NFL Playoff Scenarios
Published 1:55 am Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Week 17
AFC
CLINCHED: New England-East Division and first-round bye; Houston-South Division; Baltimore and Pittsburgh-wild-card spots.
NEW ENGLAND
— Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with:
Win or tie OR
Baltimore loss or tie AND Pittsburgh loss or tie
BALTIMORE
— Clinches AFC North Division and first-round bye with:
Win OR
Tie AND Pittsburgh loss or tie OR
Pittsburgh loss
— Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with:
Win AND New England loss
PITTSBURGH
— Clinches AFC North Division and first-round bye with:
Win AND Baltimore loss or tie OR
Tie AND Baltimore loss OR
— Clinches home-field advantage throughout AFC playoffs with:
Win AND Baltimore loss or tie AND New England loss
DENVER
— Clinches AFC West Division with:
Win OR
Tie AND Oakland loss or tie OR
Oakland loss
OAKLAND
— Clinches AFC West Division with:
Win AND Denver loss or tie OR
Tie AND Denver loss
— Clinches wild-card spot with:
Win AND Cincinnati loss AND Tennessee loss or tie OR
Win AND Cincinnati loss AND N.Y. Jets win
CINCINNATI
— Clinches wild-card spot with:
Win or tie
N.Y. Jets loss or tie AND Oakland loss or tie
N.Y. Jets loss or tie AND Denver loss or tie
N.Y. JETS
— Clinch wild-card spot with:
Win AND Cincinnati loss AND Tennessee loss or tie AND Oakland loss or tie
Win AND Cincinnati loss AND Tennessee loss or tie AND Denver loss or tie
TENNESSEE
— Clinches wild-card spot with:
Win AND Cincinnati loss AND N.Y. Jets win AND Oakland loss or tie
Win AND Cincinnati loss AND N.Y. Jets win AND Denver loss or tie
Win AND Cincinnati loss AND N.Y. Jets loss or tie AND Oakland win AND Denver win
NFC
CLINCHED: Green Bay-North Division and home-field advantage throughout NFC playoffs; New Orleans-South Division; San Francisco-West Division; Atlantaand Detroit-wild-card spots.
SAN FRANCISCO
— Clinches first-round bye with:
Win OR
Tie AND New Orleans tie OR
New Orleans loss
NEW ORLEANS
— Clinches first-round bye with:
Win and San Francisco loss or tie OR
Tie and San Francisco loss
N.Y. GIANTS
— Clinch NFC East Division with:
Win or tie
DALLAS
— Clinches NFC East Division with:
Win