NFC Standings, Week 5

NFC
NFC EAST
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pct-Pythag	RoS SOS- SOS
	New York Giants	3	2	0	0.600	2	2	0	1	1	0	0.400	0.520	132	109	0.012	-0.002
	Dallas Cowboys	2	3	0	0.400	2	2	0	2	0	0	0.500	0.640	101	131	-0.049	-0.076
	Washington Redskins	2	3	0	0.400	2	2	0	1	1	0	0.400	0.530	97	104	0.059	0.029
	Philadelphia Eagles	2	3	0	0.400	1	3	0	0	2	0	0.475	0.550	117	103	0.175	0.000
NFC NORTH
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pct-Pythag	RoS SOS- SOS
	Green Bay Packers	5	0	0	1.000	4	0	0	1	0	0	0.320	0.320	137	81	-0.223	0.171
	Minnesota Vikings	2	2	0	0.500	1	1	0	1	0	0	0.200	0.400	80	73	0.054	0.150
	Chicago Bears	2	3	0	0.400	0	3	0	0	1	0	0.300	0.560	86	142	-0.166	-0.178
	Detroit Lions	0	5	0	0.000	0	3	0	0	1	0	######	0.620	83	138	0.231	-0.156
NFC SOUTH
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pct-Pythag	RoS SOS- SOS
	Carolina Panthers	4	0	0	1.000	2	0	0	2	0	0	0.250	0.250	108	71	-0.270	0.304
	Atlanta Falcons	5	0	0	1.000	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.400	0.400	162	112	-0.294	0.050
	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	2	3	0	0.400	1	1	0	1	1	0	0.200	0.370	110	148	-0.069	0.212
	New Orleans Saints	1	4	0	0.200	1	4	0	0	2	0	0.400	0.600	103	143	0.115	-0.086
NFC WEST
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pct-Pythag	RoS SOS- SOS
	Arizona Cardinals	4	1	0	0.800	4	1	0	1	1	0	0.200	0.240	190	90	0.055	0.260
	St. Louis Rams	2	3	0	0.400	2	2	0	2	0	0	0.600	0.640	84	113	-0.069	-0.231
	Seattle Seahawks	2	3	0	0.400	2	2	0	0	1	0	0.200	0.560	111	98	0.173	-0.060
	San Francisco 49ers	1	4	0	0.200	1	3	0	0	1	0	0.500	0.700	75	140	-0.014	-0.209

Since we're at a quarter-pole point in the NFL season (every team has played at least 4 games), here are the playoff standings if the season ended today (note, I'm using full-season tiebreakers):

NFC
CURRENT PLAYOFF PICTURE
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pct-Pythag	RoS SOS- SOS
	Green Bay Packers	5	0	0	1.000	4	0	0	1	0	0	0.320	0.320	137	81	-0.223	0.171
	Carolina Panthers	4	0	0	1.000	2	0	0	2	0	0	0.250	0.250	108	71	-0.270	0.304
	Arizona Cardinals	4	1	0	0.800	4	1	0	1	1	0	0.200	0.240	190	90	0.055	0.260
	New York Giants	3	2	0	0.600	2	2	0	1	1	0	0.400	0.520	132	109	0.012	-0.002
	Atlanta Falcons	5	0	0	1.000	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.400	0.400	162	112	-0.294	0.050
	Minnesota Vikings	2	2	0	0.500	1	1	0	1	0	0	0.200	0.400	80	73	0.054	0.150
	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	2	3	0	0.400	1	1	0	1	1	0	0.200	0.370	110	148	-0.069	0.212

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 are (in order): the Cardinals, Packers, Panthers, Falcons, Giants, and Eagles. The lone playoff team not on this list is the Vikings. 
• Compared to last season, there would be three new playoff teams if the season ended today: the Giants, Falcons, and Vikings (replacing the Seahawks, Cowboys, and Lions).