NFL Playoff Scenarios

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Final Week 1 2026 NFL Standings

Sep 14, 2026 | Week 1, 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)

Conference Standings
Division Standings


	NFC	Record	Conf. Rec.	Explanation
1	SF	1-0	1-0	MIN wins the tiebreak over CHI/DET on Division Record (1-0 vs 0-0/0-0). SF wins the tiebreak over ARI/SEA on Division Record (1-0 vs 0-0/0-0). NYG wins the tiebreak over PHI on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (10 vs 16). NYG drops out of the tiebreak with MIN/SF on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (10 vs 8). SF wins the tiebreak over MIN on Combined League PF/PA Rank (14 vs 15).
2	MIN	1-0	1-0	MIN wins the tiebreak over CHI/DET on Division Record (1-0 vs 0-0/0-0). NYG wins the tiebreak over PHI on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (10 vs 16). MIN wins the tiebreak over NYG on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (8 vs 10).
3	NYG	1-0	1-0	NYG wins the tiebreak over PHI on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (10 vs 16).
4	ATL	0-1	0-0	CAR/NO drops out of the tiebreak with ATL/TB on Conference Record (0-1/0-1 vs 0-0). ATL wins the tiebreak over TB on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (18 vs 20).
5	CHI	1-0	1-0	CHI arbitrarily given tiebreak over DET. ARI wins the tiebreak over SEA on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (12 vs 16). ARI drops out of the tiebreak with PHI/CHI on Conference Record (0-0 vs 1-0). CHI wins the tiebreak over PHI on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (15 vs 16).
6	DET	1-0	1-0	ARI wins the tiebreak over SEA on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (12 vs 16). ARI drops out of the tiebreak with PHI/DET on Conference Record (0-0 vs 1-0). DET wins the tiebreak over PHI on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (15 vs 16).
7	PHI	1-0	1-0	ARI wins the tiebreak over SEA on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (12 vs 16). PHI wins the tiebreak over ARI on Conference Record (1-0 vs 0-0).
8	ARI	1-0	0-0	ARI wins the tiebreak over SEA on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (12 vs 16).
9	SEA	1-0	0-0
10	TB	0-1	0-0	TB wins the tiebreak over CAR/NO on Conference Record (0-0 vs 0-1/0-1). WAS wins the tiebreak over DAL on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (19 vs 23). TB wins the tiebreak over WAS/GB/LAR on Conference Record (0-0 vs 0-1/0-1/0-1).
11	NO	0-1	0-1	NO wins the tiebreak over CAR on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (17 vs 19). WAS wins the tiebreak over DAL on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (19 vs 23). NO wins the tiebreak over WAS/LAR/GB on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (17 vs 19/25/26).
12	WAS	0-1	0-1	WAS wins the tiebreak over DAL on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (19 vs 23). LAR/GB drops out of the tiebreak with WAS/CAR on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (25/26 vs 19). WAS wins the tiebreak over CAR on Net Points in Conference Games (-2 vs -22).
13	CAR	0-1	0-1	CAR wins the tiebreak over DAL/LAR/GB on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (19 vs 23/25/26).
14	DAL	0-1	0-1	DAL wins the tiebreak over LAR/GB on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (23 vs 25/26).
15	LAR	0-1	0-1	LAR wins the tiebreak over GB on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (25 vs 26).
16	GB	0-1	0-1

	AFC	Record	Conf. Rec.	Explanation
1	JAX	1-0	1-0	KC wins the tiebreak over LV on Division Record (1-0 vs 0-0). BAL wins the tiebreak over CIN/PIT on Conference Record (1-0 vs 0-0/0-0). NYJ wins the tiebreak over BUF on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (9 vs 14). JAX wins the tiebreak over KC/BAL/NYJ on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (4 vs 6/8/9).
2	KC	1-0	1-0	KC wins the tiebreak over LV on Division Record (1-0 vs 0-0). BAL wins the tiebreak over CIN/PIT on Conference Record (1-0 vs 0-0/0-0). NYJ wins the tiebreak over BUF on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (9 vs 14). KC wins the tiebreak over BAL/NYJ on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (6 vs 8/9).
3	BAL	1-0	1-0	BAL wins the tiebreak over CIN/PIT on Conference Record (1-0 vs 0-0/0-0). NYJ wins the tiebreak over BUF on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (9 vs 14). BAL wins the tiebreak over NYJ on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (8 vs 9).
4	NYJ	1-0	1-0	NYJ wins the tiebreak over BUF on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (9 vs 14).
5	LV	1-0	1-0	CIN wins the tiebreak over PIT on Combined League PF/PA Rank (25 vs 28). CIN drops out of the tiebreak with BUF/LV on Conference Record (0-0 vs 1-0). LV wins the tiebreak over BUF on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (11 vs 14).
6	BUF	1-0	1-0	CIN wins the tiebreak over PIT on Combined League PF/PA Rank (25 vs 28). BUF wins the tiebreak over CIN on Conference Record (1-0 vs 0-0).
7	CIN	1-0	0-0	CIN wins the tiebreak over PIT on Combined League PF/PA Rank (25 vs 28).
8	PIT	1-0	0-0
9	NE	0-1	0-0	NE wins the tiebreak over MIA on Conference Record (0-0 vs 0-1). LAC wins the tiebreak over DEN on Division Record (0-0 vs 0-1). IND drops out of the tiebreak with HOU/TEN on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (24 vs 20). HOU wins the tiebreak over TEN on Combined League PF/PA Rank (36 vs 42). CLE/HOU drops out of the tiebreak with NE/LAC on Conference Record (0-1/0-1 vs 0-0). NE wins the tiebreak over LAC on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (17 vs 20).
10	LAC	0-1	0-0	LAC wins the tiebreak over DEN on Division Record (0-0 vs 0-1). IND drops out of the tiebreak with HOU/TEN on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (24 vs 20). HOU wins the tiebreak over TEN on Combined League PF/PA Rank (36 vs 42). LAC wins the tiebreak over MIA/CLE/HOU on Conference Record (0-0 vs 0-1/0-1/0-1).
11	HOU	0-1	0-1	IND drops out of the tiebreak with HOU/TEN on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (24 vs 20). HOU wins the tiebreak over TEN on Combined League PF/PA Rank (36 vs 42). HOU wins the tiebreak over MIA/DEN/CLE on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (20 vs 22/25/27).
12	TEN	0-1	0-1	TEN wins the tiebreak over IND on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (20 vs 24). TEN wins the tiebreak over MIA/DEN/CLE on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (20 vs 22/25/27).
13	MIA	0-1	0-1	MIA wins the tiebreak over IND/DEN/CLE on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (22 vs 24/25/27).
14	IND	0-1	0-1	IND wins the tiebreak over DEN/CLE on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (24 vs 25/27).
15	DEN	0-1	0-1	DEN wins the tiebreak over CLE on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (25 vs 27).
16	CLE	0-1	0-1


NFC	East	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	NYG	1-0	1-0	NYG wins the tiebreak over PHI on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (10 vs 16).
2	PHI	1-0	1-0
3	WAS	0-1	0-1	WAS wins the tiebreak over DAL on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (19 vs 23).
4	DAL	0-1	0-1

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

NFC	South	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	ATL	0-1	0-0	CAR/NO drops out of the tiebreak with ATL/TB on Conference Record (0-1/0-1 vs 0-0). ATL wins the tiebreak over TB on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (18 vs 20).
2	TB	0-1	0-0	TB wins the tiebreak over CAR/NO on Conference Record (0-0 vs 0-1/0-1).
3	NO	0-1	0-0	NO wins the tiebreak over CAR on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (17 vs 19).
4	CAR	0-1	0-0

NFC	West	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	SF	1-0	1-0	SF wins the tiebreak over ARI/SEA on Division Record (1-0 vs 0-0/0-0).
2	ARI	1-0	0-0	ARI wins the tiebreak over SEA on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (12 vs 16).
3	SEA	1-0	0-0
4	LAR	0-1	0-1

AFC	East	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	NYJ	1-0	0-0	NYJ wins the tiebreak over BUF on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (9 vs 14).
2	BUF	1-0	0-0
3	NE	0-1	0-0	NE wins the tiebreak over MIA on Conference Record (0-0 vs 0-1).
4	MIA	0-1	0-0

AFC	North	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	BAL	1-0	0-0	BAL wins the tiebreak over CIN/PIT on Conference Record (1-0 vs 0-0/0-0).
2	CIN	1-0	0-0	CIN wins the tiebreak over PIT on Combined League PF/PA Rank (25 vs 28).
3	PIT	1-0	0-0
4	CLE	0-1	0-0

AFC	South	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	JAX	1-0	0-0
2	HOU	0-1	0-0	IND drops out of the tiebreak with HOU/TEN on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (24 vs 20). HOU wins the tiebreak over TEN on Combined League PF/PA Rank (36 vs 42).
3	TEN	0-1	0-0	TEN wins the tiebreak over IND on Combined Conference PF/PA Rank (20 vs 24).
4	IND	0-1	0-0

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

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