NFL standings: five unbeaten teams, five winless, Dolphins at minus 50
Five teams are 3-0 and five are 0-3 in the standings, which rank teams by record and then point differential.
What we know
The NFL standings rank all 32 teams by record and then by point differential, as listed by ESPN. [1]
Five teams are 3-0. San Francisco leads that group at +48 (98 points scored, 50 allowed), followed by Kansas City at +38, Las Vegas at +34, Minnesota at +30 and Buffalo at +23. Each has a three-game winning streak. [1]
Three of the unbeaten teams play in the AFC: the Chiefs, Raiders and Bills. The other two, the 49ers and Vikings, are in the NFC. Kansas City and Minnesota hold the No. 1 seeds in their conferences, while San Francisco and Buffalo are both seeded second. Las Vegas is seeded fifth in the AFC. [1]
Five teams are 0-3: Tampa Bay (-17), Houston (-21), Tennessee (-22), Los Angeles Chargers (-32) and Miami (-50). All five are on three-game losing streaks. [1]
Miami's minus-50 differential is the lowest in the league. The Dolphins have scored 36 points and allowed 86. Green Bay is next-lowest at -35 with a 1-2 record, and the Chargers follow at -32. [1]
Jacksonville has the second-best differential in the league at +46, with a 2-1 record. That ranks the Jaguars sixth in the standings, behind the five unbeaten teams. Chicago (2-1) is at +36. [1]
Eleven teams are 2-1 and eleven are 1-2. Among the 2-1 teams, differentials run from +46 for Jacksonville to -17 for Cleveland. Carolina and Dallas, both 1-2, are each at +6. [1]