NFL Playoff Scenarios

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Final Week 2 2026 NFL Standings

Sep 17, 2026 | Week 2, 2026 | NFL Playoff Scenarios

VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: The behavior of a 0-0 record is not defined in any official capacity. Thus, different sites treat 0-0 differently and may have their standings in different orders based upon this behavior. No approach is more correct than any other. However, this site treats 0-0 as infinitesimally larger than 0-1 (i.e., 0-16-1 > 0-0 > 0-1).

Additionally, because the tiebreaking procedures specify “best won-lost-tied percentage” in all of their record-based steps, this site uses that method for 0-x or x-0 records (so, for example, 1-0 = 2-0). Many sites (including the NFL’s own) choose to use a “games-back” logic, so 2-0 > 1-0, deviating from the official procedures. This also causes discrepancies between sites.

Both of these sources of discrepancies/ambiguity are inconsequential ultimately, because at the end of the season, the same number of games will have been played at all steps for the tied teams, and there will be no 0-0 records involved in any tiebreaker.

Conference Standings
Division Standings


	NFC	Record	Conf. Rec.	Explanation
1	MIN	2-0	2-0	SEA wins the tiebreak over SF on Strength of Victory (2-2 vs 1-3). PHI drops out of the tiebreak with MIN/SEA on Strength of Victory (0-4 vs 2-2). MIN wins the tiebreak over SEA on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (10 vs 11).
2	SEA	2-0	1-0	SEA wins the tiebreak over SF on Strength of Victory (2-2 vs 1-3). SEA wins the tiebreak over PHI on Strength of Victory (2-2 vs 0-4).
3	PHI	2-0	1-0
4	CAR	1-1	1-1	CAR wins the tiebreak over NO on Division Record (1-0 vs 0-0).
5	SF	2-0	1-0
6	DET	1-1	1-0	DET wins the tiebreak over CHI/GB on Division Record (0-0 vs 0-1/0-1). NYG wins the tiebreak over DAL on Head-to-Head (1-0). LAR wins the tiebreak over ARI on Conference Record (1-1 vs 0-1). DET wins the tiebreak over NYG/LAR/NO on Conference Record (1-0 vs 1-1/1-1/0-1).
7	CHI	1-1	1-1	NYG wins the tiebreak over DAL on Head-to-Head (1-0). CHI wins the tiebreak over GB on Conference Record (1-1 vs 0-1). LAR wins the tiebreak over ARI on Conference Record (1-1 vs 0-1). NO drops out of the tiebreak with NYG/CHI/LAR on Conference Record (0-1 vs 1-1). NYG drops out of the tiebreak with CHI/LAR on Strength of Schedule (2-2 vs 3-1). CHI wins the tiebreak over LAR on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (9 vs 17).
8	LAR	1-1	1-1	NYG wins the tiebreak over DAL on Head-to-Head (1-0). LAR wins the tiebreak over ARI on Conference Record (1-1 vs 0-1). GB/NO drops out of the tiebreak with NYG/LAR on Conference Record (0-1/0-1 vs 1-1). LAR wins the tiebreak over NYG on Head-to-Head.
9	NYG	1-1	1-1	NYG wins the tiebreak over DAL on Head-to-Head (1-0). NYG wins the tiebreak over GB/NO/ARI on Conference Record (1-1 vs 0-1/0-1/0-1).
10	DAL	1-1	1-1	DAL wins the tiebreak over GB/NO/ARI on Conference Record (1-1 vs 0-1/0-1/0-1).
11	GB	1-1	0-1	ARI drops out of the tiebreak with GB/NO on Strength of Victory (0-2 vs 1-1). GB wins the tiebreak over NO on Strength of Schedule (3-1 vs 2-2).
12	NO	1-1	0-1	NO wins the tiebreak over ARI on Strength of Victory (1-1 vs 0-2).
13	ARI	1-1	0-1
14	TB	0-2	0-0	TB wins the tiebreak over ATL on Division Record (0-0 vs 0-1). TB wins the tiebreak over WAS on Conference Record (0-0 vs 0-2).
15	WAS	0-2	0-2	WAS wins the tiebreak over ATL on Strength of Schedule (3-1 vs 2-2).
16	ATL	0-2	0-1

	AFC	Record	Conf. Rec.	Explanation
1	KC	2-0	2-0	KC wins the tiebreak over LV on Strength of Victory (1-3 vs 0-4). CIN drops out of the tiebreak with BUF/KC on Strength of Victory (0-4 vs 1-3). KC wins the tiebreak over BUF on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (9 vs 15).
2	BUF	2-0	1-0	BUF wins the tiebreak over CIN on Strength of Victory (1-3 vs 0-4).
3	CIN	2-0	1-0
4	JAX	1-1	1-1
5	LV	2-0	2-0
6	NE	1-1	1-0	NE wins the tiebreak over NYJ on Strength of Victory (1-1 vs 0-2). BAL wins the tiebreak over CLE/PIT on Conference Record (1-0 vs 0-1/0-1). DEN drops out of the tiebreak with NE/BAL on Conference Record (1-1 vs 1-0). NE wins the tiebreak over BAL on Strength of Victory (1-1 vs 0-2).
7	NYJ	1-1	1-0	BAL wins the tiebreak over CLE/PIT on Conference Record (1-0 vs 0-1/0-1). DEN drops out of the tiebreak with NYJ/BAL on Conference Record (1-1 vs 1-0). NYJ wins the tiebreak over BAL on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (11 vs 12).
8	BAL	1-1	1-0	BAL wins the tiebreak over CLE/PIT on Conference Record (1-0 vs 0-1/0-1). BAL wins the tiebreak over DEN on Conference Record (1-0 vs 1-1).
9	DEN	1-1	1-1	PIT wins the tiebreak over CLE on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (21 vs 22). DEN wins the tiebreak over PIT on Conference Record (1-1 vs 0-1).
10	PIT	1-1	0-1	PIT wins the tiebreak over CLE on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (21 vs 22).
11	CLE	1-1	0-1
12	HOU	0-2	0-2	HOU wins the tiebreak over IND/TEN on Strength of Schedule (4-0 vs 3-1/3-1). LAC drops out of the tiebreak with MIA/HOU on Strength of Schedule (3-1 vs 4-0). HOU wins the tiebreak over MIA on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (22 vs 29).
13	MIA	0-2	0-1	TEN wins the tiebreak over IND on Net Points in All Games (-17 vs -21). MIA wins the tiebreak over TEN/LAC on Strength of Schedule (4-0 vs 3-1/3-1).
14	TEN	0-2	0-1	TEN wins the tiebreak over IND on Net Points in All Games (-17 vs -21). TEN wins the tiebreak over LAC on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (20 vs 25).
15	IND	0-2	0-2	IND wins the tiebreak over LAC on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (20 vs 25).
16	LAC	0-2	0-1


NFC	East	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	PHI	2-0	1-0
2	NYG	1-1	1-0	NYG wins the tiebreak over DAL on Head-to-Head (1-0).
3	DAL	1-1	1-1
4	WAS	0-2	0-2

NFC	North	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	MIN	2-0	2-0
2	DET	1-1	0-0	DET wins the tiebreak over CHI/GB on Division Record (0-0 vs 0-1/0-1).
3	CHI	1-1	0-1	CHI wins the tiebreak over GB on Conference Record (1-1 vs 0-1).
4	GB	1-1	0-1

NFC	South	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	CAR	1-1	1-0	CAR wins the tiebreak over NO on Division Record (1-0 vs 0-0).
2	NO	1-1	0-0
3	TB	0-2	0-0	TB wins the tiebreak over ATL on Division Record (0-0 vs 0-1).
4	ATL	0-2	0-1

NFC	West	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	SEA	2-0	1-0	SEA wins the tiebreak over SF on Strength of Victory (2-2 vs 1-3).
2	SF	2-0	1-0
3	LAR	1-1	0-1	LAR wins the tiebreak over ARI on Conference Record (1-1 vs 0-1).
4	ARI	1-1	0-1

AFC	East	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	BUF	2-0	0-0
2	NE	1-1	0-0	NE wins the tiebreak over NYJ on Strength of Victory (1-1 vs 0-2).
3	NYJ	1-1	0-0
4	MIA	0-2	0-0

AFC	North	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	CIN	2-0	0-0
2	BAL	1-1	0-0	BAL wins the tiebreak over CLE/PIT on Conference Record (1-0 vs 0-1/0-1).
3	PIT	1-1	0-0	PIT wins the tiebreak over CLE on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (21 vs 22).
4	CLE	1-1	0-0

AFC	South	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	JAX	1-1	0-0
2	HOU	0-2	0-0	HOU wins the tiebreak over IND/TEN on Strength of Schedule (4-0 vs 3-1/3-1).
3	TEN	0-2	0-0	TEN wins the tiebreak over IND on Net Points in All Games (-17 vs -21).
4	IND	0-2	0-0

AFC	West	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	KC	2-0	1-0	KC wins the tiebreak over LV on Strength of Victory (1-3 vs 0-4).
2	LV	2-0	1-0
3	DEN	1-1	0-1
4	LAC	0-2	0-1

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