AFC East Miami can clinch the division: 1. MIA win or tie Miami clinches home-field advantage: 1. MIA win + OAK loss + TEN loss + PIT loss + MIA wins strength of victory tiebreaker over OAK and TEN Miami clinches a first-round bye: 1. MIA win + PIT loss + OAK loss 2. MIA win + PIT loss + TEN loss 3. MIA win + TEN loss + OAK loss + MIA wins strength of victory tiebreaker over OAK and TEN Miami clinches a playoff spot: 1. NYJ loss or tie + DEN win 2. NYJ loss or tie + KC loss or tie *There are other scenarios in which Miami can clinch based on strength of victory. New England clinches East division: 1. NE win + NYJ loss or tie New England clinches playoff spot: 1. NE win + CLE loss or tie + DEN loss or tie + KC win 2. NE win + CLE loss or tie + DEN loss or tie + SD loss or tie 3. NE tie + NYJ loss + CLE loss + DEN loss + SD loss + KC loss or tie NY Jets clinch East division: 1. NYJ win + MIA loss NY Jets clinch playoff spot: 1. NYJ win + CLE loss or tie + DEN win 2. NYJ win + CLE loss or tie + KC loss or tie 3. NYJ tie + NE loss or tie + CLE loss + DEN loss or tie + KC loss + SD loss or tie AFC North Pittsburgh has clinched North division. Pittsburgh clinches home-field advantage 1. PIT win + TEN loss + OAK loss Pittsburgh clinches a first-round bye: 1. PIT win + TEN loss 2. PIT win + OAK loss Cleveland clinches a playoff spot: 1. CLE win + DEN win + NYJ win 2. CLE win + KC loss or tie + NYJ win 3. CLE win + DEN win + MIA win or tie 4. CLE win + KC loss or tie + MIA win or tie 5. CLE tie + NYJ loss or tie + NE loss or tie + DEN loss or tie + SD loss or tie + KC loss 6. NE loss + NYJ loss + BAL loss or tie + DEN loss + SD loss + KC loss *There are other scenarios in which Cleveland can reach playoffs based on strength of victory tiebreaker. Baltimore clinches a playoff spot: 1. BAL win + NE loss + NYJ loss + CLE loss + DEN loss + SD loss + KC loss AFC South Tennessee has clinched South division. Tennessee clinches home-field advantage: 1. TEN win + OAK loss or tie 2. TEN tie + OAK loss 3. PIT loss + MIA win + OAK loss + TEN wins strength of victory tiebreaker over MIA and OAK Tennessee clinches a first-round bye: 1. TEN win or tie 2. MIA loss + PIT loss 3. OAK loss + MIA win + TEN wins strength of victory tiebreaker over OAK and MIA Indianapolis clinches a playoff spot: 1. IND win or tie 2. NE loss or tie 3. NYJ win 4. CLE loss or tie + KC loss or tie 5. CLE loss or tie + DEN win *There are other scenarios in which Indianapolis can clinch based on strength of victory AFC West Oakland has clinched West division. Oakland clinches home-field advantage: 1. OAK win 2. OAK tie + TEN loss or tie 3. PIT loss + TEN loss + MIA loss 4. PIT loss + TEN loss + OAK wins strength of victory tiebreaker over TEN and MIA Oakland clinches a first-round bye: 1. OAK tie 2. MIA loss or tie + PIT loss 3. MIA loss or tie + TEN loss 4. TEN loss + OAK wins strength of victory tiebreaker over TEN and MIA Denver clinches a playoff spot: 1. DEN win + CLE loss or tie + NE loss or tie + NYJ loss or tie 2. DEN win + CLE loss or tie + MIA loss + NYJ win 5. DEN tie + NE loss or tie + NYJ loss + CLE loss + KC loss or tie + SD loss or tie Kansas City clinches a playoff spot: 1. KC win + DEN loss or tie + NE loss or tie 2. KC win + DEN loss or tie + IND win or tie + NYJ loss or tie 3. KC win + DEN loss or tie + IND loss + NYJ win + CLE win 4. KC tie + NE loss + NYJ loss or tie + CLE loss or tie + DEN loss + SD loss or tie *There are other scenarios in which Kansas City can clinch based on strength of victory. San Diego clinches a playoff spot: 1. SD win + DEN loss or tie + KC loss or tie + NE loss or tie + NYJ loss or tie + CLE loss or tie 2. SD win + DEN loss or tie + KC loss or tie + MIA loss + NYJ win + CLE loss or tie 3. SD tie + DEN loss + KC loss + NE loss + NYJ loss + CLE loss NFC East Philadelphia has clinched East division. The Eagles clinch home-field advantage: 1. PHI win 2. PHI tie + GB loss or tie 3. GB loss Philadelphia clinches a first-round bye: 1. PHI tie + GB loss or tie 2. GB loss NY Giants clinch a playoff spot: 1. NYG win 2. NYG tie + NO loss or tie 3. NO loss. NFC North Green Bay has clinched NFC North division title. Green Bay clinches home-field advantage: 1. GB win + PHI loss or tie 2. GB tie + PHI loss Green Bay clinches a first-round bye: 1. GB win + PHI loss or tie 2. GB tie + PHI loss 3. TB loses twice NFC South Tampa Bay has clinched South division. Bucs cannot clinch home-field advantage Tampa Bay clinches a first-round bye: 1. TB win + GB loss Atlanta clinches a playoff spot: 1. ATL win or tie 2. NYG loss or tie 3. NO loss or tie New Orleans can clinch a playoff berth with: 1. NO win + NYG loss or tie 2. NO win + ATL loss 3. NO tie + NYG loss NFC West San Francisco has clinched NFC West division title |