-7 | Consecutive road losses to divisional foes has knocked them out of the playoff race. Nolan still seems to have them on the right track. |
| 25. | 28. | Cleveland Browns | 4-8 | Anderson led them to an improbable 14 point fourth quarter comback and OT victory after Frye left with a bruised wrist. |
| 26. | 25. | Green Bay Packers | 4-8 | Mid-season revival is a distant memory after 3 straight losses. |
| 27. | 29. | Houston Texans | 4-8 | Turned the ball over twice, gave up 5 sacks, had -5 yards passing and didn't complete a pass in the second half yet still won on the road. It's good to play in Oakland. |
| 28. | 26. | Washington Redskins | 4-8 | The failure of Gibbs, Saunders and Williams is proof that the NFL is a players league. |
| 29. | 30. | Arizona Cardinals | 3-9 | James managed to gain over 100 yards rushing for the first time this season in St. Louis. |
| 30. | 27. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 3-9 | Pathetic. |
| 31. | 31. | Oakland Raiders | 2-10 | The good news.... Defense kept them in the game by holding the Texans to 10 first downs and 124 total yards. The bad news.... Lost anyway because the offense turned the ball over 5 times and Janikowski missed 3 field goals including a 29 yarder. |
| 32. | 32. | Detriot Lions | 2-10 | Played the Patriots tough in Foxboro. Of course they still managed to lose because of a Kitna interception in the fourth quarter. |