I want to ask if it's not better if the position of two team with the same W-L record it's decided by the matches played by the two teams (I know my English it's bad, so I make an example).
Team 1 and Team 2 (both in the same conference) have played 20 games and the record of the teams is 15 wins and 5 losses for both teams, Team 1 wins both games against Team 2, but the Score Difference is better for Team 2: now Team 2 take the better position in the standing. But, I think, it's better if Team 1 (who won both games against Team 2) take the better position.