NFC Standings, Week 9

NFC
NFC EAST
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pct-Pythag	RoS SOS- SOS
	New York Giants	5	4	0	0.556	4	4	0	2	2	0	0.367	0.410	247	226	-0.003	0.250
	Philadelphia Eagles	4	4	0	0.500	3	4	0	2	2	0	0.469	0.521	193	164	0.095	-0.014
	Washington Redskins	3	5	0	0.375	3	2	0	1	1	0	0.458	0.575	158	195	0.003	-0.090
	Dallas Cowboys	2	6	0	0.250	2	5	0	2	2	0	0.528	0.590	160	204	0.110	-0.043
NFC NORTH
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pct-Pythag	RoS SOS- SOS
	Green Bay Packers	6	2	0	0.750	4	1	0	1	0	0	0.384	0.523	203	167	-0.136	-0.069
	Minnesota Vikings	6	2	0	0.750	4	1	0	3	0	0	0.287	0.366	168	140	-0.144	0.240
	Chicago Bears	3	5	0	0.375	0	5	0	0	3	0	0.366	0.497	162	221	-0.051	-0.068
	Detroit Lions	1	7	0	0.125	1	4	0	1	2	0	0.375	0.575	149	245	0.110	-0.056
NFC SOUTH
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pct-Pythag	RoS SOS- SOS
	Carolina Panthers	8	0	0	1.000	5	0	0	2	0	0	0.455	0.455	228	165	-0.317	-0.007
	Atlanta Falcons	6	3	0	0.667	4	3	0	0	2	0	0.384	0.384	229	190	-0.058	0.225
	New Orleans Saints	4	5	0	0.444	3	4	0	1	2	0	0.479	0.532	241	268	-0.007	-0.080
	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	3	5	0	0.375	2	3	0	2	1	0	0.454	0.490	181	231	-0.016	0.033
NFC WEST
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pct-Pythag	RoS SOS- SOS
	Arizona Cardinals	6	2	0	0.750	4	1	0	1	1	0	0.292	0.351	263	153	0.033	0.253
	St. Louis Rams	4	4	0	0.500	3	3	0	3	0	0	0.451	0.530	153	146	0.028	-0.066
	Seattle Seahawks	4	4	0	0.500	4	3	0	1	1	0	0.271	0.542	167	140	0.103	-0.028
	San Francisco 49ers	3	6	0	0.333	2	5	0	0	3	0	0.556	0.586	126	223	-0.128	-0.090

And, because we're at another quarter-pole of the season (every team has now played 8 games), here are the current playoff standings:

NFC
CURRENT PLAYOFF PICTURE
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pct-Pythag	RoS SOS- SOS
	Carolina Panthers	8	0	0	1.000	5	0	0	2	0	0	0.455	0.455	228	165	-0.317	-0.007
	Green Bay Packers	6	2	0	0.750	4	1	0	1	0	0	0.384	0.523	203	167	-0.136	-0.069
	Arizona Cardinals	6	2	0	0.750	4	1	0	1	1	0	0.292	0.351	263	153	0.033	0.253
	New York Giants	5	4	0	0.556	4	4	0	2	2	0	0.367	0.410	247	226	-0.003	0.250
	Minnesota Vikings	6	2	0	0.750	4	1	0	3	0	0	0.287	0.366	168	140	-0.144	0.240
	Atlanta Falcons	6	3	0	0.667	4	3	0	0	2	0	0.384	0.384	229	190	-0.058	0.225
	St. Louis Rams	4	4	0	0.500	3	3	0	3	0	0	0.451	0.530	153	146	0.028	-0.066
	Seattle Seahawks	4	4	0	0.500	4	3	0	1	1	0	0.271	0.542	167	140	0.103	-0.028
	Philadelphia Eagles	4	4	0	0.500	3	4	0	2	2	0	0.469	0.521	193	164	0.095	-0.014

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:

• The top 6 teams by pythagorean win percentage in the NFC are (in order): Cardinals, Panthers, Packers, Falcons, Vikings, and Seahawks. Those are the #3, 1, 2, 6, 5, and 8 teams in current playoff positioning. The Giants are the outlier. 
• The Vikings, Falcons, and Cardinals all have strength of schedules under.400 (Minnesota and Arizona also have sub-.400 pythagorean strength of schedules, and all have a remaining strength of schedule over .600.