| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | Carolina Panthers | 14-0 | Ginn is the franchise's first receiver with double digit receiving TDs in a season since Smith Jr. in '05. |
| 2. | 2. | Arizona Cardinals | 12-2 | Can defense overcome loss of Mathieu to torn ACL? |
| 3. | 3. | New England Patriots | 12-2 | Clinched a playoff bye for the 6th consecutive season. |
| 4. | 5. | Cincinnati Bengals | 11-3 | McCarron was fine in Santa Clara, trip to Denver will provide more of a test. |
| 5. | 6. | Kansas City Chiefs | 9-5 | Continue to roll winning their 8th straight. Surge started against the Roethlisberger-less Steelers. |
| 6. | 7. | Seattle Seahawks | 9-5 | Baldwin joins Rice as the only receivers in league history to score 10 TDs in the span of 4 games. |
| 7. | 8. | Green Bay Packers | 10-4 | Clinched playoffs for 7th straight season. |
| 8. | 9. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 9-5 | Scored in each of their last 21 consecutive quarters played. |
| 9. | 4. | Denver Broncos | 10-4 | Haven't scored in the second half of their last 3 games. |
| 10. | 10. | New York Jets | 9-5 | Behind the Chiefs and Steelers in the wild card race due to tie breakers. |
| 11. | 11. | Minnesota Vikings | 9-5 | Bridgewater came up big when needed due to an injury to Purple Jesus after over a month of less than memorable performances that had some (including me) questioning his ability to lead a playoff contender. |
| 12. | 13. | Washington Redskins | 7-7 | Can clinch on Saturday night. Would be nice to be in the NFC East (or AFC South, see next team in rankings). |
| 13. | 17. | Houston Texans | 7-7 | Weeden will be their fourth different starting QB this season. Still control their own fate. |
| 14. | 20. | Atlanta Falcons | 7-7 | Move up this high by default after a close win over Jaguars. Gap between haves and have-nots is wide. The middle class is basically non-existent. |
| 15. | 14. | New York Giants | 6-8 | Beckham completely lost it against Norman, clearly deserved suspension. He should have been tossed in game. |
| 16. | 22. | St. Louis Rams | 6-8 | Snead, Fisher reportedly safe for '16 with Kroenke more concerned about possible move to LA than on field product. |
| 17. | 12. | Philadelphia Eagles | 6-8 | Kelly going nowhere. Not sure whether that is good or bad. |
| 18. | 15. | Indianapolis Colts | 6-8 | Had won 11 games, never lost a division matchup in each of Pagano/Luck's first 3 seasons. |
| 19. | 16. | Buffalo Bills | 6-8 | Ryan will not match Marrone's win total from last season, defensive personnel especially front 7 in public revolt. Ryan was guaranteed $25 million for 5 years so don't expect him to be 1 and done. |
| 20. | 18. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 6-8 | The Nike #ColorRush monochrome uniform experiment has gone horribly awry as might have been expected. Ketchup lost to Mustard in the Condiment Bowl in the most recent garish matchup last Thursday night. |
| 21. | 19. | Oakland Raiders | 6-8 | Cooper their first receiver with a 1000 yard season since Moss in '05. |
| 22. | 21. | Chicago Bears | 5-9 | Limping to the finish line with 4 losses in their last 5 games. Simply need more talent especially on defense. |
| 23. | 27. | Detriot Lions | 5-9 | Will Cooter end up saving Caldwell's job? |
| 24. | 23. | New Orleans Saints | 5-9 | Window of opportunity has slammed shut, probably best off tearing it down and starting over from scratch. |
| 25. | 24. | Miami Dolphins | 5-9 | Firing coaches hasn't improved anything, need new players. |
| 26. | 25. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 5-9 | Offense appears set for years to come, defense needs a lot of work. |
| 27. | 29. | San Diego Chargers | 4-10 | Woodhead got into the end zone 4 times on 14 touches after failing to score on only 29 touches total in the previous 4 games. |
| 28. | 26. | Dallas Cowboys | 4-10 | Moore threw 3 interceptions after Cassel was pulled, still expected to get start next week. |
| 29. | 28. | San Francisco 49ers | 4-10 | Dumpster fire continues to blaze out of control. |
| 30. | 30. | Tennessee Titans | 3-11 | Mariota's season likely over with MCL sprain. Stranger things have happened than Mettenberger playing well and increasing his trade value. |
| 31. | 31. | Baltimore Ravens | 4-10 | Lost 5 home games for the first time in franchise history, still have 1 more to go. |
| 32. | 32. | Cleveland Browns | 3-11 | Manziel gives them a little buzz despite his on the field performances being mediocre at best. Got no idea where they go from here. |
*Last week's final regular season ranking