[SalesForce] First element in apex:repeat not in table

I have a strange issue that I can't figure out. I have a HTML table being created within an apex:outputpanel that gets put through an apex:repeat. It will list certain attributes for a particular field. On the Chrome browser everything works fine. On IE however, the first element of the table is included with the header, then the table begins. This issue is making the first element's formatting inconsistent with the rest of the table's elements. I have no idea why the first element is stuck with the header in IE and not Chrome. I'll post as much code as I can here.

 <table>
<tr>
    <th/>
    <th/>
    <th style="text-align:left; font-weight:bold"><apex:outputText value="1" rendered="{!someVar}"/></th>
    <th style="padding-right:30px; font-weight:bold"><apex:outputText value="2" rendered="{!someVar}"/></th>
    <th style="text-align:left; padding-right:10px; font-weight:bold"><apex:outputText value="3" rendered="{!someVar}"/></th>
    <th style="text-align:left; white-space:nowrap; font-weight:bold"><apex:outputText value="4" rendered="{!someVar}"/></th>
</tr>
<apex:repeat var="row" value="{!someValue}">
    <apex:outputPanel layout="none" rendered="{!someVar}">
        <apex:outputPanel layout="inline">

                <tr style="padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px; height: 24px">
                    <td style="width: 20px; text-align: center;">
                        <apex:image />
                        <apex:image />
                    </td>
                    <td style="width: 10px; text-align: center;">
                        <apex:outputText rendered="{!someVar}"><span class="footnote" style="font-size: large;">*</span></apex:outputText>
                        <apex:outputText rendered="{!someVar}"><span class="footnote">&Dagger;</span></apex:outputText>
                    </td>

                    <td style="width: 600px">                       
                        <apex:outputLink value="JavaScript:newPopup('{!URLFOR($Page.myPage)}#scrs');">
                            <apex:outputText value="{!myValue}" rendered="{!someVar}"/>
                            <apex:outputText value="{!myValue2}" rendered="{!someVar}"/>
                            <apex:outputText value="{!myValue3}"/>
                        </apex:outputLink>
                    </td>           
                    <td> <span style="padding-right: 10px; text-align:center;"> <apex:outputText rendered="{!someVar}" value="{!myValue4}"/></span></td>
                    <td>
                        <apex:outputLink value="JavaScript:newPopup('{!URLFOR($Page.myPage2)}#domains');"> 
                            <span style="padding-right: 10px;"> <apex:outputText rendered="{!someVar}" value="{!myValue5}"/></span>
                        </apex:outputLink>
                    </td>
                    <td> <span style="white-space: nowrap;"> <apex:outputText rendered="{!someVar}" value="{!myValue6}"/></span></td>                
                 </tr>

        </apex:outputPanel>
    </apex:outputPanel>
</apex:repeat>
    </table>

I'm using all generic variables and rendered conditions because the data itself isn't issue. It's the formatting. Within this repeat, the first iteration will put the element with the headers created right before this repeat. This only occurs in IE…not Chrome or Firefox. Any thoughts?