| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 3. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 3-0 | Have beaten the Ravens 9 of the last 10 times in Pittsburgh. |
| 2. | 5. | Indianapolis Colts | 2-1 | Harrison, Wayne, Clark, Collie, White. Doesn't matter to Manning. |
| 3. | 9. | Atlanta Falcons | 2-1 | Totalled 423 yards on the ground the last 2 weeks after managing only 58 against the Steelers. |
| 4. | 1. | New Orleans Saints | 2-1 | Probably time for Hartley to start looking for a new job. |
| 5. | 13. | Chicago Bears | 3-0 | Shockingly the last undefeated team in the NFC. |
| 6. | 2. | Green Bay Packers | 2-1 | 17 penalties and a punt return for a TD � ouch says my friend from Wisconsin. |
| 7. | 7. | Cincinnati Bengals | 2-1 | Ocho Stinko and TO can't be too happy with the scuffling Palmer. |
| 8. | 8. | Baltimore Ravens | 2-1 | Boldin became the fastest receiver in history to 600 catches. |
| 9. | 10. | New York Jets | 2-1 | Primed to improve to 3-0 in the division with the upcoming trip to Buffalo. Last year they only managed 2 divisional wins. |
| 10. | 4. | Houston Texans | 2-1 | Couldn't overcome loss of LT Brown to suspension. |
| 11. | 11. | New England Patriots | 2-1 | Gave up twice as many points to the Bills as they had scored in their previous 2 games combined. |
| 12. | 14. | Tennessee Titans | 2-1 | Johnson got 32 carries and topped the 100 yard rushing mark for the 18th time in his career. |
| 13. | 17. | Philadelphia Eagles | 2-1 | Vick versus McNabb should be an interesting matchup. |
| 14. | 19. | Dallas Cowboys | 1-2 | Head to the bye as the champions of Texas. |
| 15. | 21. | Kansas City Chiefs | 3-0 | Thunder and lightning with Jones and Charles rushing for 95 and 97 yards respectively. |
| 16. | 12. | Miami Dolphins | 2-1 | Can't afford second straight divisional loss at home against visiting Patriots. |
| 17. | 18. | Minnesota Vikings | 1-2 | Defense and Purple Jesus got them off the schneid. Favre still looked awful. |
| 18. | 23. | Seattle Seahawks | 2-1 | Washington became the 10th player in NFL history to return 2 kicks for TDs in a single game. |
| 19. | 6. | San Diego Chargers | 1-2 | Drop to 6-8 in September under Turner. |
| 20. | 25. | Arizona Cardinals | 2-1 | Saved by 3 Janikowski misses including a 32 yarder in the final seconds. |
| 21. | 15. | New York Giants | 1-2 | Committed 3 turnovers in 3 games in a row for the first time since 1999. The 5 personal foul penalties didn't help. |
| 22. | 20. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 2-1 | Might have found something at RB in Blount. |
| 23. | 16. | Washington Redskins | 1-2 | Switch to the 3-4 not yet working for the 32nd ranked defense. |
| 24. | 22. | Denver Broncos | 1-2 | Orton threw for 476 yards in a loss. |
| 25. | 24. | San Fransisco 49ers | 0-3 | Fired offensive coordinator Raye on Monday morning. Hard to imagine it mattering. Not sure how long Singletary can survive. |
| 26. | 30. | St. Louis Rams | 1-2 | Got to 30 points for the first time in 28 games. |
| 27. | 26. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 1-2 | Second year tackles Monroe and Britton not developing as hoped. |
| 28. | 27. | Oakland Raiders | 1-2 | RIP George Blanda. Son of a Pittsburgh coal miner. The Black and Silver could have used him next week at QB even at 83. |
| 29. | 28. | Carolina Panthers | 0-3 | Clausen was not ready. |
| 30. | 29. | Detriot Lions | 0-3 | Treading water waiting for return of Stafford. |
| 31. | 31. | Cleveland Browns | 0-3 | Keep games close and fight to the bitter end for Mangini. Just never actually win. |
| 32. | 32. | Buffalo Bills | 0-3 | Already released opening day starting QB Edwards. |
*Last week's ranking