| Rnk | LY* | Team | Record+ | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | Cincinnati Bengals | 3-0 | Early bye welcome with Green hobbled by foot injury. |
| 2. | 2. | Seattle Seahawks | 2-1 | Defense had to be excited watching next week's opponent Cousins last Thursday night. |
| 3. | 3. | Denver Broncos | 2-1 | Ability of Ware and Miller to apply pressure off the edges has completely changed the defense. |
| 4. | 5. | Arizona Cardinals | 3-0 | The job done by Arians both in his interim role with the Colts and the last season and a quarter here continues to amaze. |
| 5. | 7. | San Diego Chargers | 3-1 | Carried by Rivers despite being devastated by injuries. |
| 6. | 4. | Philadelphia Eagles | 3-1 | Lost despite scoring 3 defensive/special teams TDs. |
| 7. | 8. | Baltimore Ravens | 3-1 | Smith Sr. torched his former teammates, guess he is not done at 35. |
| 8. | 12. | Dallas Cowboys | 3-1 | Murray has rushed for over 100 yards and scored at least a TD in each of their first 4 games. |
| 9. | 13. | Indianapolis Colts | 2-2 | No player is more important to his team than Luck. |
| 10. | 16. | Detriot Lions | 3-1 | Caldwell and Austin have instilled much needed discipline to the talented defense. |
| 11. | 17. | San Francisco 49ers | 2-2 | Overcame a myriad of offensive and special teams mistakes thanks to stifling defense and a return to the running game. |
| 12. | 18. | Green Bay Packers | 2-2 | Rodgers told fans to relax after tough loss in Detroit, then backed up his words. |
| 13. | 20. | Houston Texans | 3-1 | Watt has already scored this season on a reception and interception. |
| 14. | 21. | Kansas City Chiefs | 2-2 | Ultra-talented Charles and Davis allow Smith to be a game manager. |
| 15. | 6. | New England Patriots | 2-2 | Defense gave up 300 yards in the first half for the first time in the Belicheat era. |
| 16. | 9. | Atlanta Falcons | 2-2 | Run defense shredded by Peterson replacement Asiata. |
| 17. | 22. | New York Giants | 2-2 | Eli passed Kelly for 20th all time in league history in TD passes. |
| 18. | 10. | Chicago Bears | 2-2 | Cutler has only beaten the Packers once in 10 tries. |
| 19. | 11. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 2-2 | Didn't learn a lesson from last year when mistake filled losses to the downtrodden Raiders and Vikings scuttled their season. |
| 20. | 14. | Carolina Panthers | 2-2 | Defense has been torched for 75 points the last 2 weeks by the far from imposing Steelers and Ravens. |
| 21. | 15. | New Orleans Saints | 1-3 | Last season's Ryan led defensive improvement has not carried over into this year. |
| 22. | 25. | Miami Dolphins | 2-2 | Philbin and Tannehill head into the bye on a rare high note, playing the Raiders can do that for you. |
| 23. | 28. | Minnesota Vikings | 2-2 | Bridgewater's coming out party ended with him being carted off due to a sprained ankle, playing Thursday night complicates his availability. No one (besides Packers fans) wants to see Ponder in prime time. |
| 24. | 19. | Buffalo Bills | 2-2 | Pulling the plug on 2013 first round reach Manuel, hard to envision Orton being the answer. |
| 25. | 30. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 1-3 | Lovie needs to stick with Glennon, will probably foolishly go back to McCown when he is ready. |
| 26. | 26. | Cleveland Browns | 1-2 | First 3 games have all been decided by 3 points or less. |
| 27. | 23. | Washington Redskins | 1-3 | Bubble burst for Cousins. Last QB to throw 3 interceptions in the 3rd quarter was Brad Johnson in '06. |
| 28. | 24. | New York Jets | 1-3 | How much longer can they stick with mistake prone Geno? |
| 29. | 29. | St. Louis Rams | 1-2 | Have only managed 3 sacks all season after totaling 56 last year. |
| 30. | 27. | Tennessee Titans | 1-3 | Need to give Sankey the ball. |
| 31. | 31. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 0-4 | Had to be pleased with the debut of Bortles despite a loss. |
| 32. | 32. | Oakland Raiders | 0-4 | Firing Allen solves nothing, the much bigger problems are McKenzie and Al's clueless kid. The sale of the franchise is likely the only hope. |
*Last week's ranking