| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | New England Patriots | 14-2 | Only Ditka has bested Gronkowski's 10 TD receptions as a rookie TE. |
| 2. | 2. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 12-4 | Their 20th division title since the '70 merger is the most in the league. |
| 3. | 3. | Baltimore Ravens | 12-4 | Loss in Cincinnati in week 2 means they need to win 3 road games to get to the Super Bowl. My heart bleeds. |
| 4. | 5. | Atlanta Falcons | 13-3 | Ryan's 33 wins as a starter in his first 3 seasons ties Marino for the most since the AFL/NFL merger. |
| 5. | 4. | New Orleans Saints | 11-5 | Loss of Thomas and Ivory makes Super Bowl run as a wild card that much more difficult. |
| 6. | 8. | New York Jets | 11-5 | Ryan needs to shut up. Perhaps I am over sensitive living in Central Jersey. Nah. Ryan needs to shut up. |
| 7. | 6. | Chicago Bears | 11-5 | Can Cutler come up big? Or at least not fall flat on his face. Defense is championship caliber. |
| 8. | 9. | Indianapolis Colts | 10-6 | Manning gives them a punchers chance despite injuries. |
| 9. | 11. | Green Bay Packers | 10-6 | Capers has the defense firing on all cylinders. |
| 10. | 7. | Philadelphia Eagles | 10-6 | Are defenses catching up with Vick? |
| 11. | 10. | Kansas City Chiefs | 10-6 | Hard to fault them for coming out flat against the Raiders, there is little difference between the 3 and 4 seed. |
| 12. | 12. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 10-6 | Future seems bright with Freeman and Morris. |
| 13. | 13. | San Diego Chargers | 9-7 | Is their window of opportunity closing even with Rivers in his prime? |
| 14. | 14. | New York Giants | 10-6 | Manning to Manningham for 92 yards was the franchise's longest TD pass in 39 years. Didn't matter because of the Packers' win. |
| 15. | 17. | Oakland Raiders | 8-8 | First team to go undefeated in their division since the '70 merger and miss the playoffs. Improvement wasn't enough to keep vampire Davis from sucking the blood out of Cable. |
| 16. | 15. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 8-8 | Couldn't overcome absence of Garrard and MJD in Houston. Colts win made it a moot point. |
| 17. | 26. | Seattle Seahawks | 7-9 | Hasselbeck expected to start against the Saints. Not that it should matter. |
| 18. | 16. | St. Louis Rams | 7-9 | Ahead of schedule despite blowing golden opportunity in Seattle. |
| 19. | 20. | Detriot Lions | 6-10 | Finish the season riding a 4 game winning streak. |
| 20. | 22. | Dallas Cowboys | 6-10 | Removing interim tag from Garrett allows Jones to keep total control. Not a good thing although not an indictment of Garrett. |
| 21. | 18. | Minnesota Vikings | 6-10 | Frazier was definitely ready for a head job. Now need to find a QB. |
| 22. | 19. | Miami Dolphins | 7-9 | The Parcell's era goes out with a whimper. Owner Ross is now courting fellow Michigan alumnus Harbaugh despite not yet firing Sparano. |
| 23. | 24. | San Fransisco 49ers | 6-10 | Obviously had more fun playing for Tomsula than Singletary. Seemingly the frontrunners for Harbaugh although the Dolphins are making a push. There backup plan is said to be McDaniels which would be hilarious. |
| 24. | 31. | Houston Texans | 6-10 | Kubiak stays while the defensive staff pays. Officially hired Phillips as defensive coordinator. The rest of the AFC South has to be pleased. |
| 25. | 21. | Washington Redskins | 6-10 | Did any coach have a worse year than Shanahan? |
| 26. | 23. | Tennessee Titans | 6-10 | Adams somewhat surprisingly chose Fisher over VY. |
| 27. | 25. | Cleveland Browns | 5-11 | Can Holmgren resist the temptation to return to the sidelines? |
| 28. | 27. | Cincinnati Bengals | 4-12 | Lewis returns after threatening to take his services elsewhere. The AFC North rejoices. |
| 29. | 28. | Arizona Cardinals | 5-11 | Will Whisenhunt gamble that McNabb has something left? The QB situation desperately needs to be addressed. |
| 30. | 29. | Denver Broncos | 4-12 | Turn to Elway to try to straighten out the mess left by McDaniels. |
| 31. | 30. | Buffalo Bills | 4-12 | Do they believe Fitzpatrick is the answer? Will they gamble on Newton or Mallett? |
| 32. | 32. | Carolina Panthers | 2-14 | Shit outta Luck. |
*Last week's ranking