2023 Week 18 Playoff Picture

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• AFC Scenarios by seed
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Standings entering week 18

• Conference Standings
• Division Standings

	NFC	Record	Conf. Rec.	Explanation
1	SFxyz	12-4	10-1
2	DALx	11-5	8-3	DAL wins the tiebreak over PHI on Conference Record (8-3 vs 7-4). DAL wins the tiebreak over DET on Head-to-Head.
3	DETxy	11-5	7-4
4	TB	8-8	6-5	TB wins the tiebreak over NO on Common Games (7-4 vs 5-6).
5	PHIx	11-5	7-4
6	LARkx	9-7	7-4
7	GBk	8-8	6-5	NO drops out of the tiebreak with GB/SEA on Conference Record (5-6 vs 6-5). GB wins the tiebreak over SEA on Strength of Victory (59-69 vs 53-75).
8	SEAk	8-8	6-5	SEA wins the tiebreak over NO on Conference Record (6-5 vs 5-6).
9	NO	8-8	5-6
10	MINk	7-9	6-5	MIN wins the tiebreak over CHI on Common Games (5-6 vs 4-7). MIN wins the tiebreak over ATL on Head-to-Head.
11	CHIke	7-9	6-5	CHI wins the tiebreak over ATL on Head-to-Head.
12	ATL	7-9	4-7
13	NYGke	5-11	4-7
14	WASke	4-12	2-9	WAS wins the tiebreak over ARI on Head-to-Head.
15	ARIke	4-12	3-8
16	CARke	2-14	1-10
	AFC	Record	Conf. Rec.	Explanation
1	BALxyz	13-3	8-3
2	MIAx	11-5	7-4
3	KCxy	10-6	8-3
4	JAX	9-7	6-5	JAX wins the tiebreak over HOU/IND on Head-to-Head (3-1 vs 1-2/1-2).
5	CLEkx	11-5	8-3
6	BUF	10-6	6-5
7	IND	9-7	7-4	IND wins the tiebreak over HOU on Head-to-Head (1-0). IND wins the tiebreak over PIT on Head-to-Head.
8	HOU	9-7	6-5	HOU wins the tiebreak over PIT on Head-to-Head.
9	PITk	9-7	6-5
10	DENke	8-8	5-6	DEN wins the tiebreak over CIN on Conference Record (5-6 vs 3-8).
11	CINke	8-8	3-8
12	LVke	7-9	5-6
13	NYJke	6-10	3-8
14	TENke	5-11	3-8	TEN wins the tiebreak over LAC on Head-to-Head.
15	LACke	5-11	3-8
16	NEke	4-12	4-7

NFC	East	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	DALx	11-5	4-1	DAL wins the tiebreak over PHI on Conference Record (8-3 vs 7-4).
2	PHIx	11-5	4-1
3	NYGke	5-11	2-3
4	WASke	4-12	0-5
NFC	North	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	DETxy	11-5	3-2
2	GBk	8-8	3-2
3	MINk	7-9	2-3	MIN wins the tiebreak over CHI on Common Games (5-6 vs 4-7).
4	CHIke	7-9	2-3
NFC	South	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	TB	8-8	3-2	TB wins the tiebreak over NO on Common Games (7-4 vs 5-6).
2	NO	8-8	3-2
3	ATL	7-9	3-2
4	CARke	2-14	1-4
NFC	West	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	SFxyz	12-4	5-0
2	LARkx	9-7	4-1
3	SEAk	8-8	1-4
4	ARIke	4-12	0-5
AFC	East	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	MIAx	11-5	4-1
2	BUF	10-6	3-2
3	NYJke	6-10	1-4
4	NEke	4-12	2-3
AFC	North	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	BALxyz	13-3	3-2
2	CLEkx	11-5	3-2
3	PITk	9-7	4-1
4	CINke	8-8	0-5
AFC	South	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	JAX	9-7	4-1	JAX wins the tiebreak over HOU/IND on Head-to-Head (3-1 vs 1-2/1-2).
2	IND	9-7	3-2	IND wins the tiebreak over HOU on Head-to-Head (1-0).
3	HOU	9-7	3-2
4	TENke	5-11	0-5
AFC	West	Record	Div. Rec.	Explanation
1	KCxy	10-6	3-2
2	DENke	8-8	3-2
3	LVke	7-9	3-2
4	LACke	5-11	1-4

^x Team has clinched a playoff berth.
^y Team has clinched their division title.
^z Team has clinched a first-round bye and home-field advantage.
^e Team has been eliminated from playoff contention.
^k Team has been knocked out of division title contention.

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Standard-Style Clinching Scenarios

This is the standard style scenarios that just involve clinching a playoff berth/division without any concern for seed line. To see the correlated elimination scenarios, check out the elimination section under the seed-specific scenarios.

NFC

DAL clinches the NFC East division title with:

	1)	DAL win
OR	2)	DAL tie + PHI tie
OR	3)	PHI loss

 

PHI clinches the NFC East division title with:

	1)	PHI win + DAL loss/tie
OR	2)	PHI tie + DAL loss

 

TB clinches the NFC South division title with:

	1)	TB win
OR	2)	TB tie + NO loss/tie

 

TB clinches a playoff berth with:

1)

TB tie + SEA loss + GB loss/tie

 

NO clinches the NFC South division title with:

	1)	NO win + TB loss/tie
OR	2)	NO tie + TB loss

 

NO clinches a playoff berth with:

	1)	NO win + GB loss/tie + SEA loss/tie
OR	2)	NO tie + GB loss + SEA loss

 

ATL clinches the NFC South division title with:

1)

ATL win + TB loss

 

GB clinches a playoff berth with:

	1)	GB win
OR	2)	GB tie + SEA loss/tie + NO loss/tie
OR	3)	GB tie + SEA tie + TB loss/tie
OR	4)	GB tie + SEA loss + TB loss
OR	5)	SEA loss + TB loss + MIN loss/tie
OR	6)	SEA loss + NO loss + MIN loss/tie

 

SEA clinches a playoff berth with:

	1)	SEA win + GB loss/tie
OR	2)	SEA tie + GB loss + NO loss/tie
OR	3)	SEA tie + GB loss + TB loss/tie

 

MIN clinches a playoff berth with:

	1)	MIN win + SEA loss + GB loss + TB loss
OR	2)	MIN win + SEA loss + GB loss + NO loss

 

AFC

MIA clinches the AFC East division title with:

1)

MIA win/tie

 

BUF clinches the AFC East division title with:

1)

BUF win

 

BUF clinches a playoff berth with:

	1)	BUF tie
OR	2)	PIT loss/tie
OR	3)	JAX loss/tie
OR	4)	IND tie

 

JAX clinches the AFC South division title with:

	1)	JAX win
OR	2)	JAX tie + IND tie

 

JAX clinches a playoff berth with:

	1)	JAX tie + PIT loss/tie
OR	2)	PIT loss + DEN loss/tie + HOU loss
OR	3)	PIT loss + DEN loss/tie + IND loss

 

IND clinches the AFC South division title with:

	1)	IND win + JAX loss/tie
OR	2)	IND tie + JAX loss

 

IND clinches a playoff berth with:

	1)	IND win
OR	2)	IND tie + PIT loss/tie

 

HOU clinches the AFC South division title with:

1)

HOU win + JAX loss/tie

 

HOU clinches a playoff berth with:

	1)	HOU win
OR	2)	HOU tie + JAX loss + PIT loss/tie

 

PIT clinches a playoff berth with:

	1)	PIT win + BUF loss
OR	2)	PIT win + JAX loss/tie
OR	3)	PIT win + IND tie
OR	4)	PIT tie + IND loss + JAX loss
OR	5)	PIT tie + HOU loss + JAX loss
OR	6)	JAX loss + IND loss + DEN win
OR	7)	JAX loss + HOU loss + DEN win

 

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Seed Possibilities

	NFC
1	SF
2	DAL DET PHI
3	DET DAL PHI
4	TB NO ATL
5	PHI DAL
6	LAR GB
7	GB LAR SEA TB NO MIN

	AFC
1	BAL
2	MIA BUF
3	KC
4	JAX IND HOU
5	CLE
6	BUF MIA IND HOU PIT
7	IND BUF JAX HOU PIT

 

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NFC Scenarios by seed

1 seed

SF is locked into the 1 seed

 

2 seed

DAL obtains the 2 seed with:

	1)	DAL win
OR	2)	DAL tie + PHI loss/tie + DET loss/tie
OR	3)	DAL loss + PHI loss + DET loss

DET obtains the 2 seed with:

	1)	DET win + DAL loss/tie + PHI loss/tie
OR	2)	DET tie + DAL loss + PHI loss

PHI obtains the 2 seed with:

	1)	PHI win + DAL loss/tie
OR	2)	PHI tie + DAL loss + DET loss/tie

 

3 seed

DET obtains the 3 seed with:

	1)	DET loss
OR	2)	DET tie + DAL tie
OR	3)	DET tie + PHI tie
OR	4)	DAL win
OR	5)	PHI win

DAL obtains the 3 seed with:

	1)	DAL tie + PHI loss/tie + DET win
OR	2)	DAL loss + PHI loss + DET win/tie

PHI obtains the 3 seed with:

1)

PHI tie + DAL loss + DET win

 

 

4 seed

TB obtains the 4 seed with:

	1)	TB win
OR	2)	TB tie + NO loss/tie

NO obtains the 4 seed with:

	1)	NO win/tie + TB loss
OR	2)	NO win + TB tie

ATL obtains the 4 seed with:

1)

ATL win + TB loss

 

5 seed

PHI obtains the 5 seed with:

	1)	PHI loss
OR	2)	PHI tie + DAL tie
OR	3)	DAL win

DAL obtains the 5 seed with:

	1)	DAL tie + PHI win
OR	2)	DAL loss + PHI win/tie

 

6 seed

LAR obtains the 6 seed with:

	1)	LAR win/tie
OR	2)	GB loss/tie

GB obtains the 6 seed with:

1)

GB win + LAR loss

 

 

7 seed

GB obtains the 7 seed with:

	1)	GB win + LAR win/tie
OR	2)	GB tie + SEA loss/tie + NO loss/tie
OR	3)	GB tie + SEA tie + TB loss/tie
OR	4)	GB tie + SEA loss + TB loss
OR	5)	GB loss + SEA loss + TB loss + MIN loss/tie
OR	6)	GB loss + SEA loss + NO loss + MIN loss/tie

LAR obtains the 7 seed with:

1)

LAR loss + GB win

SEA obtains the 7 seed with:

	1)	SEA win + GB loss/tie
OR	2)	SEA tie + GB loss + NO loss/tie
OR	3)	SEA tie + GB loss + TB loss/tie

TB obtains the 7 seed with:

1)

TB tie + NO win + SEA loss + GB loss/tie

NO obtains the 7 seed with:

	1)	NO win + TB win + GB loss/tie + SEA loss/tie
OR	2)	NO tie + TB win/tie + GB loss + SEA loss

MIN obtains the 7 seed with:

	1)	MIN win + SEA loss + GB loss + TB loss
OR	2)	MIN win + SEA loss + GB loss + NO loss

 

 

Elimination

GB is eliminated from playoff contention with:

	1)	GB loss + MIN win
OR	2)	GB loss + SEA win/tie
OR	3)	GB loss + TB win/tie + NO win/tie
OR	4)	GB tie + SEA win
OR	5)	GB tie + TB win + NO win
OR	6)	GB tie + SEA loss + NO win + TB tie

SEA is eliminated from playoff contention with:

	1)	SEA loss
OR	2)	SEA tie + NO win + TB win
OR	3)	SEA tie + GB tie
OR	4)	GB win

MIN is eliminated from playoff contention with:

	1)	MIN loss/tie
OR	2)	SEA win/tie
OR	3)	GB win/tie
OR	4)	TB win/tie + NO win/tie

TB is eliminated from playoff contention with:

	1)	TB loss
OR	2)	TB tie + NO win + SEA win/tie
OR	3)	TB tie + NO win + GB win

NO is eliminated from playoff contention with:

	1)	NO loss
OR	2)	NO tie + TB win/tie + GB win/tie
OR	3)	NO tie + TB win/tie + SEA win/tie
OR	4)	TB win + GB win
OR	5)	TB win + SEA win

ATL is eliminated from playoff contention with:

	1)	ATL loss/tie
OR	2)	TB win/tie

 

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AFC Scenarios by seed

1 seed

BAL is locked into the 1 seed

 

2 seed

MIA obtains the 2 seed with:

1)

MIA win/tie

BUF obtains the 2 seed with:

1)

BUF win

 

3 seed

KC is locked into the 3 seed

 

4 seed

JAX obtains the 4 seed with:

	1)	JAX win
OR	2)	JAX tie + IND tie

IND obtains the 4 seed with:

	1)	IND win + JAX loss/tie
OR	2)	IND tie + JAX loss

HOU obtains the 4 seed with:

1)

HOU win + JAX loss/tie

 

5 seed

CLE is locked into the 5 seed

 

6 seed

BUF obtains the 6 seed with:

	1)	BUF tie
OR	2)	BUF loss + JAX loss/tie + PIT loss/tie
OR	3)	BUF loss + HOU tie + PIT loss/tie

MIA obtains the 6 seed with:

1)

MIA loss

IND obtains the 6 seed with:

1)

IND win + JAX win + BUF loss

HOU obtains the 6 seed with:

1)

HOU win + JAX win + BUF loss

PIT obtains the 6 seed with:

	1)	PIT win + BUF loss + JAX loss/tie
OR	2)	PIT win + BUF loss + IND tie

 

 

7 seed

IND obtains the 7 seed with:

	1)	IND win + JAX win + BUF win/tie
OR	2)	IND tie + JAX win/tie + PIT loss/tie

BUF obtains the 7 seed with:

	1)	BUF loss + JAX win + HOU win + PIT loss/tie
OR	2)	BUF loss + JAX win + IND win + PIT loss/tie
OR	3)	BUF loss + PIT win + IND tie
OR	4)	BUF loss + JAX loss/tie + PIT win

JAX obtains the 7 seed with:

	1)	JAX tie + HOU win + PIT loss/tie
OR	2)	JAX tie + IND win + PIT loss/tie
OR	3)	JAX loss + PIT loss + DEN loss/tie + HOU loss
OR	4)	JAX loss + PIT loss + DEN loss/tie + IND loss

HOU obtains the 7 seed with:

	1)	HOU win + JAX win + BUF win/tie
OR	2)	HOU tie + JAX loss + PIT loss/tie

PIT obtains the 7 seed with:

	1)	PIT win + BUF win/tie + JAX loss/tie
OR	2)	PIT win + BUF win/tie + IND tie
OR	3)	PIT win + BUF loss + JAX win + HOU win
OR	4)	PIT win + BUF loss + JAX win + IND win
OR	5)	PIT tie + JAX loss + HOU win
OR	6)	PIT tie + JAX loss + IND win
OR	7)	PIT loss + JAX loss + DEN win + HOU win
OR	8)	PIT loss + JAX loss + DEN win + IND win

 

Elimination

BUF is eliminated from playoff contention with:

	1)	BUF loss + HOU win + JAX win + PIT win
OR	2)	BUF loss + IND win + JAX win + PIT win

 

JAX is eliminated from playoff contention with:

	1)	JAX tie + HOU win + PIT win
OR	2)	JAX tie + IND win + PIT win
OR	3)	JAX loss + PIT win/tie
OR	4)	JAX loss + DEN win
OR	5)	JAX loss + IND tie

 

IND is eliminated from playoff contention with:

	1)	IND loss
OR	2)	IND tie + JAX win/tie + PIT win

 

HOU is eliminated from playoff contention with:

	1)	HOU loss
OR	2)	HOU tie + JAX win/tie
OR	3)	HOU tie + PIT win

 

PIT is eliminated from playoff contention with:

	1)	JAX win + BUF win/tie + IND win
OR	2)	JAX win + BUF win/tie + HOU win
OR	3)	PIT loss/tie + JAX win/tie
OR	4)	PIT loss/tie + IND tie
OR	5)	PIT loss + DEN loss/tie

 

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