| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | New York Giants | 5-0 | Bradshaw has already made them forget Ware and is trying to make them forget Jacobs. |
| 2. | 2. | New Orleans Saints | 4-0 | Beat the Jets with defense before the bye. Need Brees to break his streak of 2 games without a TD pass against the tougher team from Jersey. |
| 3. | 3. | Indianapolis Colts | 5-0 | Harrison. Gonzalez. Collie. Doesn't matter to Manning. |
| 4. | 4. | Minnesota Vikings | 5-0 | Favre is doing his job by making opponents pay for crowding the line to take away Purple Jesus. |
| 5. | 7. | Denver Broncos | 5-0 | The pupil has defeated the master sooner than anyone could have possibly expected. |
| 6. | 8. | Atlanta Falcons | 3-1 | Domination of Niners defense after trip cross country to San Fransisco was an eye opener. |
| 7. | 10. | Philadelphia Eagles | 3-1 | Reid remains undefeated in the regular season after a bye. |
| 8. | 13. | Cincinnati Bengals | 4-1 | How did Maualuga fall to the second round? |
| 9. | 5. | New England Patriots | 3-2 | The overtime loss in Denver was the first of Brady's career. |
| 10. | 11. | Chicago Bears | 3-1 | So far have overcome the loss of Urlacher. That might not be as easy in Atlanta against Ryan, Turner and company. |
| 11. | 14. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 3-2 | Loss of Smith for the season is a significant blow to the defense. |
| 12. | 6. | Baltimore Ravens | 3-2 | Benson ended their streak of holding running backs under 100 yards at 39 games. |
| 13. | 9. | New York Jets | 3-2 | Ryan's vaunted defense was steamrolled by the wildcat and picked apart by Henne. |
| 14. | 15. | San Diego Chargers | 2-2 | Couldn't have been happy watching the Broncos take a 2.5 game lead in the division as they sat at home during their bye. |
| 15. | 16. | Dallas Cowboys | 3-2 | Ware finally got his first sack of the season after totaling 20 last year. |
| 16. | 18. | Arizona Cardinals | 2-2 | Warner joins Tarkenton as the only QBs to throw for over 13,000 yards for two different teams. |
| 17. | 17. | Green Bay Packers | 2-2 | Resigned Tauscher to help on the right side of the offensive line. Need Clifton back in the worst way on the left side. |
| 18. | 12. | San Fransisco 49ers | 3-2 | Defense collapsed giving up 340 yards to the Falcons in the first half. |
| 19. | 21. | Miami Dolphins | 2-3 | Remained undefeated in orange. The wildcat kept the Jets off balance. Henne's arm strength and accuracy put a dagger in their hearts. |
| 20. | 26. | Seattle Seahawks | 2-3 | Outscoring opponents 69-0 when Hasselbeck plays the entire game. |
| 21. | 19. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 2-3 | Visiting Rams are the perfect salve for the pain inflicted on them in Seattle. |
| 22. | 20. | Houston Texans | 2-3 | Can't seem to get over the hump after finishing at .500 for the last 2 seasons. |
| 23. | 25. | Carolina Panthers | 1-3 | Peppers finally woke up. Wonder if they will try to trade him by the deadline this coming Tuesday? |
| 24. | 28. | Cleveland Browns | 1-4 | Won despite Anderson playing the whole game and finishing the day 2 of 17 for 23 yards, an interception and 15.1 rating. |
| 25. | 22. | Washington Redskins | 2-3 | Reportedly contacted Shanahan about taking the head coaching job and were immediately turned down before blowing a 17-2 lead in Carolina. |
| 26. | 23. | Tennessee Titans | 0-5 | Is it time to give VY another chance? |
| 27. | 24. | Buffalo Bills | 1-4 | Firing Jauron now would be the humane thing to do. |
| 28. | 27. | Detriot Lions | 1-4 | Competative. Need Stafford back. Culpepper seems to find a way to lose despite putting up decent numbers. |
| 29. | 29. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 0-5 | Johnson has shown flashes. Now he needs to reduce mistakes. |
| 30. | 30. | Oakland Raiders | 1-4 | Quote of the weekend: Darrius Heyward-Bey has more names than catches. -- Chris Berman. |
| 31. | 31. | Kansas City Chiefs | 0-5 | Have some hope against a Redskins team that has given the Lions and Panthers their only wins of the season. |
| 32. | 32. | St. Louis Rams | 0-5 | Could a team go winless for a second straight season? If they are 0-8 heading into the bye (a stretch which includes a game in Detroit) it is a definite possibility given the difficulty of their schedule afterwards. |
*Last week's ranking