Standings entering week 11
 NFC |
 AFC |
||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 SF (8-1) |
1 |
 NE (8-1) |
| 2 |
 GB (8-2) |
2 |
 BAL (7-2) |
| 3 |
 NO (7-2) |
3 |
 HOU (6-3) |
| 4 |
 DAL (5-4)1 |
4 |
 KC (6-4) |
| 5 |
 SEA (8-2) |
5 |
 BUF (6-3) |
| 6 |
 MIN (7-3) |
6 |
 PIT (5-4)4 |
| 7 |
 LAR (5-4)2 |
7 |
 OAK (5-4)5 |
| 8 |
 PHI (5-4)3 |
8 |
 IND (5-4) |
| 9 |
 CAR (5-4) |
9 |
 TEN (5-5) |
| 10 |
 CHI (4-5) |
10 |
 JAX (4-5) |
| 11 |
 DET (3-5-1) |
11 |
 LAC (4-6) |
| 12 |
 ARI (3-6-1) |
12 |
 DEN (3-6)6 |
| 13 |
 TB (3-6) |
13 |
 CLE (3-6) |
| 14 |
 ATL (2-7) |
14 |
 MIA (2-7)7 |
| 15 |
 NYG (2-8) |
15 |
 NYJ (2-7) |
| 16 |
 WAS (1-8) |
16 |
 CIN (0-9)k |
k Team is knocked out of division title contention
1 DAL wins the tiebreak over PHI on head-to-head (1-0).
2 LAR wins the tiebreak over PHI/CAR on conference record (3-3 vs 3-4/2-4).
3 PHI wins the tiebreak over CAR on conference record (3-4 vs 2-4).
4 IND drops out of the tie with PIT/OAK on head-to-head sweep. PIT wins the tiebreak over OAK on conference record(4-2 vs 3-2).
5 OAK wins the tiebreak over IND on head-to-head.
6 DEN wins the tiebreak over CLE on head-to-head.
7 MIA wins the tiebreak over NYJ on head-to-head (1-0).
Elimination Scenarios
|
ARI is knocked out of NFC West title contention with: |
| 1) |
ARI loss |
|
MIA is knocked out of AFC East title contention with: |
| 1) |
MIA loss |
|
| OR | 2) |
MIA tie + NE tie |
| OR | 3) |
NE win |
|
NYJ is knocked out of AFC East title contention with: |
| 1) |
NYJ loss |
|
| OR | 2) |
NYJ tie +
NE tie |
| OR | 3) |
NE win |
|
CIN is eliminated from playoff contention with: |
| 1) |
CIN loss +
BUF win/tie |
|
| OR | 2) |
CIN loss +
PIT win/tie |
Possible Seeds
All teams can still get all seeds with the following exceptions (E simply means seeds 7 and below):
NYG: 2-6, E
WAS: 2-6, E
CIN: 5-6, E
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(3)
SEA(3)
BAL
HOU
Teams that control the 3 seed:
NO(1)
Teams that control the 4 seed:
DAL
PHI(new)
CAR
IND
KC
OAK
Teams that control the 5 seed:
MIN
PIT(new)
BUF(1)
Teams that control the 6 seed:
None
Teams that could win out and still miss the playoffs:
NYG
WAS
CHI
DET
TB
ATL
LAR(6)
ARI
MIA
NYJ
CLE
CIN
TEN
JAX
LAC(4)
DEN
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