Standings entering week 12
 NFC |
 AFC |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 SF (9-1) |
1 |
 NE (9-1) |
| 2 |
 GB (8-2)1 |
2 |
 BAL (8-2) |
| 3 |
 NO (8-2) |
3 |
 KC (7-4) |
| 4 |
 DAL (6-4) |
4 |
 IND (6-4)4 |
| 5 |
 SEA (8-2) |
5 |
 BUF (7-3) |
| 6 |
 MIN (8-3) |
6 |
 HOU (6-4)5 |
| 7 |
 LAR (6-4) |
7 |
 OAK (6-4) |
| 8 |
 PHI (5-5)2 |
8 |
 PIT (5-5)6 |
| 9 |
 CAR (5-5) |
9 |
 TEN (5-5) |
| 10 |
 CHI (4-6) |
10 |
 CLE (4-6)7 |
| 11 |
 DET (3-6-1) |
11 |
 JAX (4-6) |
| 12 |
 ARI (3-7-1)k |
12 |
 LAC (4-7) |
| 13 |
 ATL (3-7)3 |
13 |
 DEN (3-7)8 |
| 14 |
 TB (3-7) |
14 |
 NYJ (3-7)k |
| 15 |
 NYG (2-8) |
15 |
 MIA (2-8)k |
| 16 |
 WAS (1-9) |
16 |
 CIN (0-10)ke |
e Team is eliminated from playoff contention
k Team is knocked out of division title contention
1 GB wins the tiebreak over NO on conference record (5-1 vs 6-2).
2 PHI wins the tiebreak over CAR on conference record (3-4 vs 2-5).
3 ATL wins the tiebreak over TB on division record (2-0 vs 1-3).
4 IND wins the tiebreak over HOU on head-to-head (1-0).
5 HOU wins the tiebreak over OAK on head-to-head.
6 PIT wins the tiebreak over TEN on conference record (4-3 vs 3-4)
7 CLE wins the tiebreak over JAX on conference record (4-3 vs 4-4)
8 DEN wins the tiebreak over NYJ on conference record (3-4 vs 0-6)
Elimination Scenarios
|
DET is knocked out of NFC North title contention with: |
| 1) |
DET loss |
|
ATL is knocked out of NFC South title contention with: |
| 1) |
ATL loss +
NO win/tie |
|
| OR | 2) |
ATL tie +
NO win |
|
TB is knocked out of NFC South title contention with: |
| 1) |
TB loss |
|
| OR | 2) |
TB tie +
NO tie |
| OR | 3) |
NO win |
|
TB is eliminated from playoff contention with: |
| 1) |
TB loss +
SEA win/tie +
GB win/tie +
DET loss |
|
WAS is eliminated from NFC East title contention AND playoff contention with: |
| 1) |
WAS loss OR |
|
| OR | 2) |
WAS tie +
DAL tie |
| OR | 3) |
WAS tie +
PHI win |
| OR | 4) |
DAL win |
|
NYG is eliminated from NFC East title contention AND playoff contention with: |
| 1) |
NYG loss +
DAL win |
Possible Seeds
There are 24 teams that still could get every seed 1 through 6 or be eliminated. This is the status of the remaining 8 teams. E here simply means seeds 7 and below.
|
NYG: |
3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | E | ||||
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WAS: |
4 | E | (knocked out of wildcard contention) | ||||||
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ATL: |
2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | E | |||
|
TB: |
2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | E | |||
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ARI: |
5 | 6 | E | (knocked out of division title contention) | |||||
|
NYJ: |
5 | 6 | E | (knocked out of division title contention) | |||||
|
MIA: |
5 | 6 | E | (knocked out of division title contention) | |||||
|
CIN: |
E | (eliminated from playoff contention) |
Team Control
The seed that a team controls is the worst seed that team could get if they win out. These are often mutually exclusive because it is impossible for teams that play each other in future weeks to both win out. If a team changed controlled seed from last week, last week’s seed is noted in parentheses
Teams that control the 1 seed:
SF
NE
Teams that control the 2 seed:
GB
SEA
BAL
Teams that control the 3 seed:
NO
Teams that control the 4 seed:
DAL
IND
HOU(2)
KC
OAK
Teams that control the 5 seed:
MIN
BUF
Teams that control the 6 seed:
None
Teams that could win out and still miss the playoffs:
PHI(4)
NYG
WAS
CHI
DET
CAR(4)
ATL
TB
LAR
ARI
NYJ
MIA
PIT(5)
CLE
CIN
TEN
JAX
LAC
DEN
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