(Won-Loss Record and Last Season’s Final Ranking in parentheses)
1. Denver Broncos (1-0) (2) – All hail Peyton Manning.
2. Seattle Seahawks (1-0) (3) – Got that east coast road monkey off their backs early.
3. San Francisco 49ers (1-0) (4) – Remember when this team was hard to beat because of their defense?
4. Baltimore Ravens (0-1) (1) – Absolutely no reason to panic.
5. New England Patriots (1-0) (5) – Like the monster at the end of a horror movie, this team is never REALLY dead.
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6. Houston Texans (1-0) (8) – Last second heroics.
7. Green Bay Packers (0-1) (6) – Niners officially have “their number.”
8. New Orleans Saints (1-0) (10) – You don’t normally think “goalline stand” when you see this team.
9. Chicago Bears (1-0) (12) – Starting out right.
10. Atlanta Falcons (0-1) (9) – Road blues.
11. Indianapolis Colts (1-0) (11) – It shouldn’t be that hard to beat the Raiders.
12. Cincinnati Bengals (0-1) (7) – Still can’t beat good teams.
13. Detroit Lions (1-0) (14) – New look Lions looking good.
14. Dallas Cowboys (1-0) (15) – Ugly, but they’ll take it.
15. Pittsburgh Steelers (0-1) (13) – Could be in real trouble.
16. Minnesota Vikings (0-1) (16) – Still need a Plan B.
17. New York Giants (0-1) (17) – No one can win and turn it over like that.
18. Miami Dolphins (1-0) (20) – So far, so good.
19. St. Louis Rams (1-0) (21) – Big fourth quarter saves the day.
20. Washington Redskins (0-1) (18) – RGIII might have come back a little too soon.
21. Arizona Cardinals (0-1) (19) – Plain and simple, they blew it.
T-22. Kansas City Chiefs (1-0) (25) – Wow, this team looked so much better with Andy Reid as their coach.
T-22. Philadelphia Eagles (1-0) (25) – Wow, this team looked so much better without Andy Reid as their coach.
24. New York Jets (1-0) (28) – Don’t pencil them in to the playoffs just yet.
25. Cleveland Browns (0-1) (22) – This team will win zero games where Brandon Weeden throws the ball 50 times.
26. Tennessee Titans (1-0) (29) – For one week, that was good enough.
27. Carolina Panthers (0-1) (23) – The good news is, the defense didn’t blow it.
28. San Diego Chargers (0-1) (24) – Don’t kid yourself. Despite the score, they got pushed all over the field.
29. Buffalo Bills (0-1) (27) – The annual “we almost beat New England” festival begins.
30. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-1) (30) – And that was against the Jets. . .
31. Jacksonville Jaguars (0-1) (31) – It has to get better, because it can’t get worse.
32. Oakland Raiders (0-1) (32) – They might not get closer than that all year.
