There was a little shake up at the top with the Bears losing to hapless Miami and the true bottom team returns to its rightful place.

Here is the class and trash of the NFL after nine weeks, with nothing in between:

1. Indianapolis Colts (8-0)
Previous Rank: #2
Indy is the obvious choice for the top dog seeing as how the Colts are the only undefeated team left in the league. This team will lose a game (if not two or three) before the regular season is all said and done, however. That run defense is just brutal and it will eventually catch up with the Horseshoe Heads.

2. Chicago Bears (7-1)
Previous Rank: #1
I bet a lot of the national guys are going to drop the Bears further down their power rankings, but I’m going to try and not overact to what I saw in Chicago last Sunday. While I think the Bears have been exposed a bit, that defense is still elite and the offense is lethal enough to beat above average teams. But now after two absolutely brutal games, fans in Chi-town have to be concerned with Rex Grossman’s maddening inconsistency.

3. San Diego Chargers (6-2)
Previous Rank: #4
Every time I put this team up high, they burn me. But I’ll say it again – San Diego has a stout D, a quarterback that’s playing extremely well and the best player in the league in LaDainian Tomlinson.

4. New England Patriots (6-2)
Previous Rank: #3
I don’t think that New England has that hold it used to have over Peyton Manning anymore. While I still think the Pats are a solid football team, New England now has faced two tough opponents at home and has dropped both contests.

5. Denver Broncos (6-2)
Previous Rank: Unranked
If Javon Walker does at least half of what he did last week against the Steelers, it won’t matter how bad Jake Plummer can look at times.

28. Cleveland Browns (2-6)
Previous Rank: Unranked
I toyed with putting the Steelers in this spot, but I think Pittsburgh will eventually find its way down here eventually. I don’t know, if I were a team looking to get into the playoffs, I don’t think I would want to overlook this team, but it’s hard not to rank the Browns this low with their win-loss record.

29. Miami Dolphins (2-6)
Previous Rank: #31
The Fish get bumped up a few spots with that impressive win over Da Bears in Chicago. But let’s not get crazy here – Joey Harrington is still their quarterback. If Miami keeps getting the effort it got out of RB Ronnie Brown, however, the Dolphins will eventually make it out of the basement of these power rankings.

30. Houston Texans (2-6)
Previous Rank: #28
I don’t think you can take anything away from Houston’s effort last Sunday in New York against the Giants. However, with Miami’s win in Chicago and Detroit’s performance against the Falcons, the Texans have to drop. And I still think Cleveland is a better team than Houston at this point in the season.

31. Arizona Cardinals (1-7)
Previous Rank: #32
Only Oakland’s Monday Night Football Performance in Seattle saved the Cards from the final spot.

32. Oakland Raiders (2-6)
Previous Rank: 29
Every single thing that relates to Oakland’s offense is terrible. From Tom Walsh’s putrid game plans, to Randy Moss’s attitude, to Andrew Walter not being able to hit a receiver, to that miserable excuse for an offensive line that the Raiders have is all absolutely awful.