| Rnk | LW* | Team | Record | Comments |
| 1. | 1. | Green Bay Packers | 5-0 | Held the Falcons to a grand total of 106 yards after falling behind 14-0 with 12:26 left in the 2nd quarter. |
| 2. | 2. | New Orleans Saints | 4-1 | Brees led his 24th career 4th quarter or overtime comeback. |
| 3. | 3. | Baltimore Ravens | 3-1 | Face the injury ravaged Texans at a good time coming off the bye. |
| 4. | 4. | New England Patriots | 4-1 | Brady's multiple TD pass streak games was halted at 14 games despite his throwing for 321 yards. |
| 5. | 5. | Detriot Lions | 5-0 | Megatron's 9 receiving TDs are the most ever in the NFL through 5 games. |
| 6. | 7. | San Diego Chargers | 4-1 | Sluggish start is nothing new, actually managing to win 4 of 5 heading into the bye sets them up well for their usual mid-to-late season surge. |
| 7. | 12. | San Fransisco 49ers | 4-1 | The impact of Harbaugh has been almost unfathomable. |
| 8. | 13. | Buffalo Bills | 4-1 | Before the last 3 weeks the only time the franchise had interception returns for TDs in 3 straight games was 1960. |
| 9. | 16. | Oakland Raiders | 3-2 | Honored Davis with an impressive win in Houston. |
| 10. | 6. | Houston Texans | 3-2 | Losing Williams for the season to a torn pectoral muscle is a much bigger blow than losing to the Raiders. |
| 11. | 11. | Washington Redskins | 3-1 | Come off the bye alone atop the NFC East with a chance to put a stake through the heart of the Eagles. |
| 12. | 17. | Pittsburgh Steelers | 3-2 | Should have re-signed Starks 2 weeks ago. |
| 13. | 8. | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 3-2 | Trip home from San Francisco had to be long, and I don't just mean in distance. |
| 14. | 10. | Tennessee Titans | 3-2 | Played the Steelers at the wrong time. At least the rest of the division all lost. |
| 15. | 21. | Cincinnati Bengals | 3-2 | Proving me (and basically everybody else) wrong. |
| 16. | 14. | Atlanta Falcons | 2-3 | Hopefully Green Bay won't visit again for quite some time. |
| 17. | 9. | New York Giants | 3-2 | Manning's career high 420 yards passing and 3 TDs were not enough to overcome his 3 interceptions, the last of which off a deflection was returned all the way for the game clincher. |
| 18. | 15. | Chicago Bears | 2-3 | Hard to fathom how they won their division last season. |
| 19. | 19. | Dallas Cowboys | 2-2 | Offense has the ability to hang with the Patriots. Romo could also throw 4 picks leading to a blowout. Nothing surprises me any more with this team. |
| 20. | 18. | New York Jets | 2-3 | Struggling run defense allowed Green-Ellis to rack up 136 yards and a pair of TDs on the ground. |
| 21. | 20. | Philadelphia Eagles | 1-4 | Down a TD with 1:23 remaining Parker was drawn off sides on 4th down when the Bills were clearly going to let the play clock run out and punt. A microcosm of their season. |
| 22. | 22. | Cleveland Browns | 2-2 | How can Hillis look his teammates in the face after sitting with strep throat at the urging of his agent? |
| 23. | 23. | Carolina Panthers | 1-4 | Quickly fixed the offense with Newton. Now the defense needs a makeover. |
| 24. | 26. | Seattle Seahawks | 2-3 | Won in the eastern time zone for the first time in over 3 years. |
| 25. | 29. | Kansas City Chiefs | 2-3 | Bowe looked like a man among boys against the Colts secondary. |
| 26. | 32. | Minnesota Vikings | 1-4 | Exploded for 4 TDs in the 1st quarter including a trifecta by Purple Jesus and then finally managed to do enough to hang on in the 2nd half. |
| 27. | 24. | Jacksonville Jaguars | 1-4 | Can Del Rio survive past the week 9 bye? |
| 28. | 25. | Denver Broncos | 1-4 | Tebow! |
| 29. | 27. | Arizona Cardinals | 1-4 | Whether or not Kolb is the answer is unlikely to matter in the short term because of the subpar defense and offensive line. Whisenhunt could legitimately be in trouble. |
| 30. | 28. | St. Louis Rams | 0-4 | Division which seemed so winnable may already be out of reach with them 3.5 games behind the surging 49ers. |
| 31. | 30. | Miami Dolphins | 0-4 | Losing Henne can only help in the Luck sweepstakes which is a sad commentary on Moore. |
| 32. | 31. | Indianapolis Colts | 0-5 | Blowing a 17 point lead at home to the Chiefs makes them a front runner for Luck. |
*Last week's ranking