With all due respect to the NFC North, the most competitive division in the NFL so far this season has been the NFC West. The four teams in the division—the San Francisco 49ers (3-0), Arizona Cardinals (2-1), Seattle Seahawks (2-1) and Los Angeles Rams (2-1)—are a combined 9-3. That's the best record of any division in the league.

SportsLine's Inside the Lines team and projection model have crunched the numbers, and they also see little separating the four teams. In the team's latest power rankings, all four NFC West members rank between 12th and 18th. Rank Team Neutral win% 12 Rams 54.0 13 Seahawks 53.1 17 49ers 48.9 18 Cardinals 47.7

SportsLine's model agrees with the sportsbooks . It projects San Francisco to finish atop the division with 10.3 wins. The major reason? The

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