What Is Pf And Pa In Nfl Standings?

If you’re a football fan, you’ve probably seen the terms “Pf” and “Pa” in the NFL standings. But what do they mean? Let’s take a look.

What is PF?

PF is an abbreviation for points for. In the NFL standings, PF is the total number of points that a team has scored. This total is determined by adding up the points scored in all of the team’s regular season games.

Definition of PF

In the National Football League (NFL), the term “PF” is short for points for. This is a statistic that measures the number of points scored by a team during the course of a game or season.

The term “PA” is short for points against. This is a statistic that measures the number of points allowed by a team during the course of a game or season.

The term “Pythagorean expectation” is a mathematical formula that can be used to predict how many games a team should win based on their points for and points against.

How PF is calculated

In the National Football League (NFL), the number of wins a team has is not the only factor used to determine who makes it to the playoffs and eventually the Super Bowl. Several other factors are used in a process called “strength of schedule” (SOS) to help ensure that teams with similar records face each other in the playoffs. One of those factors is a team’s “power ranking,” which is calculated using a number of different statistics and weighted to give more or less importance to each depending on what is most important for determining who the better team is.

One ranking system, created by sports website FiveThirtyEight, uses a team’s win-loss record as well as its “point differential” (PD) – how many points they scored minus how many points they allowed – to come up with a power ranking. The point differential is important because it can show how close or how lopsided a team’s games were. A team that wins all its games by 7 points each would have a much different SOS than a team that wins some games by 30 points and loses others by 30 points.

To calculate a team’s power ranking, FiveThirtyEight first calculates what their expected winning percentage (EWP) would be if they played every game against an average opponent. They then compare that EWP to the actual winning percentage (WP), and the difference between the two make up a large part of the power ranking calculation.

What is PA?

In order to understand what PA is, it is important to understand what NFL standings are. The NFL standings are a compilation of every NFL team’s record. This record is made up of their win-loss record, how many points they have scored, and how many points they have allowed.

Definition of PA

PA is an abbreviation for “points against.” It is a statistic in both college football and the National Football League (NFL) that measures the number of points scored by the opposition. The higher the number, the more points the defense has given up.

In the NFL, PA is one of the factors used to determine a team’s PF (points for) and PD (points differential) standings. In college football, PA is one of several measures used in ranking systems, such as the Bowl Championship Series standings.

Generally, a lower PA is indicative of a stronger defense. However, there are other factors that must be considered when evaluating a team’s defensive strength, such as schedule strength and turnovers.

How PA is calculated

To calculate PA, we simply add up all the points scored against a team while that team is on defense. It doesn’t matter if the points were scored by the offense, special teams, or even the defense itself (via safety or interception return touchdown). The only exception is if a team scores points on a two-point conversion attempt. In this case, those points count towards both the offensive and defensive PA totals.

How PF and PA are used in NFL standings

NFL standings are based on a team’s won-loss record. However, the way a team’s record is displayed in the standings can be a bit misleading. For example, two teams could have the same record, but one team could have a much better point differential. This is where PF and PA come in.

How PF and PA are calculated in NFL standings

To find out how a team is doing, you sometimes have to look beyond the won-loss record. In the National Football League, for example, two other numbers are often more telling: points scored (PF) and points allowed (PA).

By comparing these two numbers, you can get a pretty good idea of how strong a team really is. A team that scores a lot of points but allows almost as many is not as good as a team that scores fewer points but gives up even fewer.

In the NFL standings, PF and PA are usually listed in that order after a team’s won-loss record.

What other factors are considered in NFL standings

In addition to PF and PA, a team’s record (win-loss-tie), strength of schedule, and head-to-head results are all considered in the NFL standings. The first tiebreaker is head-to-head results. If two teams are tied in the standings, and they played each other during the season, the team that won the game is given the higher ranking. If they split their head-to-head games, or if they didn’t play each other at all, the next tiebreaker is strength of schedule.