Simple AFC Tiebreaker Chart, 2011, After Week 16

Notes and assumptions: No possibility of tie games. Tiebreakers are as they would be at the end of the season, NOT as of right now. Tiebreakers that don't affect playoff berths or seeding are ignored. Division ties are broken first. (Example: If NE, BAL, and PIT all finish 12-4, break the BAL-PIT tie first. Then apply the tiebreaker between NE and the BAL-PIT winner.). If three or more teams are tied, apply that tiebreaker, not the two-team tiebreaker. Strength-of-victory is the combined winning percentage of the teams a team has beaten. It has nothing to do with point totals. Locked berths: HOU (#3). Clinched divisions: NE (first round bye). Clinched berths: PIT, BAL. Eliminated: IND, JAX, CLE, MIA, BUF, KC, SD. The complete tiebreaker rules are here. AFC Tiebreakers after Saturday games of Week 16: Tied Teams Record Extra condition Winner Why? BAL-PIT BAL head-to-head sweep DEN-OAK DEN common opponents DEN-OAK-SD 8-8 DEN common opponents Wild Card & Seeding: NE-BAL 12-4 BAL strength-of-victory NE-PIT 12-4 PIT head-to-head NYJ-CIN 9-7 NYJ conference record BAL-HOU 11-5 BAL head-to-head CIN-TEN 9-7 CIN head-to-head CIN-OAK 9-7 OAK conference record NYJ-CIN-TEN 9-7 TEN CIN eliminated on conference record; common opponents NYJ-CIN-OAK 9-7 OAK CIN eliminated on conference record; head-to-head CIN-TEN-OAK 9-7 TEN CIN eliminated on conference record; common opponents NYJ-CIN-TEN-OAK 9-7 OAK CIN eliminated on conference record; strength-of-victory