| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | New England Patriots | 9-0 | Will the bye leave them rested and rejuvinated or stall their momentum? I'm unfortunately betting on the former. |
| 2. | 3. | Dallas Cowboys | 8-1 | Victory in the Meadowlands puts them in complete control of the NFC East. |
| 3. | 4. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-2 | Can't afford to look past the Jets and Dolphins before the widely anticipated matchup in Foxboro. |
| 4. | 5. | Green Bay Packers | 8-1 | Beating the Vikings is one thing. Running the ball on them and stopping Purple Jesus is another. More and more impressive. |
| 5. | 2. | Indianapolis Colts | 7-2 | Unable to overcome Manning's team record 6 interceptions and Vinatieri's missed 29 yard field goal. |
| 6. | 12. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 6-3 | Gray deserves kudos for managing the game well enough to go 2-1 in 3 straight road contests. Garrard is expected back next week. |
| 7. | 7. | Tennessee Titans | 6-3 | Remember when Vick's lack of quarterback skills were overlooked because his team won? That seems to be happening now with VY. Can VY develop better than Vick? |
| 8. | 6. | New York Giants | 6-3 | Visions of last year's 2-6 finish after a 6-2 start have to be dancing in their heads. |
| 9. | 11. | San Diego Chargers | 5-4 | Tried hard to blow the 23 point first half lead provided by Sproles and the defense. Offensive ineptitude is hard to fathom. |
| 10. | 8. | Detriot Lions | 6-3 | Have troubles outside of Ford Field. |
| 11. | 10. | Cleveland Browns | 5-4 | Blew a 15 point first half lead and lost to the Steelers for the ninth straight time despite the best efforts of return man Cribbs. |
| 12. | 17. | Seattle Seahawks | 5-4 | Only team over .500 in their division. |
| 13. | 13. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5-4 | See comment on the Seahawks above. |
| 14. | 19. | Buffalo Bills | 5-4 | Winning ugly. Hard to envision them being able to drag the Patriots down to their level on Sunday night. |
| 15. | 14. | Washington Redskins | 5-4 | Got conservative and blew a halftime lead. Something that has happened a mind boggling 13 times in the second Gibbs era. |
| 16. | 22. | Arizona Cardinals | 4-5 | Held the Lions to an NFL record low -18 yards rushing. |
| 17. | 23. | Chicago Bears | 4-5 | Grossman is back. Hide the women and children. |
| 18. | 24. | Denver Broncos | 4-5 | Saved their season in Arrowhead. |
| 19. | 25. | Philadelphia Eagles | 4-5 | Still have a pulse. To bad they aren't in the NFC South or West. |
| 20. | 9. | New Orleans Saints | 4-5 | That thud you heard was them coming back down to earth. Tough to recover from losing to a winless team at home. |
| 21. | 20. | Houston Texans | 4-5 | Return of Johnson certainly can't hurt. |
| 22. | 15. | Baltimore Ravens | 4-5 | Billick doesn't have a high profile offensive coordinator to scapegoat like Fassel last year. |
| 23. | 18. | Carolina Panthers | 4-5 | Lost their sixth straight home game. Cowher may have to rethink taking 2 years off with his supposed dream job likely to be available after this season. |
| 24. | 16. | Kansas City Chiefs | 4-5 | No LJ, no offense. Going back to Croyle at QB. |
| 25. | 26. | Cincinnati Bengals | 3-6 | Henry made an immediate difference on the field. If only he would stop behaving like an idiot off the field. |
| 26. | 27. | Atlanta Falcons | 3-6 | Only a game out of second and 2 games out of first in the somewhat surprisingly pathetic AFC South. |
| 27. | 21. | Minnesota Vikings | 3-6 | Shut out for the first time since the fourth week of the 1991 season. To make matters worse Purple Jesus tore knee ligaments and will miss at least next weekend's game. |
| 28. | 31. | St. Louis Rams | 1-8 | Showed what might have been if their offense could have stayed healthy in the first half of the season. |
| 29. | 28. | San Fransisco 49ers | 2-7 | Offensive coordinator Hostler is in over his head. |
| 30. | 29. | Oakland Raiders | 2-7 | Defense can breathe a sigh of relief with Purple Jesus sidelined. |
| 31. | 30. | New York Jets | 1-8 | Meet the Steelers for the first time since the 2005 playoffs. A lot has changed since then. |
| 32. | 32. | Miami Dolphins | 0-9 | Wasted the Herculean efforts of Chatman. Really need to give Beck a look and put Lemon out of his misery. |
*Last week's ranking