According to Pro-Football-Reference’s Simple Rating System (SRS) metric, every member of the 2025 NFC South is below league average after adjusting their point differentials for schedule strength. That makes this division just the 19th since the AFL merger in 1970 to feature exclusively subpar teams, and only the 13th since the league created its current four-team division format in 2002. It’s also one of just eight divisions since the merger with every team sitting below a 1500 Elo rating.