NFL Standings: NFC, Week 14

NFC
NFC EAST
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pythag%	RoS SOS
	Philadelphia Eagles	9	4	0	0.692	5	4	0	3	0	0	0.397	0.488	389	309	0.633	0.410
	Dallas Cowboys	9	4	0	0.692	6	4	0	2	2	0	0.376	0.432	343	301	0.577	0.538
	New York Giants	4	9	0	0.308	2	7	0	1	3	0	0.327	0.533	293	326	0.437	0.462
	Washington Redskins	3	10	0	0.231	1	8	0	1	2	0	0.333	0.485	244	346	0.304	0.564
NFC NORTH
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pythag%	RoS SOS
	Green Bay Packers	10	3	0	0.769	7	3	0	4	1	0	0.458	0.488	423	304	0.686	0.462
	Detroit Lions	9	4	0	0.692	7	2	0	3	0	0	0.393	0.459	265	224	0.598	0.538
	Minnesota Vikings	6	7	0	0.462	5	5	0	0	4	0	0.288	0.464	263	281	0.461	0.538
	Chicago Bears	5	8	0	0.385	4	5	0	1	3	0	0.338	0.524	281	378	0.331	0.513
NFC SOUTH
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pythag%	RoS SOS
	Atlanta Falcons	5	8	0	0.385	5	5	0	4	0	0	0.362	0.479	328	342	0.475	0.449
	New Orleans Saints	5	8	0	0.385	4	5	0	2	2	0	0.469	0.524	333	359	0.456	0.308
	Carolina Panthers	4	8	1	0.346	4	6	0	2	2	0	0.432	0.530	269	341	0.363	0.359
	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	2	11	0	0.154	1	8	0	0	4	0	0.423	0.473	237	348	0.287	0.500
NFC WEST
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pythag%	RoS SOS
	Arizona Cardinals	10	3	0	0.769	7	2	0	2	1	0	0.492	0.521	275	238	0.585	0.564
	Seattle Seahawks	9	4	0	0.692	7	2	0	2	1	0	0.509	0.530	322	235	0.678	0.590
	San Francisco 49ers	7	6	0	0.538	6	4	0	1	3	0	0.473	0.503	244	268	0.445	0.692
	St. Louis Rams	6	7	0	0.462	4	5	0	2	2	0	0.423	0.527	285	285	0.500	0.590

Current Playoff Standings:

NFC
CURRENT PLAYOFF PICTURE
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pythag%	RoS SOS
	Arizona Cardinals	10	3	0	0.769	7	2	0	2	1	0	0.492	0.521	275	238	0.585	0.564
	Green Bay Packers	10	3	0	0.769	7	3	0	4	1	0	0.458	0.488	423	304	0.686	0.462
	Philadelphia Eagles	9	4	0	0.692	5	4	0	3	0	0	0.397	0.488	389	309	0.633	0.410
	Atlanta Falcons	5	8	0	0.385	5	5	0	4	0	0	0.362	0.479	328	342	0.475	0.449
	Seattle Seahawks	9	4	0	0.692	7	2	0	2	1	0	0.509	0.530	322	235	0.678	0.590
	Detroit Lions	9	4	0	0.692	7	2	0	3	0	0	0.393	0.459	265	224	0.598	0.538
	Dallas Cowboys	9	4	0	0.692	6	4	0	2	2	0	0.376	0.432	343	301	0.577	0.538
	San Francisco 49ers	7	6	0	0.538	6	4	0	1	3	0	0.473	0.503	244	268	0.445	0.692
	New Orleans Saints	5	8	0	0.385	4	5	0	2	2	0	0.469	0.524	333	359	0.456	0.308
	Carolina Panthers	4	8	1	0.346	4	6	0	2	2	0	0.432	0.530	269	341	0.363	0.359

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:

• No team in the NFC has clinched a playoff berth yet. 
• Still true: the Arizona Cardinals have the best record in the NFC. 
• 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 (6-4) than either Seattle or Detroit (both 7-2). 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. 
• Arizona, Philadelphia, Seattle and Detroit all close with 3 divisional games in the last 3 weeks of the season. 
• The NFC playoff-hopeful with the toughest remaining schedule? The San Francisco 49ers. 
• The NFC playoff-hopeful with the easiest remaining schedule? The New Orleans Saints.