AFC Standings, Week 9

AFC
AFC EAST
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pct-Pythag	RoS SOS- SOS
	New England Patriots	8	0	0	1.000	6	0	0	3	0	0	0.422	0.422	276	143	-0.174	0.085
	New York Jets	5	3	0	0.625	4	2	0	0	4	0	0.333	0.458	200	162	-0.003	0.017
	Buffalo Bills	4	4	0	0.500	4	3	0	2	1	0	0.361	0.531	209	190	0.056	-0.016
	Miami Dolphins	3	5	0	0.375	2	5	0	0	4	0	0.333	0.484	171	206	0.016	-0.003
AFC NORTH
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pct-Pythag	RoS SOS- SOS
	Cincinnati Bengals	8	0	0	1.000	7	0	0	3	0	0	0.391	0.391	229	142	-0.244	0.092
	Pittsburgh Steelers	5	4	0	0.556	2	4	0	0	2	0	0.461	0.548	206	182	0.017	-0.046
	Baltimore Ravens	2	6	0	0.250	2	4	0	1	2	0	0.389	0.557	190	214	0.180	-0.085
	Cleveland Browns	2	7	0	0.222	2	5	0	1	1	0	0.250	0.552	177	247	0.090	-0.043
AFC SOUTH
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pct-Pythag	RoS SOS- SOS
	Indianapolis Colts	4	5	0	0.444	4	3	0	3	0	0	0.438	0.591	200	227	-0.019	-0.184
	Houston Texans	3	5	0	0.375	2	3	0	2	1	0	0.292	0.467	174	205	0.029	0.097
	Jacksonville Jaguars	2	6	0	0.250	2	4	0	0	2	0	0.438	0.587	170	235	0.067	-0.224
	Tennessee Titans	2	6	0	0.250	0	5	0	0	2	0	0.410	0.425	159	187	0.155	0.130
AFC WEST
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pct-Pythag	RoS SOS- SOS
	Denver Broncos	7	1	0	0.875	4	1	0	2	0	0	0.425	0.427	192	139	-0.192	0.104
	Oakland Raiders	4	4	0	0.500	4	3	0	1	1	0	0.330	0.516	213	211	0.006	-0.050
	Kansas City Chiefs	3	5	0	0.375	2	2	0	0	1	0	0.352	0.601	195	182	0.166	-0.189
	San Diego Chargers	2	7	0	0.222	1	4	0	0	1	0	0.174	0.503	210	249	0.178	0.015

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

AFC
CURRENT PLAYOFF PICTURE
	Team	W	L	T	Pct	Conference			Division			SOV	SOS	PF	PA	Pct-Pythag	RoS SOS- SOS
	New England Patriots	8	0	0	1.000	6	0	0	3	0	0	0.422	0.422	276	143	-0.174	0.085
	Cincinnati Bengals	8	0	0	1.000	7	0	0	3	0	0	0.391	0.391	229	142	-0.244	0.092
	Denver Broncos	7	1	0	0.875	4	1	0	2	0	0	0.425	0.427	192	139	-0.192	0.104
	Indianapolis Colts	4	5	0	0.444	4	3	0	3	0	0	0.438	0.591	200	227	-0.019	-0.184
	New York Jets	5	3	0	0.625	4	2	0	0	4	0	0.333	0.458	200	162	-0.003	0.017
	Pittsburgh Steelers	5	4	0	0.556	2	4	0	0	2	0	0.461	0.548	206	182	0.017	-0.046
	Buffalo Bills	4	4	0	0.500	4	3	0	2	1	0	0.361	0.531	209	190	0.056	-0.016
	Oakland Raiders	4	4	0	0.500	4	3	0	1	1	0	0.330	0.516	213	211	0.006	-0.050

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 Patriots are the only team in the league with a pythagorean winning percentage of over .800.
• The top 6 teams by pythagorean win percentage in the AFC are (in order): Patriots, Bengals, Broncos, Jets, Steelers, and Bills. Those are the #1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 teams in current playoff positioning. The Colts (of course) are the outlier.