NFL Standings: NFC, Week 13

NFC
NFC EAST
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pythag%	RoS SOS
	Philadelphia Eagles	9	3	0	0.750	5	3	0	3	0	0	0.375	0.455	375	285	0.657	0.458
	Dallas Cowboys	8	4	0	0.667	5	4	0	2	2	0	0.354	0.431	302	273	0.560	0.521
	New York Giants	3	9	0	0.250	2	7	0	1	3	0	0.389	0.563	257	319	0.375	0.396
	Washington Redskins	3	9	0	0.250	1	7	0	1	2	0	0.333	0.479	244	322	0.341	0.521
NFC NORTH
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pythag%	RoS SOS
	Green Bay Packers	9	3	0	0.750	6	3	0	4	1	0	0.468	0.497	380	267	0.698	0.458
	Detroit Lions	8	4	0	0.667	6	2	0	3	0	0	0.427	0.483	231	207	0.565	0.438
	Chicago Bears	5	7	0	0.417	4	4	0	1	3	0	0.350	0.510	253	337	0.336	0.542
	Minnesota Vikings	5	7	0	0.417	5	5	0	0	4	0	0.308	0.490	233	257	0.442	0.458
NFC SOUTH
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pythag%	RoS SOS
	Atlanta Falcons	5	7	0	0.417	5	4	0	4	0	0	0.358	0.451	291	299	0.484	0.510
	New Orleans Saints	5	7	0	0.417	4	4	0	2	1	0	0.442	0.535	323	318	0.509	0.323
	Carolina Panthers	3	8	1	0.292	3	6	0	1	2	0	0.458	0.545	228	331	0.292	0.396
	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	2	10	0	0.167	1	7	0	0	4	0	0.417	0.458	220	314	0.301	0.531
NFC WEST
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pythag%	RoS SOS
	Arizona Cardinals	9	3	0	0.750	7	2	0	2	1	0	0.481	0.514	258	224	0.583	0.563
	Seattle Seahawks	8	4	0	0.667	6	2	0	2	1	0	0.464	0.503	298	221	0.670	0.625
	San Francisco 49ers	7	5	0	0.583	6	4	0	1	3	0	0.476	0.528	231	244	0.468	0.542
	St. Louis Rams	5	7	0	0.417	3	5	0	2	2	0	0.450	0.556	261	285	0.448	0.479

Current Playoff Standings:

NFC
CURRENT PLAYOFF PICTURE
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pythag%	RoS SOS
	Arizona Cardinals	9	3	0	0.750	7	2	0	2	1	0	0.481	0.514	258	224	0.583	0.563
	Green Bay Packers	9	3	0	0.750	6	3	0	4	1	0	0.468	0.497	380	267	0.698	0.458
	Philadelphia Eagles	9	3	0	0.750	5	3	0	3	0	0	0.375	0.455	375	285	0.657	0.458
	Atlanta Falcons	5	7	0	0.417	5	4	0	4	0	0	0.358	0.451	291	299	0.484	0.510
	Seattle Seahawks	8	4	0	0.667	6	2	0	2	1	0	0.464	0.503	298	221	0.670	0.625
	Detroit Lions	8	4	0	0.667	6	2	0	3	0	0	0.427	0.483	231	207	0.565	0.438
	Dallas Cowboys	8	4	0	0.667	5	4	0	2	2	0	0.354	0.431	302	273	0.560	0.521
	San Francisco 49ers	7	5	0	0.583	6	4	0	1	3	0	0.476	0.528	231	244	0.468	0.542
	New Orleans Saints	5	7	0	0.417	4	4	0	2	1	0	0.442	0.535	323	318	0.509	0.323

A quick primer on what all of this information is:

Team, W(ins), L(osses), T(ies), and Pct (winning percentage) are all self-explanatory. 

The Conference and Division records are separated into separate columns for Wins/Losses/Ties. This was purely a formatting move designed to help me update the tables more efficiently. 

PF - Points For (points scored by the team for the season)

PA - Points Against (points scored by the team's opponents for the season)

Pythag% - Pythagorean winning percentage - this is based on PF and PA

RoS SOS - Rest of Season Strength of Schedule

Interesting bits of information:

• Still true: the Arizona Cardinals have the best record in the NFC. Though now that statement requires the use of tie-breakers, and their hold on that title is teetering. 
• Dallas is currently on the outside of the playoffs looking in even though they have a head-to-head win over Seattle. Why? Because it's a three-team tiebreaker with Detroit, and Detroit hasn't played either Dallas or Seattle. That means head-to-head can't be used to break this three-way tie. Dallas is eliminated from the three-way tie because they have a worse conference record (5-4) than either Seattle or Detroit (both 6-2). Seattle then wins the tiebreaker over Detroit based on record in common games (4-0 vs 2-2). Then Detroit wins the tiebreaker for the 2nd wild card spot over Dallas based on their better conference record. 
• Both Seattle and Arizona close with 3 divisional games in the last 3 weeks of the season. Including Seattle at Arizona in week 16. 
• The NFC playoff-hopeful with the toughest remaining schedule? The Seattle Seahawks. 
• The NFC playoff-hopeful with the easiest remaining schedule? The New Orleans Saints.