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NFL - Week 15 of 18

AFC Winning Magic Numbers

How close is your team to clinching a certain playoff spot? A Winning Magic Number is the number of games a team must win to guarantee winning a given playoff spot. Click a team name to proceed to the team playoff picture page.

AFC Winning Magic Numbers
Record Divisional Winners Wildcard No
Playoffs
No
POs
Team DivisionDiv W L T GPi
Games Played
17 game season
1*
First Round Bye
2**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
3**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
4**
First Round Home Field
Advantage
5 6 7 8
Broncos West 11 2 0 13 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 0
Patriots East 11 2 0 13 DNCD 3 3 3 3 2 1 0
Jaguars South 9 4 0 13 DNCD DNCD 4 4 4 4 3 0
Steelers North 7 6 0 13 DNCD DNCD DNCD 4 4 4 4 0
Chargers West 9 4 0 13 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 4 4 3 0
Bills East 9 4 0 13 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 4 3 0
Texans South 8 5 0 13 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 4 0
 
Colts South 8 5 0 13 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 4 0
Ravens North 6 7 0 13 X X DNCD 4 4 4 4 0
Chiefs West 6 7 0 13 X X X X DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Dolphins East 6 7 0 13 X X X X DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Bengals North 4 9 0 13 X X X DNCD X X X 0
Jets East 3 10 0 13 X X X X X X X 0
Browns North 3 10 0 13 X X X X X X X 0
Raiders West 2 11 0 13 X X X X X X X 0
Titans South 2 11 0 13 X X X X X X X 0
  • Notes
  • ^ means the team will finish better than this spot
  • X means the team cannot win this spot
  • numeric numeric indicates the number of games that must be won to guarantee winning this spot
  • "DNCD" indicates the team Does Not Control its Destiny for this spot and thus, even after winning all remaining games, needs help from other teams to win
  • *  denotes first round bye in the playoffs
  • ** denotes first round home field advantage in the playoffs