Official NFC Playoff Standings Thread - 6 Weeks To Go

[Joemailman]

Division Winners

1. Arizona Cardinals 9-1
2. Detroit Lions 7-3 Head to head tiebreaker over Green Bay/Better conference winning pct. than Philadelphia
3. Philadelphia Eagles 7-3 Better division winning pct. than Dallas
4. Atlanta Falcons 4-6 Head to head tie-breaker over New Orleans

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Wild Cards

5. Green Bay Packers 7-3 Better conference winning pct.than Dallas
6. Dallas Cowboys 7-3

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Outside Looking In

7. San Francisco 49ers 6-4 Better division winning pct.than Seattle
8. Seattle Seahawks 6-4
9. New Orleans Saints 4-6 Better strength of victory than Chicago
10. Chicago Bears 4-6 Better strength of victory than Minnesota
11. Minnesota Vikings 4-6 Better conference winning pct. than St. Louis
12. St. Louis Rams 4-6
13. Carolina Panthers 3-7-1
14. New York Giants 3-7 Head to head tie-breaker over Washington
15. Washington Redskins3-7
16. Tampa Bay Bucs 2-8
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Finally the Packers get some help as Seattle and Detroit lose.

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Key Week 12 Games:

Cleveland at Atlanta
Tennessee at Philadelphia
Detroit at New England
Green Bay at Minnesota
Arizona at Seattle
Washington at San Francisco
Dallas at New York Giants
Baltimore at New Orleans

[King Friday]

I hate cheering for those arrogant, cheating Patriots...but I hope Brady throws 8 TDs this week. Should be an interesting game...Lions defense vs Patriots offense.

[HowardRoark]

Who wins the tie breaker if GB and AZ end up tied (for home field)?

[pbmax]

From NFL.com

Two Clubs, Non-Division

Head-to-head, if applicable.
Best won-lost-tied percentage in games played within the conference.
Best won-lost-tied percentage in common games, minimum of four.
Strength of victory.
Strength of schedule.
Best combined ranking among conference teams in points scored and points allowed.
Best combined ranking among all teams in points scored and points allowed.
Best net points in conference games.
Best net points in all games.
Best net touchdowns in all games.
Coin toss.

[Guiness]

Who wins the tie breaker if GB and AZ end up tied (for home field)?

Since they don't play each other, the first tie breaker would be divisional games. The Packers look pretty good there so far, with just the one loss to the Lions, and now the Cards also have a divisional loss. The Cardinals have to divisional games remaining against the Seahawks and the 49'ers, Packers have the Lions game. The last Sunday of the season could well determine who gets home field advantage!

If they end up tied after that, common opponents is the next tie-breaker. They both play the Seahawks, Lions, and...the Falcons! Packers would have to hope the Falcons beat the Cards, and they win vs the Falcons so both teams have a 1-2 record vs common opponents.

If that were to happen, they'd end up at tie-breaker #4, conference games. The Cardinal have another definite advantage there, one of their losses was to the Broncos while all three of the Packers losses were to conference opponents.

[pbmax]

Since they don't play each other, the first tie breaker would be divisional games. The Packers look pretty good there so far, with just the one loss to the Lions, and now the Cards also have a divisional loss. The Cardinals have to divisional games remaining against the Seahawks and the 49'ers, Packers have the Lions game. The last Sunday of the season could well determine who gets home field advantage!

If they end up tied after that, common opponents is the next tie-breaker. They both play the Seahawks, Lions, and...the Falcons! Packers would have to hope the Falcons beat the Cards, and they win vs the Falcons so both teams have a 1-2 record vs common opponents.

If that were to happen, they'd end up at tie-breaker #4, conference games. The Cardinal have another definite advantage there, one of their losses was to the Broncos while all three of the Packers losses were to conference opponents.

If you are breaking a tie of teams not in the same division, you don't use divisional record. Starts with conference record after head to head.

[Guiness]

If you are breaking a tie of teams not in the same division, you don't use divisional record. Starts with conference record after head to head.

Oops, yes, I see the 'minimum of four' caveat to the common opponent tie breaker. So it jumps right to conference record.