NFL Playoff Scenarios

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Live Week 4 2026 NFL Standings

Oct 1, 2026 | Week 4, 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	SF	4-0	2-0	SF wins the tiebreak over MIN on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (3 vs 10).
2	MIN	4-0	3-0
3	NYG	3-1	2-1
4	CAR	2-2	2-1
5	CHI	3-1	2-1	CHI wins the tiebreak over SEA on Conference Record (2-1 vs 1-1).
6	SEA	3-1	1-1
7	LAR	2-2	2-1	DET wins the tiebreak over GB on Division Record (0-0 vs 0-1). PHI wins the tiebreak over DAL on Division Record (1-0 vs 1-1). LAR wins the tiebreak over DET/PHI on Conference Record (2-1 vs 1-1/1-2).
8	DET	2-2	1-1	DET wins the tiebreak over GB on Division Record (0-0 vs 0-1). PHI wins the tiebreak over DAL on Division Record (1-0 vs 1-1). DET wins the tiebreak over PHI on Conference Record (1-1 vs 1-2).
9	GB	2-2	1-2	PHI wins the tiebreak over DAL on Division Record (1-0 vs 1-1). GB wins the tiebreak over PHI on Strength of Schedule (6-9 vs 6-10).
10	PHI	2-2	1-2	PHI wins the tiebreak over DAL on Division Record (1-0 vs 1-1).
11	DAL	2-2	1-1
12	NO	1-2	0-1	NO wins the tiebreak over ATL on Division Record (0-0 vs 0-1).
13	ATL	1-2	1-1
14	WAS	1-3	1-2	WAS wins the tiebreak over ARI on Conference Record (1-2 vs 0-3).
15	ARI	1-3	0-3
16	TB	0-4	0-2

	AFC	Record	Conf. Rec.	Explanation
1	KC	4-0	4-0
2	JAX	3-1	3-1	CLE wins the tiebreak over BAL on Division Record (1-0 vs 0-0). JAX wins the tiebreak over BUF/CLE on Conference Record (3-1 vs 2-1/1-1).
3	BUF	3-1	2-1	CLE wins the tiebreak over BAL on Division Record (1-0 vs 0-0). BUF wins the tiebreak over CLE on Conference Record (2-1 vs 1-1).
4	CLE	3-1	1-1	CLE wins the tiebreak over BAL on Division Record (1-0 vs 0-0).
5	BAL	3-1	2-0	BAL wins the tiebreak over LV on Conference Record (2-0 vs 2-1).
6	LV	3-1	2-1
7	NE	2-2	2-1	PIT wins the tiebreak over CIN on Head-to-Head (1-0). NE wins the tiebreak over DEN/PIT/IND on Conference Record (2-1 vs 1-1/1-2/1-2).
8	DEN	2-2	1-1	PIT wins the tiebreak over CIN on Head-to-Head (1-0). DEN wins the tiebreak over PIT/IND on Conference Record (1-1 vs 1-2/1-2).
9	PIT	2-2	1-2	PIT wins the tiebreak over CIN on Head-to-Head (1-0). PIT wins the tiebreak over IND on Strength of Victory (3-4 vs 1-7).
10	IND	2-2	1-2	IND wins the tiebreak over CIN on Strength of Victory (1-7 vs 0-8).
11	CIN	2-2	1-2
12	NYJ	1-3	1-0
13	MIA	0-4	0-2	TEN wins the tiebreak over HOU on Division Record (0-0 vs 0-1). MIA wins the tiebreak over LAC/TEN on Strength of Schedule (15-1 vs 10-6/9-7).
14	LAC	0-4	0-2	TEN wins the tiebreak over HOU on Division Record (0-0 vs 0-1). LAC wins the tiebreak over TEN on Strength of Schedule (10-6 vs 9-7).
15	TEN	0-4	0-2	TEN wins the tiebreak over HOU on Division Record (0-0 vs 0-1).
16	HOU	0-4	0-3


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

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

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

NFC	West	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	SF	4-0	2-0
2	SEA	3-1	1-0
3	LAR	2-2	0-1
4	ARI	1-3	0-2

AFC	East	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	BUF	3-1	0-1
2	NE	2-2	1-0
3	NYJ	1-3	0-0
4	MIA	0-4	0-0

AFC	North	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	CLE	3-1	1-0	CLE wins the tiebreak over BAL on Division Record (1-0 vs 0-0).
2	BAL	3-1	0-0
3	PIT	2-2	1-1	PIT wins the tiebreak over CIN on Head-to-Head (1-0).
4	CIN	2-2	0-1

AFC	South	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	JAX	3-1	0-0
2	IND	2-2	1-0
3	TEN	0-4	0-0	TEN wins the tiebreak over HOU on Division Record (0-0 vs 0-1).
4	HOU	0-4	0-1

AFC	West	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	KC	4-0	2-0
2	LV	3-1	1-1
3	DEN	2-2	0-1
4	LAC	0-4	0-1

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