if MN vs DAL strength of victory ends in a tie, then next tiebreaker is strength of schedule. Since victories are tie, strength of schedule is strength of defeat.
dAL currently leads by 1 game, 63 to 62
7 defeats for each team.
DALLAS 7 LOSSES
9/16 Seattle Seahawks at Seattle (0-1) L 7 - 27 9
Mon 10/1 Chicago Bears Chicago (2-1) L 18 - 34 8
Sun 10/14 Baltimore Ravens at Baltimore (4-1) L 29 - 31 9
Sun 10/28 New York Giants NY Giants (5-2) L 24 - 29 8
Sun 11/4 Atlanta Falcons at Atlanta (7-0) L 13 - 19 13
Thu 11/22 Washington Redskins Washington (4-6) L 31 - 38 9
Sun 12/23 New Orleans Saints New Orleans (6-8) 7
TOTAL 63
MINN 7 LOSSES
Indianapolis Colts at Indianapolis (0-1) L 20 - 23 10
Sun 10/14 Washington Redskins at Washington (2-3) L 26 - 38 9
Thu 10/25 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tampa Bay (2-4) L 17 - 36 6
Sun 11/4 Seattle Seahawks at Seattle (4-4) L 20 - 30 9
Sun 11/25 Chicago Bears at Chicago (7-3) L 10 - 28 8
Sun 12/2 Green Bay Packers at Green Bay (7-4) L 14 - 23 10
Sun 12/30 Green Bay Packers Green Bay 1:00 pm 10
TOTAL 62
eliminate the common defeats, because they cancel each other out. This assumes NYG at 10-6 and GB beats MN.
DALLAS LOSSES
Sun 10/14 Baltimore Ravens L 29 - 31 9 (1 remaining only, plays vs NYG)
Sun 10/28 New York Giants NY Giants (5-2) L 24 - 29 8 10
Sun 11/4 Atlanta Falcons at Atlanta (7-0) L 13 - 19 13 (1)
Sun 12/23 New Orleans Saints New Orleans (6-8) 7 (1)
TOTAL 37 current
MINN LOSSES
Indianapolis Colts at Indianapolis (0-1) L 20 - 23 10 (1)
Thu 10/25 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Tampa Bay (2-4) L 17 - 36 6 (1)
Sun 12/2 Green Bay Packers at Green Bay (7-4) L 14 - 23 10 11
Sun 12/30 Green Bay Packers Green Bay 1:00 pm 10 11
TOTAL 36 current
dal min-max 39 min up to 42 max
MN min-max 38 min up to 40 max
So dAL is within 1 game of clinching a tie at worst. With 5 games next week. BA ATL NO INDY TB. ATL PLAYS TB, so that game is a double.
(OF COURSE IF NYG loses vs BALT, DAL cannot be the wildcard because at 9-7, they win division. And none of this SOV SOD matters.)
alien ping, see #41
Uh...yeah.