A Look At The NFL Standings Through Week 12

Five weeks remain.

National Football League

Standings

American Football Conference

AFC East	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STRK
Patriots	10	1	0	.909	347	212	L1
Jets	6	5	0	.545	272	228	W1
Bills	5	6	0	.455	266	257	L2
Dolphins	4	7	0	.364	225	287	L2

AFC North	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STRK
Bengals	9	2	0	.818	297	193	W1
Steelers	6	5	0	.545	266	230	L1
Ravens	4	7	0	.364	259	276	W2
Browns	2	9	0	.182	213	310	L6

AFC West	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STRK
Broncos	9	2	0	.818	252	207	W2
Chiefs	6	5	0	.545	287	220	W5
Raiders	5	6	0	.455	264	280	W1
Chargers	3	8	0	.273	244	307	W1

AFC South	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STRK
Colts	6	5	0	.545	249	260	W3
Texans	6	5	0	.545	232	234	W4
Jaguars	4	7	0	.364	236	299	L1
Titans	2	9	0	.182	203	257	L3

National Football Conference

NFC South	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STRK
Panthers	11	0	0	1.000	332	205	W11
Falcons	6	5	0	.545	260	234	L4
Buccaneers	5	6	0	.455	248	279	L1
Saints	4	7	0	.364	261	339	L3

NFC North	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STRK
Vikings	8	3	0	.727	231	194	W1
Packers	7	4	0	.636	262	215	L1
Bears	5	6	0	.455	231	264	W1
Lions	4	7	0	.364	230	288	W3

NFC East	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STRK
Redskins	5	6	0	.455	241	267	W1
Giants	5	6	0	.455	287	273	L2
Eagles	4	7	0	.364	243	274	L3
Cowboys	3	8	0	.273	204	261	L1

NFC West	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STRK
Cardinals	9	2	0	.818	355	229	W5
Seahawks	6	5	0	.545	267	222	W2
Rams	4	7	0	.364	186	230	L4
49ers	3	8	0	.273	152	271	L2

Only one undefeated team left. The Carolina Panthers. The 1972 Miami Dolphins have to be getting nervous. Although the 2007 New England Patriots probably took the sting out some team equaling their perfect regular season. It's adding a perfect postseason to a perfect regular season that's key now. The Panthers remaining schedule looks like this:

@ New Orleans Saints
Atlanta Falcons
@ New York Giants
@ Atlanta Falcons
Tampa Bay Buccaneers

That's not a tough road. All but the Giants are division foes. Those are always unpredictable no matter the respective. The Falcons are the only team on the Panthers remaining schedule with a winning record. After a fast start the Falcons are fading fast. They may not even have a winning record in two weeks. The Giants can be tough and they should be playing for a division title. The possibility of a 16-0 season for the Panthers has to be considered much better than decent. Unless they rest players in the final game or two.

There are now eight teams in the AFC with a winning record. That's twice as many as there were one week ago. There are even two in the AFC South. A division that has been south of .500 all season. There are six teams in the NFC with a winning record.

The Minnesota Vikings have a one game lead over the Green Bay Packers in the NFC North. That's a good thing. What's not a good thing for the Vikings is the coming two games. They host the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday. Then they have three days to prepare for a trip to play the Arizona Cardinals on Thursday night. Three days is not enough time to recover for any NFL game. Playing physical teams like the Seahawks and Cardinals with only three days in between is simply brutal. Hopefully the Vikings can at least split those games.

It's hard to believe that the 3-8 Tony Romo-less Dallas Cowboys are still very much alive for the division title.

It's going to be a great five weeks of football fun.