Playoffs

x-clinched playoff berth
y-denotes division winner
z-denotes first-round bye
*-clinched home-field advantage

During the regular season, the NFL Playoff Race Bracket and Seeds reflect how the playoffs would stand if the season ended up to that point. The NFL playoffs are not based on a pure bracket system. In the divisional playoffs, the No. 1 seed is assured of playing the lowest-seeded Wild Card survivor. There are no restrictions on intra-division games and the higher seed of any matchup will have home-field advantage.

AFC Playoff tiebreakers

• Pittsburgh wins the No. 4 seed by way of a better head-to-head record over Cleveland (2-0).
• Tennessee wins the No. 6 seed by way of a better record among common opponents over Cleveland (4-1 to Browns' 3-2).

NFC Playoff tiebreakers

• Dallas wins the No. 1 seed by way of a better head-to-head record over Green Bay (1-0).

AFC teams eliminated (week)

• Miami (Week 11), N.Y. Jets (Week 13), Baltimore (Week 14), Cincinnati (Week 14), Kansas City (Week 14), Oakland (Week 14), Buffalo (Week 15), Houston (Week 15), Denver (Week 15), Cleveland (Week 17)

NFC teams eliminated (week)

• St. Louis (Week 14), San Francisco (Week 14), Atlanta (Week 14), Chicago (Week 15), Detroit (Week 15), Arizona (Week 15), Philadelphia (Week 15), Carolina (Week 16), Minnesota (Week 17), New Orleans (Week 17)