Rank	Last week	Team(Record)	Next opponent	Comment
1.	1.	St. Louis Rams (6-0)	vs. New Orleans	Wonder if Curt Schilling could stop the Rams?
2.	2.	Oakland Raiders (4-1)	at Philadelphia	Gruden to ND: Don’t bet on it
3.	7.	Steelers (4-1)	vs. Tennessee	They love the Monday night stage at home (8-0)
4.	3.	Green Bay Packers (4-2)	vs. Tampa Bay (Nov. 4)	Packers’ Achilles’ heel: Vikings
5.	5.	New Orleans Saints (3-2)	at St. Louis	Memo to Jim Haslett: Play more road games
6.	6.	Baltimore Ravens (3-3)	vs. Jacksonville	Memo to Ray Lewis: More Dawgs had their day
7.	9.	San Francisco 49ers (4-1)	at Chicago	Generating more Bay Area excitement that Barry Bonds
8.	14.	Cleveland Browns (4-2)	at Chicago (Nov. 4)	It’s official: Butch Davis@ coach of the year
9.	8.	New York Giants (3-3)	at Washington	Miracle in the Meadowlands: Eagles win! Eagles win!
10.	4.	Indianapolis Colts (3-3)	at Buffalo (Nov. 4)	Jim Mora may not get chance to lose another playoff game
11.	11.	Miami Dolphins (3-2)	at Seattle	Didn’t play and moved into first place
12.	15.	Philadelphia Eagles (3-2)	vs. Oakland	Can’t beat the Cardinals, can beat the Giants
13.	10.	Denver Broncos (3-3)	vs. New England	What’s happened to all these Super Bowl candidates?
14.	16.	San Diego Chargers (4-2)	vs. Buffalo	Weather’s not the only thing good in San Diego
15.	18.	Chicago Bears (4-1)	vs. San Francisco	Defense might be stingier than ’85 Bears
16.	17.	Tennessee Titans (2-3)	at Steelers	Have won seven in a row against the Steelers
17.	19.	Minnesota Vikings (3-3)	at Tampa Bay	Formula for success: Run the ball
18.	12.	Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-3)	vs. Minnesota	More holes than a box of Krispy Kremes
19.	13.	Cincinnati Bengals (3-3)	at Detroit	From top of NFC Central (Bears) to bottom (Lions)
20.	20.	New York Jets (3-3)	at Carolina	Lose to Rams? It happens to everyone
21.	22.	New England Patriots (3-3)	at Denver	Patriots to NFL: Give us the Colts all the time
22.	21.	Seattle Seahawks (3-2)	vs. Miami	Offensive suggestion: Add Ichiro
23.	25.	Atlanta Falcons (3-3)	vs. New England	It was an early Mardi Gras in New Orleans
24.	23.	Kansas City Chiefs (1-6)	at San Diego (Nov. 4)	Vermeil reiterates mantra: It’s a three-year plan!
25.	24.	Jacksonville Jaguars (2-3)	at Baltimore	This team beat the Steelers?
26.	27.	Arizona Cardinals (2-3)	at Dallas	Desert birds have won two of three
27.	26.	Carolina Panthers (1-5)	vs. N.Y. Jets	Oh@ the ignominy -- losing to the Redskins
28.	28.	Buffalo Bills (1-4)	at San Diego	Nobody’s out of it in the AFC East
29.	29.	Detroit Lions (0-5)	vs. Cincinnati	Maybe Matt Millen can hire Ivan Hlinka
30.	30.	Dallas Cowboys (1-4)	vs. Arizona	Cowboys had week off; nobody in Big D could tell
31.	31.	Washington Redskins (1-5)	vs. N.Y. Giants	Get this! Marty says ’Skins are getting better