I'll get to the NFL Rankings in a second, but first I wanted to share this beautiful article I found on ESPN.com today. Basically it says that the World Series received a record low rating on Saturday. It was so shitty, in fact, that baseball and Fox have decided to start the World Series on Tuesday Nights beginning next season. Reread that last sentence, only this time keep in mind that it actually says that Fox decided the World Series needed to start on Tuesday, and Bud Selig said, "Yessir, Mr. Murdoch, I am your bitch!"

I wish that Paul Tagliabue would challenge baseball to have the World Series start on Monday Night, so game 1 could go up head to head against Monday Night Football. He could even promise that they would pick the worst possible match-up out of the schedule for that week (think Arizona vs. Oakland). Baseball would never do it, though, because they know that even a regular season match-up featuring two teams with one win total would beat the pants off the World Series. But still, it would be funny to see Goodell make Selig back down from that challenge.

Anyway, enough of that, onto the rankings!

1. Bears (1) - Still the one, that makes me shout, still the one I dream about, we're still having fun, and you're still the one.
2. Colts (2) - Moved closer by finally putting together another dominant performance.
3. Broncos (3) - The best defense no one is talking about, and maybe the best defense, period.
4. Bengals (6) - It's been quite a roller coaster for the Bengals already - can they emotionally keep up with this bumpy of a ride?
5. Chargers (4) - Playing in Kansas City is tough, and the Chargers showed true grit coming back from a huge defecit, but still, you want to be winning when your divisional opponent has Damon Huard in in place of their starting QB.
6. Patriots (11) - No wide receivers? No problem!
7. Giants (12) - The team least talked about in the NFC East during the offseason, New York currently finds itself where it ended up last season - in first place.
8. Eagles (8) - You can't figure on the other team nailing a 62 yarder as time expires, but you can't find yourself on the wrong end of a decision against a 1-4 team, no matter the venue or the circumstances, if you're trying to be a Super Bowl Championship caliber team.
9. Panthers (10) - Sure, great teams don't look for moral victories, but Carolina's performance - losing by but a figgie in the home stadium of a likely playoff team and possible Super Bowl participant - showed a lot.
10. Seahawks (5) - Suddenly it appears as though the Super Bowl Losers' Curse might be alive and kicking, after all.
11. Jaguars (7) - Ummmm, what the hell was that?
12. Cowboys (9) - And the Cowboys become the second team this season to start the Quarterback Carousel (Miami was the first - Kansas City and Oakland are playing their back-ups due to injury).
13. Steelers (13) - Ok, we're still not sure what kind of a team Atlanta has, so we'll give the Steelers a break on that one.
14. Vikings (17) - Ok, everybody who looked at the schedule before the season and said, "when Minnesota comes to town, Seattle's home winning streak is over" raise your hands. Put your fucking hands down, you liars!
15. Saints (14) - Keep your eyes glued to the television when the Ravens go to New Orleans - methinks that one of these two teams is going to be exposed.
16. Chiefs (19) - I was worried about how their offense would look with Herminator at the helm; it's been up and down, but considering Damon Huard has been under center, you have to be impressed with an outburst like Sunday's.
17. Ravens (15) - Let's see how the new offense looks in the new Toughest Venue To Win At In All Of Sports.
18. Falcons (18) - The most difficult team to figure out in the NFL, or the easiest - I'm not sure which, yet.
19. Rams (16) - I still maintain the Rams are living on borrowed time and that will be proven when they travel to San Diego this week.
20. Buccaneers (20) - The Buccaneers would like to announce that their season isn't quite over yet (but they are still 2-4).
21. Jets (22) - Everyone who had wagered on the Jets being among the top 2 teams to start the Quarterback Carousel, hang your heads in shame.
22. Redskins (21) - Dan Snyder is paying those WRs a lot of money for Mark Brunell to be ignoring them like that.
23. Dolphins (23) - I didn't think the Dolphins would be great, but I didn't think they would be a trainwreck, either.
24. Browns (24) - And who started the offseason rumor that this team was going to be respectable this season?
25. Bills (25) - Proved that the week one almost win was definately a fluke.
26. 49ers (27) - Boy, I sure hope the 49ers cooked up something real good over the bye week, because they're headed to Chicago.
27. Packers (29) - It's nothing to write home about yet, but that Packer defense is going to be quite adaquate in the coming seasons.
28. Texans (31) - Not quite sure where they came up with that, but the real important question is, "do they have anymore?"
29. Titans (28) - Host the Texans in the Stinkbomb of the Week.
30. Cardinals (26) - Losing to Oakland earns the Cards a trip to 30.
31. Raiders (32) - In celebration of their glorious victory, I'll let them out of the dungeon for a week.
32. Lions (30) - Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the Detroit Lions into the race for Brady Quinn!