All Right! Here Are Your NFL Playoff Scenerios

     

AFC DIVISION WINNERS

• New England, Baltimore, Indianapolis and San Diego have clinched division titles.

• San Diego can clinch home-field advantage with:
1. A win or tie
Or
2. Baltimore loss or tie

• Baltimore can clinch home-field advantage with:
1. A win and a San Diego loss

• Baltimore can clinch first-round bye with:
1. A win or tie
Or
2. Indianapolis loss or tie

• Indianapolis can clinch first-round bye with:
1. A win and a Baltimore loss

AFC Wildcard Scenerios

• N.Y. Jets can clinch a playoff berth with:
1. A win or tie
Or
2. A Cincinnati loss or tie and a Jacksonville loss or tie
Or
3. A Cincinnati loss or tie and a Tennessee win
Or
4. A Denver loss and a Jacksonville loss

• Cincinnati can clinch a playoff berth with:
1. A win and a N.Y. Jets loss
Or
2. A win and a Denver loss and a Kansas City win

• Tennessee can clinch a playoff berth with:
1. A win and a Cincinnati loss or tie and a Denver loss and a Kansas City win

• Jacksonville can clinch a playoff berth with:
1. A win and a N.Y. Jets loss and a Cincinnati loss or tie and a Tennessee loss or tie

• Denver can clinch a playoff berth with:
1. A win or tie
Or
2. A Kansas City loss or tie

•Kansas City can clinch a playoff berth with:
1. A win and a Cincinnati loss or tie and a Denver loss and a Tennessee loss or tie

NFC DIVISION WINNERS

• Chicago, New Orleans and Seattle have clinched division titles.  Dallas and Philadelphia have clinched playoff berths but are battling for the NFC East title.

• Dallas can clinch division with:
1. A win with a Philadelphia loss or tie
Or
2. A tie with a Philadelphia loss

• Philadelphia can clinch division with:
1. A win
Or
2. Dallas loss
Or
3. A tie with a Dallas tie

• Chicago has clinched the division and home-field advantage in the NFC.

• New Orleans has clinched division and a first-round bye.

• Seattle has clinched the division.

NFC Wildcard Scenerios

• N.Y. Giants can clinch a playoff berth with:
1. A win and clinch strength of victory tiebreaker* over Green Bay
Or
2. A win with a Green Bay loss or tie
Or
3. A tie plus a Green Bay loss or tie plus a St. Louis loss or tie plus an Atlanta loss or tie and a Carolina loss or tie
Or
4. A Green Bay loss plus a St. Louis loss plus an Atlanta loss and a Carolina loss

*N.Y. Giants clinch strength of victory tiebreaker over Green Bay if:
1. Detroit or Minnesota lose
2. Any two of the following results occur: Arizona loss, Miami loss, San Francisco loss, Carloina win, Houston win, Tampa Bay win.

• Green Bay can clinch a playoff berth with:
1. A win plus a NY Giants win + GB clinches strength of victory tiebreaker* over NYG
Or
2. A win plus a NY Giants loss or tie plus a St. Louis loss or tie
Or
3. A win plus a NY Giants loss or tie plus a Carolina win
Or
4. A win plus a NY Giants loss or tie plus an Atlanta win
Or
5. A tie plus a NY Giants loss plus a St. Louis loss plus anAtlanta loss or tie plus a Carolina loss or tie

*Green Bay clinches strength of victory tiebreaker over N.Y. Giants if: Arizona, Detroit, Miami, Minnesota and San Francisco all win and Carolina, Houston and Tampa Bay all lose.

• Carolina can clinch a playoff berth with:
1. A win plus a NY Giants loss or tie plus a Green Bay loss or tie
Or
2. A tie plus a NY Giants loss plus a Green Bay loss plus a St. Louis loss or tie plus an Atlanta loss or tie

• Atlanta can clinch a playoff berth with:
1. A win plus a Carolina loss or tie plus a Green Bay loss or tie plus a NY Giants loss or tie
Or
2. A tie plus a Carolina loss plus a Green Bay loss plus a NY Giants loss plus a St. Louis loss

• St. Louis can clinch a playoff berth with:
1. A win and N.Y. Giants, Carolina and Atlanta all lose or tie.
Or
2. A tie and N.Y. Giants, Carolina, Atlanta and Green Bay all lose.