NFL Standings: NFC, Week 8

NFC
NFC EAST
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pythag%	RoS SOS
	Dallas Cowboys	6	2	0	0.750	4	2	0	1	1	0	0.411	0.411	213	167	0.640	0.511
	Philadelphia Eagles	5	2	0	0.714	3	2	0	2	0	0	0.343	0.449	203	156	0.651	0.507
	New York Giants	3	4	0	0.429	2	4	0	1	2	0	0.333	0.582	154	169	0.445	0.460
	Washington Redskins	2	6	0	0.250	1	4	0	1	2	0	0.375	0.525	171	200	0.408	0.487
NFC NORTH
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pythag%	RoS SOS
	Detroit Lions	6	2	0	0.750	5	1	0	2	0	0	0.372	0.412	162	126	0.645	0.509
	Green Bay Packers	5	3	0	0.625	3	3	0	2	1	0	0.377	0.454	222	191	0.588	0.498
	Chicago Bears	3	5	0	0.375	2	2	0	0	1	0	0.315	0.494	180	222	0.378	0.525
	Minnesota Vikings	3	5	0	0.375	3	3	0	0	2	0	0.226	0.482	139	173	0.373	0.439
NFC SOUTH
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pythag%	RoS SOS
	Carolina Panthers	3	4	1	0.438	3	2	0	1	0	0	0.454	0.545	167	208	0.373	0.395
	New Orleans Saints	3	4	0	0.429	3	3	0	1	1	0	0.381	0.495	199	188	0.534	0.456
	Atlanta Falcons	2	6	0	0.250	2	4	0	2	0	0	0.286	0.471	192	221	0.417	0.516
	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	1	6	0	0.143	0	5	0	0	3	0	0.625	0.432	133	223	0.227	0.481
NFC WEST
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pythag%	RoS SOS
	Arizona Cardinals	6	1	0	0.857	4	0	0	1	0	0	0.432	0.492	164	139	0.597	0.512
	San Francisco 49ers	4	3	0	0.571	3	2	0	1	1	0	0.580	0.630	158	165	0.474	0.446
	Seattle Seahawks	4	3	0	0.571	3	2	0	0	1	0	0.542	0.547	172	150	0.580	0.540
	St. Louis Rams	2	5	0	0.286	2	4	0	1	1	0	0.357	0.528	136	210	0.263	0.558

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 Arizona Cardinals have the best record in the NFC. 
• If we go by Pythagorean win percentage, the Eagles are the top team in the NFC (the Cardinals would be 4th. 
• The NFC South can be best classified as a dumpster fire, but at least one team (the Saints) has now scored more points than they have allowed. 
• If the season ended today, both the 49ers and Seahawks would be on the outside of the postseason looking in. 
• The Panthers have the easiest remaining strength of schedule in the NFC and it's not particularly close. It helps that they have 5 games remaining against their own division.