Standings entering week 10
 NFC |
 AFC |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 SF (8-0) |
1 |
 NE (8-1) |
| 2 |
 NO (7-1) |
2 |
 BAL (6-2) |
| 3 |
 GB (7-2) |
3 |
 HOU (6-3)2 |
| 4 |
 DAL (5-3) |
4 |
 KC (6-3) |
| 5 |
 SEA (7-2) |
5 |
 BUF (6-2) |
| 6 |
 MIN (6-3) |
6 |
 IND (5-3) |
| 7 |
 LAR (5-3)1 |
7 |
 PIT (4-4)3 |
| 8 |
 CAR (5-3) |
8 |
 OAK (4-4) |
| 9 |
 PHI (5-4) |
9 |
 JAX (4-5)4 |
| 10 |
 DET (3-4-1) |
10 |
 TEN (4-5)5 |
| 11 |
 ARI (3-5-1) |
11 |
 LAC (4-5) |
| 12 |
 CHI (3-5) |
12 |
 DEN (3-6) |
| 13 |
 TB (2-6) |
13 |
 CLE (2-6) |
| 14 |
 NYG (2-7) |
14 |
 MIA (1-7)6 |
| 15 |
 ATL (1-7) |
15 |
 NYJ (1-7) |
| 16 |
 WAS (1-8) |
16 |
 CIN (0-8) |
1 LAR wins the tiebreak over CAR on head-to-head.
2 HOU wins the tiebreak over KC on head-to-head.
3 PIT wins the tiebreak over OAK on conference record (4-2 vs 2-2)
4 JAX wins the tiebreak over TEN on head-to-head (1-0). JAX wins the tiebreak over LAC on conference record (4-3 vs 2-4).
5 TEN wins the tiebreak over LAC on head-to-head.
6 MIA wins the tiebreak over NYJ on head-to-head (1-0).
Scenarios
|
NYJ is knocked out of AFC East title contention with: |
| 1) |
NYJ loss |
|
CIN is knocked out of AFC North title contention with: |
| 1) |
CIN loss |
Possible Seeds
WAS has lost their ability to claim the 1 seed, but they still have the 2-6 seed available to them (as well as non-playoff seeds).
Outside of that, every other team can still get any seed. Even
CIN
MIA
NYJ, and
ATL can still get the 1 seed.
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, the controlled seed from last week will be indicated in parentheses after the team’s name.
Teams that control the 1 seed:
NO(2)
SF
NE
BUF(5)
Teams that control the 2 seed:
BAL(3)
HOU
Teams that control the 3 seed:
GB(2)
SEA
Teams that control the 4 seed:
DAL
CAR
IND(2)
KC
OAK
LAC
Teams that control the 5 seed:
MIN
Teams that control the 6 seed:
LAR(new)
Teams that could win out and still miss the playoffs:
PHI
NYG
WAS
CHI
DET
TB
ATL
ARI
NYJ
MIA
PIT
CLE
CIN
JAX(4)
TEN
DEN
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