NFL Playoff Seeds and Scenarios

[Lukester]

Teams That Have Clinched:
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AFC South:
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-Indianapolis clinched the AFC South Division (Week 12) and a first-round bye and home-field advantage throughout the AFC playoffs (Week 14)

AFC West:
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-San Diego clinched the AFC West Division (Week 15)

NFC North:
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-Minnesota clinched the NFC North Division (Week 15)

NFC South:
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-New Orleans clinched the NFC South Division (Week 13) and clinched a first-round bye (Week 14)

NFC East:
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-Philadelphia clinched a playoff spot (Week 15)

NFC West:
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-Arizona clinched the NFC West Division (Week 15)

[Lukester]

Scenarios Week 16:
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AFC East:
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New England can clinch the AFC East Division with:

-a win or tie (vs. Jacksonville) OR
-a Miami loss or tie (vs. Houston)

AFC North:
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Cincinnati can clinch the AFC North Division with:

-a win (vs. Kansas City) OR
-a tie and a Baltimore loss or tie (vs. Pittsburgh) OR
-a Baltimore loss

Cincinnati can clinch a playoff spot with:

-a tie OR
-a Jacksonville loss or tie (s. New England) and a N.Y. Jets loss or tie (vs. Indianapolis) and the Houston/Miami game ends in a tie

Baltimore can clinch a playoff spot with:

-a win (vs. Pittsburgh) and a Jacksonville loss or tie (vs. New England) and a N.Y. Jets loss or tie (vs. Indianapolis) OR
-a win and a Jacksonville loss or tie and a Denver loss (vs. Philadelphia) OR
-a win and a Miami loss or tie (vs. Houton) and a N.Y. Jets loss or tie and a Denver loss OR
-a tie and a N.Y. Jets loss and a Jacksonville loss and a Tennessee loss or tie and the Houston/Miami game ends in a tie

AFC West:
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San Diego can clinch a first-round bye with:

-a win or tie (vs. Tennessee) OR
-a New England loss or tie (vs. Jacksonville)

Denver can clinch a playoff spot with:

-a win (vs. Philadelphia) and a Jacksonville loss or tie (vs. New England) and -a Miami loss or tie (vs. Houston) and a N.Y. Jets loss or tie (vs. Indianapolis) and a Pittsburgh loss or tie (vs. Baltimore)

NFC East:
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Philadelphia can clinch the NFC East Division with:

-a win (vs. Denver) and a Dallas loss or tie (vs. Washington) OR
-a tie and a Dallas loss

Dallas can clinch a playoff spot with:

-a win (vs. Washington) and a N.Y. Giants loss or tie (vs. Carolina) OR
-a tie and a N.Y. Giants loss

NFC North:
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Minnesota can clinch a first-round bye with:

-a win (vs. Chicago) and a Philadelphia loss or tie (vs. Denver) OR
-a tie and a Philadelphia loss

Green Bay can clinch a playoff spot with:

-a win (vs. Seattle) and a N.Y. Giants loss or tie (vs. Carolina) OR
-a win and a Dallas loss OR
-a tie and a N.Y. Giants loss

NFC South:
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New Orleans can clinch homefield advantage with:

-a win or tie (vs. Tampa Bay) OR
-a Minnesota loss or tie (vs. Chicago)

[TN TITAN Fan In STL]

lukester don't forget to post the wildcard scenarios,it will proably be about 4 pages long

[Lukester]

Originally Posted by TN TITAN Fan In STL

lukester don't forget to post the wildcard scenarios,it will proably be about 4 pages long

Do you mean the Tiebreakers? Comin' up...

[TN TITAN Fan In STL]

Originally Posted by Lukester

Do you mean the Tiebreakers? Comin' up...

don't forget about them

[Lukester]

Tiebreakers:
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x-clinched playoff berth
y-denotes division winner
z-denotes first-round bye
*-clinched home-field advantage

During the regular season, the seeds reflect how the playoffs would stand if the season ended up to that point. The NFL playoffs are not based on a pure bracket system. In the divisional playoffs, the No. 1 seed is assured of playing the lowest-seeded Wild Card survivor. There are no restrictions on intra-division games and the higher seed of any matchup will have home-field advantage.

AFC Playoff tiebreakers:
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-New England earns the No. 3 seed ahead of Cincinnati based on strength of victory (.424 to the Bengals' .413).
-Baltimore earns the No. 5 seed over Denver based on head to head (1-0).


NFC Playoff tiebreakers:
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-Green Bay earns the No. 5 seed over Dallas based on head to head (1-0).


AFC non-Playoff tiebreakers:
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Division tiebreakers:
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-Miami finishes ahead of N.Y. Jets in division based on head to head (2-0).
-Jacksonville finishes ahead of Tennessee and Houston in division based on head to head (3-1 to Titans' 2-2 and Texans' 1-3).
-Tennessee finishes ahead of Houston based on divisional record (2-4 to Texans' 1-5).

Conference tiebreakers:
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-Jacksonville finishes ahead of Miami and Pittsburgh based on conference record (6-4 to the Dolphins' 5-5 and the Steelers' 4-6).
-Miami finishes ahead of Pittsburgh and Tennessee based on conference record (5-5 to the Steelers' 4-6 and the Titans' 4-7).
-Tennessee drops out of 3-way tie with N.Y. Jets and Pittsburgh based on head-to-head (Titans lost to both teams).
-N.Y. Jets finish ahead of Pittsburgh based on conference record (5-5 to the Steelers' 4-6).
-Pittsburgh finishes ahead of Tennessee based on head to head (1-0).
-Oakland finishes ahead of Buffalo based on conference record (4-6 to the Bills' 3-8).
-Cleveland finishes ahead of Kansas City based on head to head (1-0).


NFC non-Playoff tiebreakers:
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-Carolina finishes ahead of San Francisco based on common games (2-2 to 49ers' 1-3).
-Chicago finishes ahead of Seattle based on head to head (1-0).
-Tampa Bay finishes ahead of Detroit based on conference record (2-8 to the Lions' 1-9).

[Lukester]

AFC eliminations:
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Cleveland (Week 12)
Kansas City (Week 13)
Oakland (Week 14)
Buffalo (Week 15)


NFC eliminations:
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Detroit (Week 12)
St. Louis (Week 12)
Tampa Bay (Week 12)
Washington (Week 13)
Chicago (Week 14)
Seattle (Week 15)
Carolina (Week 15)
Atlanta (Week 15)
San Francisco (Week 15)