AFC 1. New England 12-3 East Champions (Winn earn #1 seed with win/tie OR BAL loss/tie & PIT loss/tie 2. Baltimore 11-4 North leader (Clinched playoff spot, Swept Pittsburgh, will win Div and bye with win OR tie & PIT loss/tie OR PIT loss. Can win #1 seed with win & NE Loss) 3. Houston 10-5 South Champion 4. Denver 8-7 West leader (3-2 div, 6-5 AFC, 6-5 common games, can win div with win OR tie & OAK loss/tie OR OAK loss) 5. Pittsburgh 11-4 (swept by Baltimore, clinched playoff spot, can win div and bye with win & BAL loss/tie OR tie & BAL loss. Can win #1 seed with win & BAL loss/tie & NE loss) 6. Cincinnati 9-6 (can earn wildcard with win/tie OR NJY loss/tie & (OAK loss/tie OR DEN loss/tie)
7. Oakland 8-7 (3-2 div, 6-5 AFC, 6-5 Common games, 0.453 SoV, can win div with win & DEN loss/tie OR tie & DEN loss. Can earn wildcard with win & CIN loss & (TEN loss/tie OR NYJ win)) 8. Tennessee 8-7 (0.373 SoV, 4-1 common games vs Jets, can win wildcard with win & CIN loss & NYJ win & (OAK loss/tie OR DEN loss/tie) OR win & CIN loss & NYJ loss/tie & OAK win & DEN win)) 9. NY Jets 8-7 (0.398 SoV, 3-2 common games vs TEN, can win wildcard with win & CIN loss & TEN loss/tie & (OAK loss/tie OR DEN loss/tie))
Eliminated from playoffs 10 San Diego 7-8 11 Buffalo 6-9 (beat KC) 12 Kansas City 6-9 (lost to BUF)
13 Miami 5-10 14 Cleveland 4-11 (beat JAX) 15 Jacksonville 4-11 (lost to CLE) 16 Indianapolis 2-13
NFC 1. Green Bay 14-1 North Champions, clinched #1 seed 2. San Francisco 12-3 West Champions (9-2 NFC, can win bye with win OR tie & NO loss/tie OR NO loss)
3. New Orleans 12-3 South Champions (8-3 NFC, can win bye with win & SF loss/tie OR tie & SF loss) 4. NY Giants 8-7 East leaders(beat DAL, will win div with win/tie) 5. Detroit 10-5 (clinched wildcard) 6. Atlanta 9-6 (clinched wildcard)
7. Dallas 8-7 (will win the div with win)
Eliminated from playoffs 8. Seattle 7-8 (beat Arizona, CHI, PHI) 9. Chicago 7-8 (lost to SEA, beat PHI, 3-1 common games to ARI) 10 Arizona 7-8 (lost to SEA, beat PHI, 2-2 common games to CHI) 11 Philadelphia 7-8 (lost to SEA, CHI, ARI)
12 Carolina 6-9 13 Washington 5-10 14 Tampa Bay 4-11 15 Minnesota 3-12 16 St. Louis 2-13
Wildcard Weekend #6 Atlanta (9-6) @ #3 New Orleans (12-3) #5 Detroit (10-5) @ #4 NY Giants (8-7)
Byes #1 Green Bay (14-1) #2 San Francisco (12-3)
Home teams are 136-104 (0.567) vs away teams
The AFC is 30-34 (0.469) vs the NFC, first time in about 16 years they have a losing record to the NFC.
Div strength by out of div record
1. AFC North (25-15) 0.625 2. NFC North (24-16) 0.600 3. AFC East (21-19) 0.525 4. NFC South (21-19) 0.525
5. AFC West (19-21) 0.475 6. NFC West (18-22) 0.450 7. NFC East (18-22) 0.450 8. AFC South (14-26) 0.350
Round 1 of the draft
*** - Projected playoff team, final positions subject to change with playoff exit
1. Indianapolis (2-13) 3. St. Louis (2-13) 2. Minnesota (3-12) 4. Jacksonville (4-11)
5. Cleveland (4-11) 6. Tampa Bay (4-11) 7. Washington (5-10) 8. Miami (5-10)