Rank	Last week	Team (Record)	Next opponent	Comment
1.	1.	Oakland Raiders (6-1)	at Seattle	Only Oakland loss on the horizon: Jason Giambi
2.	2.	St. Louis Rams (6-1)	vs. Carolina	A week off to recharge the offensive engines
3.	5.	Green Bay Packers (5-2)	at Chicago	Favre's job - look out for Bears safety Mike Brown
4.	3.	STEELERS (5-2)	at Cleveland	Look at the bright side: Could be a Browns fan
5.	6.	Baltimore Ravens (5-3)	at Tennessee	Super Bowl spoils: First MNF appearance
6.	4.	New Orleans Saints (4-3)	at San Francisco	Should play all their games on the road
7.	7.	Indianapolis Colts (4-3)	vs. Miami	Peyton getting his game back in place
8.	9.	Miami Dolphins (5-2)	at Indianapolis	Key to success in Indy: Oronde Gadsden
9.	10.	Chicago Bears (6-1)	vs. Green Bay	Wonder how many fans left when it was 21-7?
10.	11.	San Francisco 49ers (5-2)	vs. New Orleans	Big division opportunity for Golden Gaters
11.	8.	Cleveland Browns (4-3)	vs. Steelers	Only one thing to say: UnBEARable
12.	12.	Denver Broncos (4-4)	vs. San Diego	Couldn't make it eight in a row against Raiders
13.	13.	San Diego Chargers (5-3)	at Denver	Not too many teams lose to Chiefs
14.	14.	Philadelphia Eagles (4-3)	vs. Minnesota	Birds weren't going to let Jake get another upset
15.	15.	New York Giants (4-4)	at Arizona	Oh,  the ignominy - almost losing to Cowboys
16.	18.	New York Jets (5-3)	vs. Kansas City	Do everyone a favor - release Damian Robinson
17.	17.	Cincinnati Bengals (4-3)	at Jacksonville	Good time to end five-game skid in Jacksonville
18.	16.	Tampa Bay Buccaneers (3-4)	at Detroit	It's never a good time to visit Detroit
19.	19.	Tennessee Titans (3-4)	vs. Baltimore	It's payback time against Ravens
20.	21.	New England Patriots (4-4)	vs. Buffalo	New nickname for Pats offense: Brady Bunch
21.	20.	Minnesota Vikings (3-4)	at Philadelphia	Vikes like a little rest: NFL-best 10-2 after bye weeks
22.	22.	Seattle Seahawks (3-4)	vs. Oakland	New team color after losing to 'Skins: Red
23.	23.	Atlanta Falcons (3-4)	vs. Dallas	It hasn't been dome,  sweet,  dome
24.	24.	Kansas City Chiefs (2-6)	at N.Y. Jets	Two words to describe Priest Holmes: Holy cow!
25.	28.	Washington Redskins (3-5)	at Denver (Nov. 18)	New D.C. stars: Jordan,  Jagr,  Tony Banks
26.	25.	Jacksonville Jaguars (2-5)	vs. Cincinnati	Paper mills and Jags: Two things that stink in Jax
27.	26.	Dallas Cowboys (2-5)	at Atlanta	Offense ready to turn over a new Leaf
28.	27.	Arizona Cardinals (2-5)	vs. N.Y. Giants	World Series rematch: Arizona-New York
29.	29.	Carolina Panthers (1-7)	at St. Louis	Good news: Won both 2000 meetings with Rams
30.	30.	Buffalo Bills (1-6)	at New England	Memo to Tom Donahoe: The draft is coming
31.	31.	Detroit Lions (0-7)	vs. Tampa Bay	Only thing more elusive than first victory: Barry Sanders