Simple AFC Tiebreaker Chart, 2016, After Week 16

Notes and assumptions: No possibility of future tie games. Tiebreaker winners are as they would be if the teams were tied at the end of the season, NOT as if the season ended right now. Tiebreakers that don't affect playoff berths or seeding are ignored.  (Example: If HOU and MIA both finish 10-6, HOU wins the AFC South, but MIA doesn't win the AFC East.) 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 (essentially, the number of wins) of the teams a team has beaten. It has nothing to do with point totals. Clinched division and first-round bye: NE. Clinched division and #3 seed: PIT. Clinched division and #4 seed: HOU. Clinched playoff berth: OAK, KC, MIA. Eliminated: everyone else. The complete tiebreaker rules are here. AFC Division Tiebreakers after Week 16: Tied Teams Record Winner Why? HOU-TEN 9-7 HOU division record OAK-KC 12-4 KC head-to-head AFC Wild Card and Seeding Tiebreakers after Week 16: Tied Teams Record Winner Why? NE-OAK 13-3 OAK common opponents MIA-KC 11-5 MIA common opponents PIT-HOU 10-6 PIT strength of victory