Simple NFC Tiebreaker Chart, 2012, After Week 16

Notes and assumptions: No possibility of further tie games.  (SF is left off the table except for the division tiebreaker.) Tiebreakers are as they would be at the end of the season, NOT as of right now.  (Example: DAL and WAS can only be tied if DAL beats WAS.) Tiebreakers that don't affect playoff berths or seeding are ignored. Division ties are broken first.  (Example: If MIN, CHI, and NYG all finish 9-7, break the MIN-CHI tie first.  Then apply the tiebreaker between MIN and NYG.). 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: none. Clinched divisions: GB, ATL. Clinched berths: ATL (#1 seed). Eliminated: PHI, DET, NO, TB, CAR, STL, ARI. The complete tiebreaker rules are here. NFC Division Tiebreakers after Week 16: Tied Teams Record Extra conditions Winner Why? NYG-WAS 9-7 WAS division record WAS-DAL 9-7 DAL common opponents NYG-WAS-DAL 9-7 DAL NYG eliminated on division record;  common opponents MIN-CHI MIN division record SF-SEA SF common opponents NFC Wild Card and Seeding Tiebreakers after Week 16 : Tied Teams Record Extra conditions Winner Why? NYG-MIN 9-7 NYG conference record WAS-MIN 9-7 WAS head-to-head GB-SEA 11-5 SEA head-to-head CHI-SEA 10-6 SEA head-to-head MIN-SEA 10-6 SEA conference record

Simple AFC Tiebreaker Chart, 2012, 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. 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: none. Clinched divisions: NE, BAL, HOU, DEN. Clinched berths: CIN, IND. Eliminated: MIA, NYJ, BUF, PIT, CLE, TEN, JAX, SD, OAK, KC. The complete tiebreaker rules are here. AFC Division Tiebreakers after Week 16: Tied Teams Record Extra conditions Winner Why? BAL-CIN 10-6 BAL division record AFC Wild Card and Seeding Tiebreakers after Week 16: Tied Teams Record Extra conditions Winner Why? NE-BAL 11-5 BAL head-to-head NE-HOU 12-4 NE head-to-head NE-DEN 12-4 NE head-to-head CIN-IND 10-6 IND common opponents HOU-DEN HOU head-to-head NE-HOU-DEN 12-4 NE head-to-head