Playoff Picture Entering Week 10 2023

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Standings Entering Week 10

• Conference Standings
• Division Standings

	NFC	Record	Conf. Rec.	Explanation
1	PHI	8-1	6-0
2	DET	6-2	4-1
3	SF	5-3	4-1	SF wins the tiebreak over SEA on Division Record (2-0 vs 1-1).
4	NO	5-4	2-2
5	SEA	5-3	4-1	SEA wins the tiebreak over DAL on Conference Record (4-1 vs 2-3).
6	DAL	5-3	2-3
7	MIN	5-4	5-2
8	WAS	4-5	2-4	WAS wins the tiebreak over ATL on Head-to-Head.
9	ATL	4-5	3-3
10	TB	3-5	3-3	TB wins the tiebreak over GB on Common Games (3-2 vs 2-3).
11	GB	3-5	3-3
12	LAR	3-6	2-4
13	NYG	2-7	2-3	NYG wins the tiebreak over CHI on Conference Record (2-3 vs 1-4).
14	CHI	2-7	1-4
15	CAR	1-7	0-5
16	ARI	1-8	1-5
	AFC	Record	Conf. Rec.	Explanation
1	KC	7-2	5-1	KC wins the tiebreak over BAL on Conference Record (5-1 vs 4-2).
2	BAL	7-2	4-2
3	JAX	6-2	4-2
4	MIA	6-3	4-2
5	PIT	5-3	4-2	PIT wins the tiebreak over CLE/CIN on Head-to-Head (1-0 vs 1-1/0-1).
6	CLE	5-3	3-2	CLE wins the tiebreak over CIN on Head-to-Head (1-0).
7	CIN	5-3	1-3
8	BUF	5-4	2-4
9	HOU	4-4	2-2	HOU wins the tiebreak over NYJ/LAC on Conference Record (2-2 vs 2-3/2-3).
10	LAC	4-4	2-3	LAC wins the tiebreak over NYJ on Head-to-Head.
11	NYJ	4-4	2-3
12	IND	4-5	3-3	IND wins the tiebreak over LV on Conference Record (3-3 vs 2-3).
13	LV	4-5	2-3
14	TEN	3-5	2-4	TEN wins the tiebreak over DEN on Conference Record (2-4 vs 1-4).
15	DEN	3-5	1-4
16	NE	2-7	2-3

NFC	East	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	PHI	8-1	3-0
2	DAL	5-3	1-1
3	WAS	4-5	0-3
4	NYG	2-7	1-1
NFC	North	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	DET	6-2	1-0
2	MIN	5-4	2-0
3	GB	3-5	1-2
4	CHI	2-7	0-2
NFC	South	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	NO	5-4	1-1
2	ATL	4-5	2-0
3	TB	3-5	1-1
4	CAR	1-7	0-2
NFC	West	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	SF	5-3	2-0	SF wins the tiebreak over SEA on Division Record (2-0 vs 1-1).
2	SEA	5-3	1-1
3	LAR	3-6	2-1
4	ARI	1-8	0-3
AFC	East	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	MIA	6-3	2-1
2	BUF	5-4	1-2
3	NYJ	4-4	1-1
4	NE	2-7	2-2
AFC	North	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	BAL	7-2	2-1
2	PIT	5-3	2-0	PIT wins the tiebreak over CLE/CIN on Head-to-Head (1-0 vs 1-1/0-1).
3	CLE	5-3	1-2	CLE wins the tiebreak over CIN on Head-to-Head (1-0).
4	CIN	5-3	0-2
AFC	South	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	JAX	6-2	2-1
2	HOU	4-4	1-1
3	IND	4-5	2-2
4	TEN	3-5	0-1
AFC	West	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	KC	7-2	2-1
2	LAC	4-4	1-1
3	LV	4-5	1-1
4	DEN	3-5	1-2

 

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Scenarios Entering Week 10

ARI is knocked out of 1 seed contention with:

	1)	ARI loss + SF win + SEA win
OR	2)	ARI loss + SF win + SEA tie + DAL win + MIN win + DET win
OR	3)	ARI loss + SF tie + SEA win + DAL win + MIN win + DET win

 

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Possible Seeds Entering Week 10

All seeds are still available to all teams.

 

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Seed Control Entering Week 10

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.

Teams that control the 1 seed:
PHI KC

Teams that control the 2 seed:
DET BAL JAX

Teams that control the 3 seed:
MIN SF SEA CLE

Teams that control the 4 seed:
NO ATL TB MIA BUF NYJ PIT

Teams that control the 5 seed:
DAL CIN

Teams that control the 6 seed:
HOU

Teams that control the 7 seed:
GB LAC

Teams that could win out and still miss the playoffs:
WAS NYG CHI CAR LAR ARI
NE IND TEN LV DEN

 

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