NFC Standings, Week 14

NFC
NFC EAST
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pythag%	RoS SOS
x	Dallas Cowboys	11	2	0	0.846	7	2	0	3	2	0	0.402	0.447	340	238	0.700	0.564
	New York Giants	9	4	0	0.692	6	3	0	3	1	0	0.432	0.473	255	244	0.526	0.551
	Washington Redskins	7	5	1	0.577	5	4	0	3	2	0	0.438	0.533	330	317	0.524	0.410
	Philadelphia Eagles	5	8	0	0.385	3	7	0	0	4	0	0.385	0.533	290	272	0.538	0.692
NFC NORTH
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pythag%	RoS SOS
	Detroit Lions	9	4	0	0.692	7	2	0	3	2	0	0.389	0.405	291	268	0.549	0.692
	Minnesota Vikings	7	6	0	0.538	4	6	0	1	3	0	0.467	0.509	258	225	0.580	0.385
	Green Bay Packers	7	6	0	0.538	5	4	0	2	1	0	0.467	0.527	333	312	0.539	0.462
	Chicago Bears	2	11	0	0.154	2	7	0	2	2	0	0.615	0.521	201	306	0.270	0.551
NFC SOUTH
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pythag%	RoS SOS
	Atlanta Falcons	8	5	0	0.615	6	3	0	3	1	0	0.505	0.527	428	345	0.625	0.282
	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	8	5	0	0.615	6	3	0	3	1	0	0.428	0.473	293	296	0.494	0.538
	New Orleans Saints	5	8	0	0.385	4	5	0	1	3	0	0.362	0.536	358	351	0.512	0.551
	Carolina Panthers	5	8	0	0.385	4	5	0	1	3	0	0.315	0.503	311	337	0.453	0.603
NFC WEST
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pythag%	RoS SOS
	Seattle Seahawks	8	4	1	0.654	4	4	1	1	1	1	0.459	0.459	274	232	0.597	0.269
	Arizona Cardinals	5	7	1	0.423	4	4	1	2	1	1	0.360	0.467	299	277	0.545	0.449
	Los Angeles Rams	4	9	0	0.308	3	6	0	2	1	0	0.500	0.521	194	304	0.256	0.385
	San Francisco 49ers	1	12	0	0.077	1	8	0	1	3	0	0.308	0.494	251	393	0.257	0.526
x-clinched playoff spot, y-clinched division title, z-clinched first round bye, c-clinched conference title

Here is the the NFC playoff picture:

NFC
CURRENT PLAYOFF PICTURE
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pythag%	RoS SOS
x	Dallas Cowboys	11	2	0	0.846	7	2	0	3	2	0	0.402	0.447	340	238	0.700	0.564
	Detroit Lions	9	4	0	0.692	7	2	0	3	2	0	0.389	0.405	291	268	0.549	0.692
	Seattle Seahawks	8	4	1	0.654	4	4	1	1	1	1	0.459	0.459	274	232	0.597	0.269
	Atlanta Falcons	8	5	0	0.615	6	3	0	3	1	0	0.505	0.527	428	345	0.625	0.282
	New York Giants	9	4	0	0.692	6	3	0	3	1	0	0.432	0.473	255	244	0.526	0.551
	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	8	5	0	0.615	6	3	0	3	1	0	0.428	0.473	293	296	0.494	0.538
	Washington Redskins	7	5	1	0.577	5	4	0	3	2	0	0.438	0.533	330	317	0.524	0.410
	Minnesota Vikings	7	6	0	0.538	4	6	0	1	3	0	0.467	0.509	258	225	0.580	0.385
	Green Bay Packers	7	6	0	0.538	5	4	0	2	1	0	0.467	0.527	333	312	0.539	0.462
x-clinched playoff spot, y-clinched division title, z-clinched first round bye, c-clinched conference title

And, here are the remaining schedules for the teams in the current NFC playoff picture:

NFC
REMAINING SCHEDULES
Team	Remaining Schedule
Dallas Cowboys	TB	DET	PHI
Detroit Lions	NYG	DAL	GB
Seattle Seahawks	LAR	ARI	SF
Atlanta Falcons	SF	CAR	NO
New York Giants	DET	PHI	WAS
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	DAL	NO	CAR
Washington Redskins	CAR	CHI	NYG
Minnesota Vikings	IND	GB	CHI
Green Bay Packers	CHI	MIN	DET

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:

• Dallas has a 2-game lead for the #1 seed in the conference with 3 games to play.  
• While Detroit has the inside track on the #2 seed, both Seattle and Atlanta have significantly easier schedules over the remainder of the season. Atlanta is likely to hold the tiebreaker over the Lions should they finish with the same record. 
• Detroit's only real challenger for the NFC North is Green Bay. Detroit has the head-to-head tiebreaker over the Vikings. 
• Atlanta has a significantly easier remaining schedule than Tampa Bay for the NFC South.