- Atlanta Falcons (8-0) | 1 | Like good teams, they find a way
- Houston Texans (7-1) | 2 | Quietly piling up victories
- Chicago Bears (7-1) | 3 | Better by the week
- New York Giants (6-3) | 4 | Still look like Super Bowl contenders
- Green Bay Packers (6-3) | 5 | In position to make a run
- Baltimore Ravens (6-2) | 6 | Now, the task is to hold off the Steelers
- San Francisco 49ers (6-2) | 7 | How good is the NFC? The 'Niners are No. 5
- New England Patriots (5-3) | 8 | Offense makes them factor in second half
- Denver Broncos (5-3) | 9 | Manning: Comeback POY or MVP – or both?
- Pittsburgh Steelers (5-3) | 10 | Will push Baltimore all season
- Detroit Lions (4-4) | 13 | That Calvin Johnson guy? He's got a chance to be good
- Seattle Seahawks (5-4) | 12 | When they're at home, they're a playoff team
- Indianapolis Colts (5-3) | 16 | Winning on emotion – and with a lot of Luck
- Minnesota Vikings (5-4) | 11 | Still in it, but for how long?
- Miami Dolphins (4-4) | 14 | Loss in Indy doesn't take away this team's improvement
- San Diego Chargers (4-4) | 17 | Must get a lot better fast to stay with Denver
- Tampa Bay Buccaneers (4-4) | 24 | Should have moved them up a while ago
- Arizona Cardinals (4-5) | 15 | So far, so fast
- Dallas Cowboys (3-5) | 20 | Season now officially on the brink
- New Orleans Saints (3-5) | 27 | Just in time – or just too late?
- Philadelphia Eagles (3-5) | 18 | Super Bowl talk seems like a long time ago
- Washington Redskins (3-6) | 19 | Sunday's loss could loom large in December
- Cincinnati Bengals (3-5) | 21 | Wh-appened?
- Tennessee Titans (3-6) | 22 | Strides made last season have been lost now
- Buffalo Bills (3-5) | 23 | Looking prime for another second-half slide
- New York Jets (3-5) | 25 | Could it be getting close to Tebow Time?
- Oakland Raiders (3-5) | 26 | Sunday's loss killed signs of momentum
- St. Louis Rams (3-5) | 28 | Coming out of the bye and holding on to hope
- Cleveland Browns (2-7) |29 | Played tough. Still lost. Wins are tough in the NFL
- Carolina Panthers (2-6) | 30 | Signs of life for Newton
- Jacksonville Jaguars (1-7) | 31 | I don't wanna talk about it
- Kansas City Chiefs (1-7) | 32 | Still deserve to be here
