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Mon Dec 15 1:30 am

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
Patriots East 11 3 0 14 DNCD 3 3 3 3 2 1 0
Bills East 10 4 0 14 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 3 2 0
Dolphins East 6 7 0 13 X X X X X DNCD DNCD 0
Jets East 3 11 0 14 X X X X X X X 0
 
Steelers North 7 6 0 13 X DNCD DNCD 4 4 4 4 0
Ravens North 7 7 0 14 X X X 3 X X 3 0
Bengals North 4 10 0 14 X X X X X X X 0
Browns North 3 11 0 14 X X X X X X X 0
 
Jaguars South 10 4 0 14 DNCD DNCD 3 3 3 3 2 0
Texans South 9 5 0 14 DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 2 0
Colts South 8 6 0 14 X DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD DNCD 0
Titans South 2 12 0 14 X X X X X X X 0
 
Broncos West 12 2 0 14 2 2 2 X 2 1 0 ^
Chargers West 10 4 0 14 DNCD DNCD DNCD X 3 3 2 0
Chiefs West 6 8 0 14 X X X X X X X 0
Raiders West 2 12 0 14 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