The Most Important Games for a conference are those games in the upcoming week whose outcome most changes the final playoff picture. The Importance Factor provides a relative importance between games. Use this table to identify the most interesting AFC games in the upcoming week of play. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.
| Game | Importance Factor (0‑∼100) |
|
|---|---|---|
| Home | Visitor | |
| Colts (6‑1) |
Titans (1‑6) |
62 |
| Patriots (5‑2) |
Browns (2‑5) |
53 |
| Broncos (5‑2) |
Cowboys (3‑3‑1) |
43 |
| Steelers (4‑2) |
Packers (4‑1‑1) |
42 |
| Panthers (4‑3) |
Bills (4‑2) |
31 |
| Bengals (3‑4) |
Jets (0‑7) |
31 |
| Chiefs (4‑3) |
Commanders (3‑4) |
29 |
| Chargers (4‑3) |
Vikings (3‑3) |
29 |
| Texans (2‑4) |
Forty-Niners (5‑2) |
16 |
| Ravens (1‑5) |
Bears (4‑2) |
10 |
| Falcons (3‑3) |
Dolphins (1‑6) |
8 |