AFC playoff scenarios
AFC scenarios | NFC scenarios | Team by team
Team Rec Conf Div Final opponent (EST) 1. PIT 14-1 10-1 5-1 @BUF, 1 2. NE 13-2 10-2 5-1 SF , 1 3. IND 12-3 8-3 5-1 @DEN, 4:15 4. SD 11-4 8-3 4-1 KC , 4:15 NYJ 10-5 7-5 3-3 @STL, 1 DEN 9-6 6-5 3-3 IND, 4:15 -- BUF 9-6 5-6 3-3 PIT, 1 JAC 8-7 5-6 2-4 @OAK, 4:15 BAL 8-7 5-6 3-3 MIA, 1 Week 17 winners 5 seed 6 seed Tiebreakers (if necessary) NYJ DEN BUF NYJ 11-5 DEN 10-6 conf: DEN 7-5/BUF 6-6 NYJ DEN NYJ 11-5 DEN 10-6 NYJ BUF NYJ 11-5 BUF 10-6 DEN BUF DEN 10-6 BUF 10-6 conf: 7-5/6-6 common: BUF 10-4/NYJ 8-6 DEN NYJ 10-6 DEN 10-6 common: NYJ 5-0/DEN 3-2 BUF BUF 10-6 NYJ 10-6 common: 10-4/8-6 BAL JAC NYJ JAC/BAL 9-7 conf: BAL 6-6/DEN 6-6/JAC 6-6/BUF 5-7 strength of Ws*: JAC 66/BAL 63/DEN 57 (DEN out) BAL NYJ BAL 9-7 conf: BAL 6-6/DEN 6-6/BUF 5-7 strength of Ws*: BAL 63/DEN 57 (DEN out) JAC NYJ JAC 9-7 JAC beat BUF and DEN nobody wins NYJ DEN 9-7 conf: DEN 6-6/BUF 5-7 *strength of Ws: If the tied teams did not all play one another and have the same conference record and either the same record in games against common opponents (or fewer than four common opponents), the next tiebreaker is strength of victory. "JAC 66" indicates that the nine team JAC will have beaten have combined for 66 wins through Week 16. If BAL and JAC tie in strength of victory, the next tiebreaker is strength of schedule, which BAL wins.
