| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record+ | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | Green Bay Packers | 10-3 | Rodgers and Favre have the same record (68-32) in their first 100 regular season starts. |
| 2. | 2. | New England Patriots | 10-3 | Haven't lost back-to-back games since weeks 2 and 3 of the 2012 season. Brady improved to 36-8 in his career coming off a loss. |
| 3. | 3. | Denver Broncos | 10-3 | Peyton's streak of at least 1 TD pass per game ended at 51. |
| 4. | 5. | Seattle Seahawks | 9-4 | Defense has held their last 3 opponents to their season low in yards and points. |
| 5. | 6. | Arizona Cardinals | 10-3 | DC Bowles should get a head coaching job this offseason. |
| 6. | 4. | Philadelphia Eagles | 9-4 | Can they beat the Cowboys for the second time in 3 weeks? |
| 7. | 8. | Indianapolis Colts | 9-4 | Clinch their division this week with a win over the Texans. |
| 8. | 9. | Detriot Lions | 9-4 | Finish up with 3 consecutive division games. |
| 9. | 11. | Dallas Cowboys | 9-4 | Guaranteed to be over .500 after 3 straight years of settling for 8 wins. |
| 10. | 15. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 8-5 | Bell joined Sweetness as the only backs in league history to top 200 yards from scrimmage in 3 straight games. |
| 11. | 7. | Cincinnati Bengals | 8-4-1 | Let the Steelers and Ravens back into the division race. |
| 12. | 12. | Baltimore Ravens | 8-5 | Overcame Ngata suspension at least for a week. |
| 13. | 10. | San Diego Chargers | 8-5 | Schedule makers did them no favors with home game against the Broncos following home loss to the Patriots. |
| 14. | 13. | Kansas City Chiefs | 7-6 | How can Reid justify Charles getting only 10 touches in Arizona? |
| 15. | 14. | Miami Dolphins | 7-6 | Philbin unlikely to survive if they miss the playoffs. |
| 16. | 19. | Houston Texans | 7-6 | How good could they be with a competent QB? |
| 17. | 17. | Buffalo Bills | 7-6 | League leaders with 48 sacks entering the week could not get to Peyton. |
| 18. | 18. | Cleveland Browns | 7-6 | Stubbornly sticking with Hoyer last week proved costly and the excuse that Manziel shouldn't have gone to the Cavaliers game on his night off was ridiculous. |
| 19. | 16. | San Francisco 49ers | 7-6 | What happened to Kaepernick? Will new coach want to start over at QB? |
| 20. | 20. | St. Louis Rams | 6-7 | Defense registered back-to-back shutouts for the first time since 1945 when the franchise was in Cleveland. |
| 21. | 24. | Minnesota Vikings | 6-7 | Beat the Jets for the first time since 1975. |
| 22. | 21. | Atlanta Falcons | 5-8 | Still control their own destiny. |
| 23. | 26. | Carolina Panthers | 4-8-1 | Newton's car accident puts a damper on their big win in New Orleans. |
| 24. | 22. | New Orleans Saints | 5-8 | Losers of 4 consecutive games at home where they had previously won 12 straight. |
| 25. | 25. | New York Giants | 4-9 | Snapped their 7 game losing streak. |
| 26. | 23. | Chicago Bears | 5-8 | Trestman/Cutler offensive experiment an unmitigated disaster. |
| 27. | 32. | Oakland Raiders | 2-11 | Is Harbaugh thinking if you can't beat them, join them?. |
| 28. | 27. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2-11 | Thanks to weak strength of schedule would get the first pick in the draft if the season ended today. |
| 29. | 28. | New York Jets | 2-11 | Started the game in Minnesota with Geno throwing a pick 6 on the first play from scrimmage and ended in OT with the defense allowing an 87 yard TD on a WR screen. |
| 30. | 29. | Washington Redskins | 3-10 | Punked by Fisher when he made the players drafted with the picks acquired in the RGIII trade the honorary captains for the coin toss. |
| 31. | 30. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 2-11 | Scobee is the first player in franchise history to score 1000 points. |
| 32. | 31. | Tennessee Titans | 2-11 | Makes sense to give Locker a last look over Whitehurst after Mettenberger injury. |
*Last week's ranking