1. Houston Texans (10-1) | 1 | Two OT victories in five days – stuff No. 1 teams are made of
2. Atlanta Falcons (10-1) | 2 | Winning by a thread, but winning and winning and...
3. Baltimore Ravens (9-2) | 4 | Fourth-and-29 may be play of the year
4. New England Patriots (8-3) | 5 | When was last time Pats were this “sneaky” good?
5. San Francisco 49ers (8-2-1) | 6 | May be toughest “out” in NFC right now
6. Chicago Bears (8-3) | 7 | Cutler back = Super Bowl hopes back, too
7. Green Bay Packers (7-4) | 3 | Pass pro must get fixed quickly
8. Denver Broncos (8-3) | 8 | This team may make the postseason much more interesting
9. New York Giants (7-4) | 10 | When they’re good, there may be no team better
10. Pittsburgh Steelers (6-5) | 9 | Cleveland pretty much defined “bad loss”
11. Seattle Seahawks (6-5) | 11 | Sooner or later, they’ll need to win on the road
12. Indianapolis Colts (7-4) | 14 | Winning when you ought to win goes a long way
13. Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-5) | 12 | Will have to fight their way in to the postseason
14. Cincinnati Bengals (6-5) | 17 | Schedule could get them back in contention
15. New Orleans Saints (5-6) | 13 | Out of gas, or poised for one final run?
16. Washington Redskins (5-6) | 21 | Better and better each week
17. Minnesota Vikings (6-5) | 15 | Starting to stagger
18. Dallas Cowboys (5-6) | 16 | So, that’s it, right? Right?
19. Miami Dolphins (5-6) | 19 | Credit them for staying alive . . . barely
20. Detroit Lions (4-7) | 18 | Going, going . . .
21. San Diego Chargers (4-7) | 20 | Loss to Baltimore may be final stand
22. St. Louis Rams (4-5-1) | 26 | Jeff Fisher has things on the verge of being good
23. Tennessee Titans (4-7) | 22 | Got a week off before heading to EverBank
24. Buffalo Bills (4-7) | 23 | Last playoff appearance was ’99, and ’12 isn’t looking good
25. Arizona Cardinals (4-7) | 24 | The long, slow fade continues
26. New York Jets (4-7) | 25 | Oof
27. Cleveland Browns (3-8) | 29 | Bid farewell to Holmgren with gutty victory
28. Oakland Raiders (3-8) | 28 | The season just gets longer and longer
29. Carolina Panthers (3-8) | 30 | Cam came to life on prime time
30. Philadelphia Eagles (3-8) | 27 | It just gets worse and worse and worse
31. Jacksonville Jaguars (2-9) | 31 | Jaguars, Welcome to the AFC East
32. Kansas City Chiefs (1-10) | 32 | Settling in
