Six teams in each conference — the four division winners plus two wild-card teams — make the playoffs. The two division winners in each conference with the best records get first-round byes.

AllDiv.Conf.Remaining games

d-NEW ENGLAND 12-2 4-0 9-1 at NY Jets, at Miami

p-Cincinnati 11-3 4-1 8-2 at Denver, Baltimore

Denver 10-4 3-2 6-4 Cincinnati, San Diego

Houston 7-7 3-1 5-5 at Tennessee, Jacksonville

Kansas City 9-5 4-1 8-2 Cleveland, Oakland

Pittsburgh 9-5 2-2 6-4 at Baltimore, at Cleveland

NY Jets 9-5 2-2 6-4 NEW ENGLAND, at Buffalo

Indianapolis 6-8 3-2 4-6 at Miami, Tennessee

Jacksonville 5-9 2-3 5-6 at New Orleans, at Houston

p — clinched playoff berth

d — clinched division

TIEBREAKERS: 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.