| Power Rankings |
| Date | Ranking | Previous |
| 10/07/2008 | 16 | 23 |
| Who thought they would be 3-2 after five games? They've been competitive the entire season. Matt Ryan is growing up each week. |
| 09/30/2008 | 23 | 19 |
| After the first month they're 2-2. They'll take it. They do need to run it better than they did last Sunday -- or else. |
| 09/23/2008 | 19 | 25 |
| Mike Smith has the Falcons at 2-1. How? Playing good defense and running Michael Turner. That's the plan. |
| 09/16/2008 | 25 | 23 |
| They found out Sunday what all young teams find out: Winning at home is one thing, winning on the road another. At least they battled back to make it interesting after their first-quarter horrors. |
| 09/09/2008 | 23 | 31 |
| They want to run it and keep the other teams' offense off the field and try to win games in the fourth quarter. They ran it all right against the Lions, to the tune of 317 yards. Wow. |
| 09/02/2008 | 31 | - |
| It's a three-year turnaround, so this team will take its lumps this season. They are doing the right thing playing Matt Ryan. Getting over the 2007 debacle is the important thing now. |
| 05/20/2008 | 31 | 30 |
| New coach Mike Smith will watch his team take its lumps for a couple of seasons. He faces a big rebuilding process. |
| 02/05/2008 | 30 | 31 |
| New coach Mike Smith will bring some much-needed enthusiasm to a team that had a ton of turmoil in 2007. Now he has to find a quarterback. |
| 01/01/2008 | 31 | 32 |
| They showed some fight in their finale, but the end couldn't come soon enough on this season. They have to spend the next weeks finding the guy to turn it around as coach. |
| 12/25/2007 | 32 | 32 |
| Is there any team that is looking forward to seeing the calendar go to 2008 more than the Falcons? Has this been a miserable year or what? |
