Standings entering week 13
 NFC |
Record | Conf. Rec. | Explanation | |
| 1 |
 ARI |
9-2 | 5-2 | |
| 2 |
 GB |
9-3 | 7-2 | |
| 3 |
 TB |
8-3 | 5-3 | |
| 4 |
 DAL |
7-4 | 5-1 | |
| 5 |
 LAR |
7-4 | 5-3 | |
| 6 |
 SF |
6-5 | 5-4 | |
| 7 |
 WAS |
5-6 | 5-2 | ATL wins the tiebreak over NO on Head-to-Head (1-0). WAS wins the tiebreak over MIN/ATL on Conference Record (5-2 vs 4-3/2-5). |
| 8 |
 MIN |
5-6 | 4-3 | ATL wins the tiebreak over NO on Head-to-Head (1-0). MIN wins the tiebreak over ATL on Conference Record (4-3 vs 2-5). |
| 9 |
 ATL |
5-6 | 2-5 | ATL wins the tiebreak over NO on Head-to-Head (1-0). |
| 10 |
 NO |
5-6 | 4-4 | |
| 11 |
 PHI |
5-7 | 4-4 | PHI wins the tiebreak over CAR on Head-to-Head. |
| 12 |
 CAR |
5-7 | 3-5 | |
| 13 |
 NYG |
4-7 | 3-5 | NYG wins the tiebreak over CHI on Conference Record (3-5 vs 2-4). |
| 14 |
 CHI |
4-7 | 2-4 | |
| 15 |
 SEA |
3-8 | 1-6 | |
| 16 |
 DETk |
0-10-1 | 0-7 | |
 AFC |
Record | Conf. Rec. | Explanation | |
| 1 |
 BAL |
8-3 | 5-3 | |
| 2 |
 NE |
8-4 | 6-1 | NE wins the tiebreak over TEN on Head-to-Head. |
| 3 |
 TEN |
8-4 | 5-3 | |
| 4 |
 KC |
7-4 | 2-4 | |
| 5 |
 CIN |
7-4 | 5-2 | CIN wins the tiebreak over BUF on Conference Record (5-2 vs 5-4). |
| 6 |
 BUF |
7-4 | 5-4 | |
| 7 |
 LAC |
6-5 | 4-3 | LAC wins the tiebreak over DEN/LV on Division Record (2-1 vs 1-1/1-2). |
| 8 |
 LV |
6-5 | 4-3 | LV wins the tiebreak over DEN on Head-to-Head (1-0). |
| 9 |
 DEN |
6-5 | 3-4 | |
| 10 |
 IND |
6-6 | 5-3 | PIT wins the tiebreak over CLE on Head-to-Head (1-0). IND wins the tiebreak over PIT on Conference Record (5-3 vs 3-4). |
| 11 |
 PIT |
5-5-1 | 3-4 | PIT wins the tiebreak over CLE on Head-to-Head (1-0). |
| 12 |
 CLE |
6-6 | 3-5 | |
| 13 |
 MIA |
5-7 | 4-5 | |
| 14 |
 NYJ |
3-8 | 3-6 | |
| 15 |
 HOU |
2-9 | 2-6 | HOU wins the tiebreak over JAX on Head-to-Head (1-0). |
| 16 |
 JAX |
2-9 | 2-5 |
| NFC | East | Record | Div. Rec. | Explanation |
| 1 |
DAL |
7-4 | 2-0 | |
| 2 |
WAS |
5-6 | 1-0 | |
| 3 |
PHI |
5-7 | 0-2 | |
| 4 |
NYG |
4-7 | 1-2 | |
| NFC | North | Record | Div. Rec. | Explanation |
| 1 |
GB |
9-3 | 2-1 | |
| 2 |
MIN |
5-6 | 2-0 | |
| 3 |
CHI |
4-7 | 2-1 | |
| 4 |
DETk |
0-10-1 | 0-4 | |
| NFC | South | Record | Div. Rec. | Explanation |
| 1 |
TB |
8-3 | 1-1 | |
| 2 |
ATL |
5-6 | 1-2 | ATL wins the tiebreak over NO on Head-to-Head (1-0). |
| 3 |
NO |
5-6 | 1-2 | |
| 4 |
CAR |
5-7 | 2-0 | |
| NFC | West | Record | Div. Rec. | Explanation |
| 1 |
ARI |
9-2 | 4-0 | |
| 2 |
LAR |
7-4 | 1-2 | |
| 3 |
SF |
6-5 | 1-3 | |
| 4 |
SEA |
3-8 | 1-2 | |
| AFC | East | Record | Div. Rec. | Explanation |
| 1 |
NE |
8-4 | 2-1 | |
| 2 |
BUF |
7-4 | 3-0 | |
| 3 |
MIA |
5-7 | 2-2 | |
| 4 |
NYJ |
3-8 | 0-4 | |
| AFC | North | Record | Div. Rec. | Explanation |
| 1 |
BAL |
8-3 | 1-1 | |
| 2 |
CIN |
7-4 | 3-1 | |
| 3 |
PIT |
5-5-1 | 1-2 | PIT wins the tiebreak over CLE on Head-to-Head (1-0). |
| 4 |
CLE |
6-6 | 1-2 | |
| AFC | South | Record | Div. Rec. | Explanation |
| 1 |
TEN |
8-4 | 3-1 | |
| 2 |
IND |
6-6 | 2-2 | |
| 3 |
HOU |
2-9 | 2-1 | HOU wins the tiebreak over JAX on Head-to-Head (1-0). |
| 4 |
JAX |
2-9 | 0-3 | |
| AFC | West | Record | Div. Rec. | Explanation |
| 1 |
KC |
7-4 | 1-1 | |
| 2 |
LAC |
6-5 | 2-1 | LAC wins the tiebreak over DEN/LV on Division Record (2-1 vs 1-1/1-2). |
| 3 |
LV |
6-5 | 1-2 | LV wins the tiebreak over DEN on Head-to-Head (1-0). |
| 4 |
DEN |
6-5 | 1-1 |
k: Team has been knocked out of division title contention
Scenarios
NFC Elimination Scenarios
|
SEA is knocked out of NFC West title contention with: |
| 1) |
SEA loss/tie |
|
| OR | 2) |
ARI win/tie |
|
DET is eliminated from playoff contention with: |
| 1) |
DET loss/tie |
|
| OR | 2) |
SF win +
ATL win +
NO win |
| OR | 3) |
SF win +
CHI win |
| OR | 4) |
SF win +
CHI tie +
NYG win |
| OR | 5) |
SF win +
CHI tie +
PHI win |
| OR | 6) |
SF win +
CHI tie +
WAS win |
| OR | 7) |
SF win +
CHI tie +
PHI tie +
WAS tie |
| OR | 8) |
SF win +
CHI tie +
PHI tie +
NYG tie |
| OR | 9) |
SF win +
NYG win +
PHI win/tie |
| OR | 10) |
SF win +
NYG win +
WAS win |
| OR | 11) |
SF win +
PHI win +
WAS win/tie |
| OR | 12) |
SF win +
PHI tie +
WAS win |
| OR | 13) |
SF tie +
ATL win +
CHI win |
| OR | 14) |
SF tie +
ATL win +
CHI tie +
NYG win |
| OR | 15) |
SF tie +
ATL win +
CHI tie +
PHI win |
| OR | 16) |
SF tie +
ATL win +
CHI tie +
WAS win |
| OR | 17) |
SF tie +
ATL win +
CHI tie +
PHI tie +
WAS tie |
| OR | 18) |
SF tie +
ATL win +
CHI tie +
PHI tie +
NYG tie |
| OR | 19) |
SF tie +
ATL win +
NYG win +
PHI win/tie |
| OR | 20) |
SF tie +
ATL win +
NYG win +
WAS win |
| OR | 21) |
SF tie +
ATL win +
PHI win +
WAS win/tie |
| OR | 22) |
SF tie +
ATL win +
PHI tie +
WAS win |
| OR | 23) |
SF tie +
NO win +
CHI win |
| OR | 24) |
SF tie +
NO win +
CHI tie +
NYG win |
| OR | 25) |
SF tie +
NO win +
CHI tie +
PHI win |
| OR | 26) |
SF tie +
NO win +
CHI tie +
WAS win |
| OR | 27) |
SF tie +
NO win +
CHI tie +
PHI tie +
WAS tie |
| OR | 28) |
SF tie +
NO win +
CHI tie +
PHI tie +
NYG tie |
| OR | 29) |
SF tie +
NO win +
NYG win +
PHI win/tie |
| OR | 30) |
SF tie +
NO win +
NYG win +
WAS win |
| OR | 31) |
SF tie +
NO win +
PHI win +
WAS win/tie |
| OR | 32) |
SF tie +
NO win +
PHI tie +
WAS win |
| OR | 33) |
SF tie +
ATL tie +
NO tie +
CHI win |
| OR | 34) |
SF tie +
ATL tie +
NO tie +
CHI tie +
NYG win |
| OR | 35) |
SF tie +
ATL tie +
NO tie +
CHI tie +
PHI win |
| OR | 36) |
SF tie +
ATL tie +
NO tie +
CHI tie +
WAS win |
| OR | 37) |
SF tie +
ATL tie +
NO tie +
CHI tie +
PHI tie +
WAS tie |
| OR | 38) |
SF tie +
ATL tie +
NO tie +
CHI tie +
PHI tie +
NYG tie |
| OR | 39) |
SF tie +
ATL tie +
NO tie +
NYG win +
PHI win/tie |
| OR | 40) |
SF tie +
ATL tie +
NO tie +
NYG win +
WAS win |
| OR | 41) |
SF tie +
ATL tie +
NO tie +
PHI win +
WAS win/tie |
| OR | 42) |
SF tie +
ATL tie +
NO tie +
PHI tie +
WAS win |
| OR | 43) |
ATL win +
NO win/tie +
CHI win |
| OR | 44) |
ATL win +
NO win/tie +
CHI tie +
NYG win |
| OR | 45) |
ATL win +
NO win/tie +
CHI tie +
PHI win |
| OR | 46) |
ATL win +
NO win/tie +
CHI tie +
WAS win |
| OR | 47) |
ATL win +
NO win/tie +
CHI tie +
PHI tie +
WAS tie |
| OR | 48) |
ATL win +
NO win/tie +
CHI tie +
PHI tie +
NYG tie |
| OR | 49) |
ATL win +
NO win/tie +
NYG win +
PHI win/tie |
| OR | 50) |
ATL win +
NO win/tie +
NYG win +
WAS win |
| OR | 51) |
ATL win +
NO win/tie +
PHI win +
WAS win/tie |
| OR | 52) |
ATL win +
NO win/tie +
PHI tie +
WAS win |
| OR | 53) |
ATL tie +
NO win +
CHI win |
| OR | 54) |
ATL tie +
NO win +
CHI tie +
NYG win |
| OR | 55) |
ATL tie +
NO win +
CHI tie +
PHI win |
| OR | 56) |
ATL tie +
NO win +
CHI tie +
WAS win |
| OR | 57) |
ATL tie +
NO win +
CHI tie +
PHI tie +
WAS tie |
| OR | 58) |
ATL tie +
NO win +
CHI tie +
PHI tie +
NYG tie |
| OR | 59) |
ATL tie +
NO win +
NYG win +
PHI win/tie |
| OR | 60) |
ATL tie +
NO win +
NYG win +
WAS win |
| OR | 61) |
ATL tie +
NO win +
PHI win +
WAS win/tie |
| OR | 62) |
ATL tie +
NO win +
PHI tie +
WAS win |
AFC Elimination Scenarios
|
NYJ is knocked out of AFC East title contention with: |
| 1) |
NYJ loss/tie |
|
| OR | 2) |
NE win |
|
HOU is knocked out of AFC South title contention with: |
| 1) |
HOU loss/tie |
|
JAX is knocked out of AFC South title contention with: |
| 1) |
JAX loss/tie |
|
HOU is eliminated from playoff contention with: |
| 1) |
HOU loss +
BUF win/tie |
|
| OR | 2) |
HOU loss +
LV win/tie |
| OR | 3) |
HOU loss +
DEN win/tie |
| OR | 4) |
HOU loss +
LAC win/tie |
| OR | 5) |
HOU loss +
PIT win |
| OR | 6) |
HOU tie +
BUF win +
CIN win +
DEN win +
LV tie |
| OR | 7) |
HOU tie +
BUF win +
CIN win +
DEN tie +
LV win |
| OR | 8) |
HOU tie +
BUF win +
DEN win +
LV win |
|
JAX is eliminated from playoff contention with: |
| 1) |
JAX loss +
BUF win/tie +
DEN win/tie |
|
| OR | 2) |
JAX loss +
BUF win/tie +
LAC win/tie |
| OR | 3) |
JAX loss +
BUF win/tie +
LV win/tie |
| OR | 4) |
JAX loss +
BUF win/tie +
IND win/tie |
| OR | 5) |
JAX loss +
BUF win/tie +
PIT win |
| OR | 6) |
JAX loss +
LAC win +
PIT win +
DEN win/tie +
LV win/tie |
| OR | 7) |
JAX loss +
LAC win +
PIT win +
DEN win/tie +
IND win/tie |
| OR | 8) |
JAX loss +
LAC tie +
DEN win +
IND win |
| OR | 9) |
JAX loss +
LAC tie +
DEN win +
IND tie +
PIT win |
| OR | 10) |
JAX loss +
LAC tie +
DEN win +
LV win |
| OR | 11) |
JAX loss +
LAC tie +
DEN win +
LV tie +
IND tie |
| OR | 12) |
JAX loss +
LAC tie +
DEN win +
LV tie +
PIT win |
| OR | 13) |
JAX tie +
BUF win +
DEN win +
LV win +
IND win |
| OR | 14) |
JAX tie +
BUF win +
CIN win +
DEN win +
LV win |
| OR | 15) |
JAX tie +
BUF win +
CIN win +
DEN tie +
LV win +
IND win |
| OR | 16) |
JAX tie +
BUF win +
CIN win +
DEN win +
LV tie +
IND win |
Possible Seeds
With the following exceptions, all seeds are available to all teams:
DET can no longer get seeds 1-5.
HOU can no longer get seeds 1 or 2.
JAX can no longer get seeds 1 or 2.
Fun possibilities:
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:
ARI
BAL(2)
Teams that control the 2 seed:
GB
NE
CIN
Teams that control the 3 seed:
TB
BUF(4)
TEN(1)
Teams that control the 4 seed:
DAL(2)
WAS(new)
KC
DEN
LAC(3)
Teams that control the 5 seed:
LAR
SF(7)
Teams that control the 6 seed:
None!
Teams that control the 7 seed:
PIT(4)
LV
Teams that could win out and still miss the playoffs:
PHI
NYG
MIN(6)
CHI
DET
NO(7)
CAR
ATL
SEA
MIA
NYJ
CLE(4)
IND(7)
HOU
JAX
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