Nine NFL teams have eight wins or more.
The Seahawks have beaten three of them. The Houston Texans, who are 11-1, are the only other team in the league that can make that statement.
Of course, the Seahawks are also one of only four teams that have yet to win a game in their division.
That paradox helps explain the inconsistency that is this Seahawks team, which came back to beat the Patriots and has lost to the Lions and Dolphins.
"I hate the thought that we would fluctuate our performance," coach Pete Carroll said. "We work really hard to not let that happen."
Those week-to-week differences have been attributed to Seattle's difficulty in playing on the road, but is that the full explanation?
The Seahawks have played better teams at home, including the Cowboys, Packers and the Patriots. Seattle is 4-1 against teams that have entered the game with a winning record.
"If you were in a playoff run, that kind of information is going to help your confidence," Carroll said.
The problem is that Seattle hasn't been able to sustain that level of success against opponents with worse records. Four of the Seahawks' five losses have come to teams who currently have a losing record.
Are the Seahawks playing up to (or down to) the competition?
"I don't think we get up and down for the teams," linebacker Leroy Hill said. "Or at least we shouldn't."
Of course they shouldn't, but have they?
"One could come to that conclusion," fullback Michael Robinson said, "and we need to take that next step as a team.
"The good teams, we need to try to make 'em look normal. The teams that aren't as good? We need to make them look bad."
That's part of what makes today's game against Arizona so intriguing. Seattle is facing a Cardinals team that has lost eight in a row after starting the season 4-0. Arizona is bringing back John Skelton as the starting quarterback, and make all the jokes you want about the Cardinals' offence, but the Arizona defence has allowed the seventh-fewest points in the league.
The Seahawks don't need to raise their level of play against the best teams so much as they have to find a way to sustain their performance against losing teams.
