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You may complain about the Chiefs being at the top of the rankings but I would love to know who you think belongs there. They are holding opposing teams to 12 points a game. The Saints maybe, Broncos not anymore and the Seahawks can't play on the road.
For the Bengals, they may have two losses but one was a hiccup and the other a game they probably should have won in Chicago. Here are the rest of the rankings:
| Team | Record | Rank | Reason | Previous Ranking |
| Chiefs | 8-0 | 1 | The Browns gave them all they had, but it wasn't enough. This defense is allowing 98 points in 8 games. That’s really good | 1 |
| Saints | 6-1 | 2 | The Saints handled the Bills and look to have an offense that is matching the defense | 4 |
| Broncos | 7-1 | 3 | This team is now suspect. Sure, they can score on anyone, but the defense is terrible and it looks like with pressure you can rattle the offense. | 3 |
| Bengals | 6-2 | 4 | Huge win against a Rex Ryan defense. Just total domination in all fronts. | 6 |
| Seahawks | 6-1 | 5 | At home they are incredible, on the road they should have lost to Kellen Clemens | 2 |
| Colts | 5-2 | 6 | Jumped by the Bengals on a bye week. | 5 |
| 49ers | 6-2 | 7 | 5 wins in a row by an average of 22.6 points. The struggles of the offense are long forgotten at this point. | 7 |
| Patriots | 6-2 | 8 | On the ropes against the Dolphins they pull it together in the second half. Still, not a lot of confidence in this team. | 8 |
| Packers | 5-2 | 9 | They look to be the class of the NFC north and have the Bears this week without Cutler. | 9 |
| Lions | 5-3 | 10 | Gutsy call on the almost spike to win the game on Sunday by Matt Stafford. Huge heads up play. | 12 |
| Bears | 4-3 | 11 | No movement on their bye week | 11 |
| Cowboys | 4-4 | 12 | First place in the NFC east by default. They have a ton of talent but can't close out games. | 10 |
| Chargers | 4-3 | 13 | bye week | 13 |
| Panthers | 4-3 | 14 | They beat the teams they are supposed to, waiting to see them get tested. | 15 |
| Ravens | 3-4 | 15 | They move up one spot because the Jets looked so bad | 16 |
| Jets | 4-4 | 16 | They gout trashed by the Bengals, at no point were they in the game on Sunday | 14 |
| Bills | 3-5 | 17 | With C.J Spiller out of the lineup, the running game is not so potent | 17 |
| Dolphins | 3-4 | 18 | They looked like they were going to run away with the game against the Pats, but it was a tale of two halves. | 18 |
| Titans | 3-4 | 19 | bye week | 19 |
| Rams | 3-5 | 20 | They couldn't have come closer to beating the Seahawks. 4 chances to score from inside the 5 to win the game and they failed. | 20 |
| Cardinals | 4-4 | 21 | Hello Andre Ellington, great game against the Falcons. | 23 |
| Browns | 3-5 | 22 | Will the Browns trade Josh Gordon? Who knows with this team. | 21 |
| Raiders | 3-4 | 23 | Terrelle Pryor broke Bo Jackson's rushing record and then broke the Steelers back in the process. | 22 |
| Falcons | 2-5 | 24 | I don't understand why this team is so bad, sure there are some key injuries, but they were bad before that | 25 |
| Steelers | 2-5 | 25 | For a second people thought the Steelers were going to turn it around, and then Oakland happened and I smile | 26 |
| Redskins | 2-5 | 26 | Another team that played well but couldn't finish. 3 picks of Manning wasn't enough | 27 |
| Texans | 2-5 | 27 | bye week | 28 |
| Giants | 2-6 | 28 | Bad team couldn't find the endzone. Still only 2 games out of first in that division. | 29 |
| Eagles | 3-5 | 29 | Where is this high flying Chip Kelley offense we were hearing about? | 24 |
| Vikings | 1-6 | 30 | Just run Adrian Peterson, who needs a quarterback | 30 |
| Buccaneers | 0-7 | 31 | Still on a fire watch for Schiano | 31 |
| Jaguars | 0-8 | 32 | Look at the bright side, the season is half over. | 32 |