| No. Team | Last Week | Record | Comment |
| 1. Chiefs | 1 | 8-0 | Trent Green 11 TDs, 1,835 yards passing. |
| 2. Vikings | 2 | 6-1 | C'mon, Red, embarrassing at 6-1? |
| 3. Buccaneers | 4 | 4-3 | Still will be there at the end. |
| 4. Colts | 5 | 6-1 | Peyton Manning having MVP season. |
| 5. Titans | 6 | 6-2 | Steve McNair also has MVP numbers. |
| 6. Panthers | 7 | 6-1 | First road team to win 3 OT games in one season. |
| 7. Patriots | 8 | 6-2 | Have not allowed 100-yard rusher this season. |
| 8. Dolphins | 9 | 5-2 | Most wins on Monday night, 38. |
| 9. Broncos | 3 | 5-3 | Pinning hopes on RB Clinton Portis. |
| 10. Rams | 12 | 5-2 | Marc Bulger passing for 284.7 yards a game. |
| 11. Seahawks | 10 | 5-2 | 4-0 at home, 1-2 on road. |
| 12. Cowboys | 11 | 5-2 | Three WRs lead offense. |
| 13. Eagles | 14 | 4-3 | Run game takes heat off Donovan McNabb. |
| 14. Ravens | 15 | 4-3 | 11-5 in November under Brian Billick. |
| 15. Bills | 13 | 4-4 | Gregg Williams gets dreaded vote of confidence. |
| 16. Packers | 16 | 3-4 | Brett Favre 11-20 indoors (at Vikings tonight). |
| 17. 49ers | 17 | 3-5 | Season on life support vs. Rams. |
| 18. Giants | 20 | 3-4 | Win at Minnesota saved season. |
| 19. Bengals | 22 | 3-4 | National media take note of improvement. |
| 20. Redskins | 18 | 3-4 | Spurrier says he's going back to aggressive attack. |
| 21. Browns | 19 | 3-5 | On verge of falling apart. |
| 22. Steelers | 21 | 2-5 | Four-game losing streak longest since '99. |
| 23. Saints | 24 | 3-5 | Down, but not out. |
| 24. Jets | 23 | 2-5 | Chad Pennington making first start today. |
| 25. Raiders | 26 | 2-5 | Rich Gannon's 76-game start streak ends. |
| 26. Texans | 25 | 2-5 | Tony Banks starts for injured David Carr. |
| 27. Falcons | 27 | 1-6 | Dan Reeves, Mike Vick at odds on return timetable. |
| 28. Cardinals | 32 | 2-5 | Fewer than 23,000 tickets sold for Bengals. |
| 29. Bears | 30 | 2-5 | Young players help on defense. |
| 30. Jaguars | 28 | 1-6 | 11-26 since start of '01 season. |
| 31. Lions | 29 | 1-6 | Lost 20 in a row on the road. |
| 32. Chargers | 31 | 1-6 | Does Lorenzo Neal wish he'd stayed? |
