| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 2. | Carolina Panthers | 11-0 | Probably could have gotten pretty good odds at the beginning of the season if you wanted to bet they were going to be the last undefeated remaining. |
| 2. | 1. | New England Patriots | 10-1 | Gronk injury could have been worse even if reports that he will miss multiple games come true. |
| 3. | 3. | Arizona Cardinals | 9-2 | Actually likely to be more explosive with rookie David Johnson if Chris Johnson, Ellington are forced to miss significant time due to injury. |
| 4. | 4. | Denver Broncos | 9-2 | Kubiak running his offense with Osweiler under center has rejuvenated the running game. |
| 5. | 5. | Cincinnati Bengals | 9-2 | Emphatically ended 2 game losing streak. |
| 6. | 8. | Minnesota Vikings | 8-3 | Better off when the ball is in the hands of Purple Jesus, not Bridgewater. |
| 7. | 9. | Kansas City Chiefs | 6-5 | Ware topped 100 yards rushing in his first career start in place of the injured West/Charles. |
| 8. | 13. | Seattle Seahawks | 6-5 | Wilson won for the first time as a starter when defense gave up 25 or more points. |
| 9. | 6. | Green Bay Packers | 7-4 | Would like to forget first Thanksgiving game in Lambeau on stormy night except for halftime retirement of Favre's jersey including appearance by Starr. |
| 10. | 10. | Indianapolis Colts | 6-5 | Hasselbeck has been reborn at 40. |
| 11. | 7. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 6-5 | Turned the ball over 14 times in their last 5 games, not surprisingly 3 were losses. |
| 12. | 14. | Houston Texans | 6-5 | Got points on their opening drive for the first time all season. |
| 13. | 16. | New York Jets | 6-5 | Get to play a road game this week on their home field. That could happen twice every year in LA if the Raiders and Chargers get approval to share a stadium. |
| 14. | 11. | Atlanta Falcons | 6-5 | Remember when they were undefeated after 5 games? |
| 15. | 18. | Chicago Bears | 5-6 | Could Gase finally get a head job based on his miraculous work with Cutler? |
| 16. | 21. | Washington Redskins | 5-6 | Under .500, in first place. Cousins hasn't thrown an interception in his last 5 home games, all wins. |
| 17. | 12. | New York Giants | 5-6 | Couldn't overcome 3 early Eli interceptions. Say that 3 times fast. |
| 18. | 15. | Buffalo Bills | 5-6 | Defense has taken a step back from last year under supposed guru Ryan. |
| 19. | 17. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 5-6 | Martin topped 1000 yards rushing for the season on a 56 yard run in the second quarter in Indianapolis, then he only touched the ball 3 times the rest of the game. |
| 20. | 24. | Oakland Raiders | 5-6 | Cooper has already set the franchise rookie record for receiving yards with 851. |
| 21. | 28. | Detriot Lions | 4-7 | Stafford, running game continue to surge with Cooter calling the plays. |
| 22. | 20. | Miami Dolphins | 4-7 | Offensive coordinator Lazor latest coach fired. Can't overstate disaster of resigning Tannehill to a $96 million extension, $45 million of which is guaranteed. |
| 23. | 31. | San Diego Chargers | 3-8 | Rivers put them on his back and ended 6 game losing streak despite cross country trip. |
| 24. | 22. | Philadelphia Eagles | 4-7 | Allowed 45 points in consecutive games. State of Philly sports with Eagles, Phillies, 76ers and Flyers beyond abysmal. |
| 25. | 23. | St. Louis Rams | 4-7 | Fisher's last winning season was '08 in Tennessee. |
| 26. | 25. | New Orleans Saints | 4-7 | Last time they didn't score a TD in a game was week 16 in '05. Have to believe Payton/Brees era is coming to an end. |
| 27. | 27. | Baltimore Ravens | 4-7 | Harbaugh has been their head coach for 138 games counting the playoffs, last Sunday was the first not started by Flacco. |
| 28. | 26. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 4-7 | Bortles needs 1 more TD pass to tie Garrard for the franchise single season record with 23. |
| 29. | 19. | Dallas Cowboys | 3-8 | Dream of running the table and making the playoffs after return of Romo has turned into a nightmare. |
| 30. | 29. | San Francisco 49ers | 3-8 | Could Tomsula be done after only a single season? Bringing back Baalke would be especially foolish. |
| 31. | 30. | Tennessee Titans | 2-9 | Losers of 11 consecutive home games. |
| 32. | 32. | Cleveland Browns | 2-9 | Only they could lose on a walk off blocked FG returned for a TD. |
*Last week's final regular season ranking