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The NFL playoff picture

Six teams from each conference make the playoffs — the four division winners plus two wild-card teams. The first three tiebreakers within a division are head-to-head, division record, and record vs. common opponents; the first three for a wild-card spot involving teams not in the same division are head-to-head, conference record, and record vs. common opponents. The two division winners with the best records get first-round byes. The leading contenders in each conference:

AFC W-L Div. Conf. Remaining game
c-Houston 12-3 5-0 10-1 at Indianapolis
c-Denver 12-3 5-0 9-2 Kansas City
c-New England 11-4 5-0 10-1 Miami
c-Baltimore 10-5 4-1 8-3 at Cincinnati
p-Indianapolis 10-5 3-2 7-4 Houston
p-Cincinnati 9-6 2-3 6-5 Baltimore
NFC W-L Div. Conf. Remaining game
x-Atlanta 13-2 3-2 9-2 Tampa Bay
c-Green Bay 11-4 5-0 8-3 at Minnesota
pd-San Francisco 10-4-1 2-2-1 6-4-1 Arizona
d-Washington 9-6 4-1 7-4 Dallas
p-Seattle 10-5 2-3 7-4 St. Louis
Minnesota 9-6 3-2 6-5 Green Bay
Chicago 9-6 2-3 6-5 at Detroit
Dallas 8-7 3-2 5-6 at Washington
NY Giants 8-7 2-3 7-4 Philadelphia

x — clinched conference title; c — clinched division title; p — clinched playoff berth; d — division leader

WHAT'S AT STAKE SUNDAY IN AFC

HOUSTON: clinches No. 1 seed with win or Denver loss and New England loss; clinches first-round bye with Denver loss or New England loss.

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DENVER: clinches No. 1 seed with win and Houston loss; clinches first-round bye with win or New England loss.

NEW ENGLAND: clinches No. 1 seed with win and Denver loss and Houston loss; clinches first-round bye with win and loss by Houston or Denver.

WHAT'S AT STAKE SUNDAY IN NFC

GREEN BAY: clinches first-round bye with win or losses by San Francisco and Seattle.

SAN FRANCISCO: clinches NFC West with win or tie and Seattle loss or tie; clinches first-round bye with win and Green Bay loss.

WASHINGTON: clinches NFC East with win or tie; clinches playoff berth with losses by Minnesota and Chicago.

SEATTLE: clinches NFC West with win and San Francisco loss; clinches first-round bye with win and losses by San Francisco and Green Bay.

MINNESOTA: clinches playoff berth with win or losses by Chicago, Dallas, and NY Giants.

CHICAGO: clinches playoff berth with win and Minnesota loss.

DALLAS: clinches NFC East with win.

NY GIANTS: clinch playoff berth with win and losses by Dallas, Minnesota, and Chicago.