| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | New England Patriots | 5-0 | Next up for Moss. A visit to Dallas against Owens in a battle of unbeatens. Should be fun. |
| 2. | 2. | Indianapolis Colts | 5-0 | James, Addai or Keith? Harrison or Gonzalez? Sanders? Doesn't seem to matter. Peyton just keeps winning games. Perception has definitely changed since Manning got his ring. |
| 3. | 3. | Dallas Cowboys | 5-0 | Got incredibly lucky in Buffalo despite Romo turning the ball over 6 times. |
| 4. | 6. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 4-1 | Roethlisberger doesn't turn the ball over. They win. Simple. |
| 5. | 7. | Tennessee Titans | 3-1 | Tried hard to give the game away with turnovers and poor special teams play. Luckily they were playing the Falcons. |
| 6. | 8. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 3-1 | Have been served well by Garrard's ability to protect the ball. |
| 7. | 4. | Green Bay Packers | 4-1 | Favre fell back into the bad habit of throwing interceptions at the wrong time. That has to stop for them to keep winning. |
| 8. | 9. | Baltimore Ravens | 3-2 | Defense no longer seems able to overcome supposed genius Billick's inabilty to develop an offense. |
| 9. | 13. | New York Giants | 3-2 | Burress is the one free agent the Steelers let get away that they should have tried harder to keep. |
| 10. | 5. | Seattle Seahawks | 3-2 | Complete failure to compete in Pittsburgh is not really an issue against the sub par competition in the NFC West. |
| 11. | 14. | Carolina Panthers | 3-2 | Delhomme's decision to have surgery gives Carr the opportunity to prove his past struggles were more a function of the Texans inability to develop talent around him than his own short comings. Should be interesting. |
| 12. | 16. | Arizona Cardinals | 3-2 | Warner is now the full time starter after Leinart suffered a broken collarbone. |
| 13. | 18. | Washington Redskins | 3-1 | Decision to deal into the first round for Campbell is starting to pay off. |
| 14. | 19. | San Diego Chargers | 2-3 | Explosion in Denver only makes their slow start harder to understand. |
| 15. | 20. | Chicago Bears | 2-3 | Surprising touchdown pass from Griese to Clark saved their season. Still can not afford to take another step backwards. |
| 16. | 10. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 3-2 | Not in the same class as the Colts. Not exactly a surprise. |
| 17. | 21. | Houston Texans | 3-2 | Former Steeler Brown became the first kicker in history to make 3 field goals of 54 yards or longer in a game. His 57 yarder won the contest. |
| 18. | 11. | Denver Broncos | 2-3 | Suffered the worst home loss in franchise history at the hands of a previously struggling divisional foe. Lucky to have 2 wins. |
| 19. | 12. | Detriot Lions | 3-2 | Winless against the Redskins in Washington in 21 tries since 1937. Even Millen can't be blamed for that record of futility. |
| 20. | 15. | San Fransisco 49ers | 2-3 | Smith proved his worth more by sitting than playing. Can not afford to have Dilfer starting too many more games. |
| 21. | 17. | Kansas City Chiefs | 2-3 | Last year LJ managed to overcome the lack of offensive line talent. Not so far this season. |
| 22. | 22. | Philadelphia Eagles | 1-3 | An early disappointment that needs to get things going after the bye. |
| 23. | 23. | New York Jets | 1-4 | Can not afford Pennington throwing 5 interceptions in 2 weeks. |
| 24. | 24. | Cincinnati Bengals | 1-3 | Defense should be able to rebound against the Chiefs. Defense needs to rebound against the Chiefs. |
| 25. | 25. | Oakland Raiders | 2-2 | Come off the bye alone in first place in the AFC West. |
| 26. | 26. | Cleveland Browns | 2-3 | No shame in losing to the Patriots. |
| 27. | 27. | New Orleans Saints | 0-4 | The magic is gone. |
| 28. | 28. | Buffalo Bills | 1-4 | Hard to believe they couldn't beat the Cowboys at home despite scoring 2 touchdowns on interception returns and a touchdown on a kick return. |
| 29. | 29. | Atlanta Falcons | 1-4 | Time to see what Leftwich can do..... |
| 30. | 30. | Minnesota Vikings | 1-3 | Childress appears overmatched. |
| 31. | 31. | St. Louis Rams | 0-5 | Not sure which is the bigger problem. Injuries or the ineptitude of Linehan and Haslett. |
| 32. | 32. | Miami Dolphins | 0-5 | Cameron is again proving to be what he was at Indiana University. A poor man's Turner. Great offensive coordinator. Just not a head coach. |
*Last week's ranking