NFL playoff scenarios
A look at the various NFL playoff scenarios heading into the final week of the regular season:
AFC
Clinched
Denver — AFC West and first-round bye
New England — AFC East
Cincinnati — AFC North
Indianapolis — AFC South
Kansas City — playoff spot
Denver (at Oakland)
Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with:
— Win or tie, OR
— New England loss or tie
New England (vs. Buffalo)
Clinches first-round bye with:
— Win or tie, OR
— Cincinnati loss or tie and Indianapolis loss or tie
Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with:
— Win and Denver loss
Cincinnati (vs. Baltimore)
Clinches first-round bye with:
— Win and New England loss
Indianapolis (vs. Jacksonville)
Clinches first-round bye with:
— Win and New England loss and Cincinnati loss or tie
Miami (vs. N.Y. Jets)
Clinches playoff spot with:
— Win and Baltimore loss or tie, OR
— Win and San Diego win, OR
— Tie and Baltimore loss and San Diego loss or tie, OR
— Tie and Baltimore tie and San Diego tie
Baltimore (at Cincinnati)
Clinches playoff spot with:
— Win and San Diego loss or tie, OR
— Win and Miami loss or tie, OR
— Tie and Miami loss and San Diego loss or tie, OR
— Tie and Miami tie and San Diego loss, OR
— Miami loss and San Diego loss and Pittsburgh loss or tie
San Diego (vs. Kansas City)
Clinches playoff spot with:
— Win and Miami loss or tie and Baltimore loss or tie, OR
— Tie and Miami loss and Baltimore loss
Pittsburgh (vs. Cleveland)
Clinches playoff spot with:
— Win and Miami loss and Baltimore loss and San Diego loss
NFC
Clinched
Seattle — playoff spot
Carolina — playoff spot
San Francisco — playoff spot
Seattle (vs. St. Louis)
Clinches NFC West and home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs with:
— Win or tie, OR
— San Francisco loss or tie
Carolina (at Atlanta)
Clinches NFC South and a first-round bye with:
— Win or tie, OR
— New Orleans loss or tie
Clinches home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs with:
— Win and Seattle loss and San Francisco win
Philadelphia (at Dallas)
Clinches NFC East division with:
— Win or tie
Chicago (vs. Green Bay)
Clinches NFC North with:
— Win or tie
San Francisco (at Arizona)
Clinches NFC West and first-round bye with:
— Win and Seattle loss
Clinches NFC West and home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs with:
— Win and Seattle loss and Carolina loss or tie
New Orleans (vs. Tampa Bay)
Clinches NFC South and first-round bye with:
— Win and Carolina loss
Clinches playoff spot with:
— Win, OR
— Tie and Arizona tie, OR
— Arizona loss
Arizona (vs. San Francisco)
Clinches playoff spot with:
— Win and New Orleans loss or tie, OR
— Tie and New Orleans loss
Dallas (vs. Philadelphia)
Clinches NFC East with:
— Win
Green Bay (at Chicago)
Clinches NFC North with:
— Win
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