NFC Standings, Week 17

NFC
NFC EAST
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pythag%
c	Dallas Cowboys	13	3	0	0.813	9	3	0	3	3	0	0.435	0.467	421	306	0.681
x	New York Giants	11	5	0	0.688	8	4	0	4	2	0	0.449	0.482	310	284	0.552
	Washington Redskins	8	7	1	0.531	6	6	0	3	3	0	0.421	0.512	396	383	0.520
	Philadelphia Eagles	7	9	0	0.438	5	7	0	2	4	0	0.509	0.555	367	331	0.561
NFC NORTH
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pythag%
y	Green Bay Packers	10	6	0	0.625	8	4	0	5	1	0	0.441	0.500	432	388	0.563
x	Detroit Lions	9	7	0	0.563	7	5	0	3	3	0	0.385	0.467	342	358	0.473
	Minnesota Vikings	8	8	0	0.500	5	7	0	2	4	0	0.449	0.484	327	307	0.537
	Chicago Bears	2	14	0	0.125	2	10	0	2	4	0	0.531	0.521	259	415	0.247
NFC SOUTH
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pythag%
y	Atlanta Falcons	11	5	0	0.688	9	3	0	5	1	0	0.452	0.480	540	406	0.663
	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	9	7	0	0.563	7	5	0	4	2	0	0.427	0.488	354	369	0.475
	New Orleans Saints	7	9	0	0.438	6	6	0	2	4	0	0.393	0.523	469	454	0.519
	Carolina Panthers	6	10	0	0.375	5	7	0	1	5	0	0.354	0.518	369	402	0.449
NFC WEST
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pythag%
y	Seattle Seahawks	10	5	1	0.656	6	5	1	3	2	1	0.427	0.441	354	292	0.612
	Arizona Cardinals	7	8	1	0.469	6	5	1	4	1	1	0.385	0.463	418	362	0.584
	Los Angeles Rams	4	12	0	0.250	3	9	0	2	4	0	0.500	0.504	224	394	0.208
	San Francisco 49ers	2	14	0	0.125	2	10	0	2	4	0	0.250	0.500	309	480	0.260
x-clinched playoff spot, y-clinched division title, z-clinched first round bye, c-clinched conference title

Here are the final NFC playoff standings:

NFC
CURRENT PLAYOFF PICTURE
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pythag%
1	Dallas Cowboys	13	3	0	0.813	9	3	0	3	3	0	0.435	0.467	421	306	0.681
2	Atlanta Falcons	11	5	0	0.688	9	3	0	5	1	0	0.452	0.480	540	406	0.663
3	Seattle Seahawks	10	5	1	0.656	6	5	1	3	2	1	0.427	0.441	354	292	0.612
4	Green Bay Packers	10	6	0	0.625	8	4	0	5	1	0	0.441	0.500	432	388	0.563
5	New York Giants	11	5	0	0.688	8	4	0	4	2	0	0.449	0.482	310	284	0.552
6	Detroit Lions	9	7	0	0.563	7	5	0	3	3	0	0.385	0.467	342	358	0.473
7	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	9	7	0	0.563	7	5	0	4	2	0	0.427	0.488	354	369	0.475

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:

• Detroit gets the 6th playoff spot over Tampa Bay based on a better record against common opponents (3-2 vs 2-3 against DAL, CHI, NO, LA)
• The six playoff teams are ranked 1 (DAL), 2 (ATL), 3 (SEA), 5 (GB), 7 (NYG), and 12 (DET) in the conference in pythagorean winning percentage. Arizona is 4th and Philadelphia is 6th.