AFC
Seed	Team	Division	Record
1	Indianapolis (yz*)	South	14-1-0
2	San Diego (yz)	West	12-3-0
3	New England (y)	East	10-5-0
4	Cincinnati (y)	North	10-5-0
5	Denver	West	8-7-0
6	N.Y. Jets	East	8-7-0
Still alive (below)
7	Baltimore	North	8-7-0
8	Houston	South	8-7-0
9	Pittsburgh	North	8-7-0
10	Miami	East	7-8-0
11	Jacksonville	South	7-8-0

NFC
Seed	Team	Division	Record
1	New Orleans (yz)	South	13-2-0
2	Philadelphia (x)	East	11-4-0
3	Minnesota (y)	North	11-4-0
4	Arizona (y)	West	10-5-0
5	Green Bay (x)	North	10-5-0
6	Dallas (x)	East	10-5-0

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

AFC Playoff tiebreakers
--New England earns the No. 3 seed over Cincinnati based on strength of victory (.433 to Bengals' .403).
--Denver earns the No. 5 seed over N.Y. Jets and Baltimore based on strength of victory (.513 to Jets' .492 and Ravens' .387) and conference record over Houston (6-5 to Texans' 5-6).
--N.Y. Jets earn the No. 6 seed over Baltimore based on strength of victory (.492 to Ravens' .387) and conference record over Houston (6-5 to Texans' 5-6).
--Baltimore finishes ahead of Houston based on conference record (6-5 over Texans' 5-6).
--Houston finishes ahead of Pittsburgh based on common games (3-1 over Steelers' 1-3).

NFC Playoff tiebreakers
--Philadelphia earns the No 2 seed over Minnesota based on conference record (9-2 to Vikings' 8-3).
--Green Bay earns the No. 5 seed over Dallas based on head to head (1-0).

COMPLETE SCENARIOS

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