All teams marked by +++ are eliminated from the playoffs
AFC 1. Tennessee (11-1) *South Leader, will win the div with win OR IND loss, will win a 1st round bye with win AND NY Jets loss. 2. Pittsburgh (9-3) *North Leader
3. NY Jets (8-4) *East Leader 4. Denver (7-5) *West Leader, will win the div with win AND SD loss 5. Indianapolis (8-4) Beat BAL 6. Baltimore (8-4) Lost to IND
7. New England (7-5) Split HTH with MIA, beat with div record (3-2) 8. Miami (7-5) Split HTH with NE, lost with div record (2-2) 9. Buffalo (6-6) 10. Houston (5-7) 11. San Diego (4-8) Beat CLE & JAC by Conf record (4-5)
12. +++Cleveland (4-8) Lost to SD by Conf record (3-6), Beat JAC 13. +++Jacksonville (4-8) Lost to SD by Conf record (3-7), Lost to CLE 14. Oakland (3-9) *Must win out and have Denver lose all games, and finish with a better record than SD to win the Div 15. +++Kansas City (2-10) 16. +++Cncinnati (1-10-1)
NFC 1. NY Giants (11-1) *East Leader, will win the div with win OR DAL loss, will win a 1st round bye with win OR MIN loss 2. Tampa Bay (9-3) *South Leader, Beat CAR
3. Minnesota (7-5) *North Leader, Beat ARI on Conf record (5-3) 4. Arizona (7-5) *West Leader, Lost to MIN on Conf record (5-4), will win the Div with win OR SF loss 5. Carolina (9-3) Lost to TB 6. Atlanta (8-4) Beat DAL on Conf record (5-3, 0.625)
7. Dallas (8-4) Lost to ATL on Conf record (6-4, 0.600) 8. Washington (7-5) 9. Philadelphia (6-5-1) 10. Chicago (6-6) Beat NO on Conf record (5-5) 11. New Orleans (6-6) Lost to CHI on Conf record (3-5)
12. Green Bay (5-7) 13. San Francisco (4-8) 14. +++Seattle (2-10) Beat STL 15. +++St. Louis (2-10) Lost to SEA 16. +++Detroit (0-12)
1st round bye: #1 NY Giants (11-1), #2 Tampa Bay (9-3) Wildcard: #6 Atlanta (8-4) @ #3 Minnesota (7-5), #5 Carolina (9-3) @ #4 Arizona (7-5)
The NFC is 24-21-1 (0.533) vs the AFC
Division Strength by out of division record NFC East 24-7-1 (0.766) NFC South 24-8 (0.750) AFC South 19-11 (0.633) AFC East 20-12 (0.625)
AFC North 13-16-1 (0.450) NFC North 9-21 (0.300) AFC West 8-24 (0.250) NFC West 7-25 (0.219)
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-- 2006 Time magazine Person of the Year --
"...Oh, the band is out on the field!! He's gonna go into the end zone! He's gone into the end zone!! -- Joe Starkey -- November 20, 1982 -- The Play --
NFC 1. NY Giants (11-1) *East Leader, will win the div with win AND DAL loss, will win a 1st round bye with win OR MIN loss
The Giants will actually clinch with a win OR a Dallas loss. A win makes them 12-1, 5-0 within the division with 1 division game left, and the best Dallas can do at this point is 12-4, 4-2 in the East. A Dallas loss apparently gives the Giants a win in the common opponents tiebreaker.
Yay, Cleveland is officially out. At least they have the dubious distinction of having (inexplicably) handed the Giants that one loss so far. I actually look forward to seeing how bad the train wreck gets with Dorsey starting the next 4 games. Provided Shaffer doesn't do his 'ole' pass protection and get him killed, that is.
I still can't believe the AFC West. This has got to be tough for Bolts fans. At least Cleveland has a tradition of sucking and underperforming.
"As you may have read in Robert Parker's Wine Newsletter, 'Donaghy Estates tastes like the urine of Satan, after a hefty portion of asparagus.'" Jack Donaghy, 30 Rock
NFC 1. NY Giants (11-1) *East Leader, will win the div with win AND DAL loss, will win a 1st round bye with win OR MIN loss
The Giants will actually clinch with a win OR a Dallas loss. A win makes them 12-1, 5-0 within the division with 1 division game left, and the best Dallas can do at this point is 12-4, 4-2 in the East. A Dallas loss apparently gives the Giants a win in the common opponents tiebreaker.
Sweet, thanks for the catch. You should see my notes when I'm doing all these clinching scenarios by hand. I knew that something didn't feel right about that one.
-- 2006 Time magazine Person of the Year --
"...Oh, the band is out on the field!! He's gonna go into the end zone! He's gone into the end zone!! -- Joe Starkey -- November 20, 1982 -- The Play --
I didn't really follow the NFL (besides the Bucs and their opponents) at the time Carrol was there, but considering his career record as a head coach is 33-31 (plus 1-2 in the playoffs)