The final slate of regular season games will solidify conference seeding \u2013 including the critical No. 1 seed which grants a first-round bye and home-field advantage \u2013 and will decide several division titles. In the AFC, Denver, New England, and Jacksonville will all compete for the top seed, while San Francisco and Seattle face off in a direct contest for the NFC\u2019s top position. In total, four division championships remain undecided entering Week 18.<\/p>\n
AFC Playoff Scenarios<\/p>\n
Clinched:<\/p>\n
Denver Broncos (13-3) \u2013 AFC West
\nNew England Patriots (13-3) \u2013 AFC East
\nJacksonville Jaguars (12-4) \u2013 playoff berth
\nBuffalo Bills (11-5) \u2013 playoff berth
\nHouston Texans (11-5) \u2013 playoff berth
\nLos Angeles Chargers (11-5) \u2013 playoff berth<\/p>\n
Denver Broncos (13-3) vs. Los Angeles Chargers (11-5); Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, CBS<\/p>\n
Denver clinches the AFC\u2019s No. 1 seed, lone first-round bye and home-field advantage with:<\/p>\n
DEN win OR
\nDEN tie + NE loss or tie OR
\nNE loss + JAX loss or tie<\/p>\n
New England Patriots (13-3) vs. Miami (7-9); Sunday, 4:25 p.m. ET, FOX<\/p>\n
New England clinches the AFC\u2019s No. 1 seed, lone first-round bye and home-field advantage with:<\/p>\n
NE win + DEN loss or tie OR
\nNE tie + DEN loss<\/p>\n
Jacksonville Jaguars (12-4) vs. Tennessee (3-13); Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, FOX<\/p>\n
Jacksonville clinches AFC South division title and the AFC\u2019s No. 1 seed, lone first-round bye and home-field advantage with:<\/p>\n
JAX win + DEN loss + NE loss<\/p>\n
Jacksonville clinches AFC South division title with:<\/p>\n
JAX win or tie OR
\nHOU loss or tie<\/p>\n
Houston Texans (11-5) vs. Indianapolis (8-8); Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS<\/p>\n
Houston clinches AFC South division title with:<\/p>\n
Baltimore Ravens (8-8) at Pittsburgh (9-7); Sunday night, 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC<\/p>\n
Baltimore clinches AFC North division title with:<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh Steelers (9-7) vs. Baltimore (8-8); Sunday night, 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh clinches AFC North division title with:<\/p>\n
NFC Playoff Scenarios<\/p>\n
Clinched:<\/p>\n
Seattle Seahawks (13-3) \u2013 playoff berth
\nSan Francisco 49ers (12-4) \u2013 playoff berth
\nChicago Bears (11-5) \u2013 NFC North
\nLos Angeles Rams (11-5) \u2013 playoff berth
\nPhiladelphia Eagles (11-5) \u2013 NFC East
\nGreen Bay Packers (9-6-1) \u2013 playoff berth<\/p>\n
San Francisco 49ers (12-4) vs. Seattle (13-3); Saturday night, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN\/ABC<\/p>\n
San Francisco clinches NFC West division title and the NFC\u2019s No. 1 seed, lone first-round bye and home-field advantage with:<\/p>\n
Seattle Seahawks (13-3) at San Francisco (12-4); Saturday night, 8 p.m. ET, ESPN\/ABC<\/p>\n
Seattle clinches NFC West division title and the NFC\u2019s No. 1 seed, lone first-round bye and home-field advantage with:<\/p>\n
Carolina Panthers (8-8) at Tampa Bay (7-9); Saturday, 4:30 p.m. ET, ESPN\/ABC<\/p>\n
Carolina clinches NFC South division title with:<\/p>\n
CAR win or tie OR
\nATL win\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tampa Bay Buccaneers (7-9) vs. Carolina (8-8); Saturday, 4:30 p.m. ET, ESPN\/ABC<\/p>\n
Tampa Bay clinches NFC South division title with:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The final slate of regular season games will solidify conference seeding \u2013 including the critical No. 1 seed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":771502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[77],"tags":[7,6,84],"class_list":{"0":"post-771501","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-playoffs","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-nfl-playoffs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=771501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/771501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/771502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=771501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=771501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=771501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}