Every NFL playoff berth will be settled on Sunday with Week 18 action determining the fate of postseason hopefuls around the league.
The NFL regular season may be one game longer but time is almost up for all the teams out there that haven’t yet clinched their playoff place.
On the final day of action before the postseason begins, some teams control their own destiny. Others have to take care of what they can, then sit back and hope the results fall their way.
What does each team have at stake in Week 18?
NFL Playoff scenarios: What AFC teams need to clinch
Ravens can clinch playoffs with…
BAL win (vs. PIT) + LAC loss (vs. LV) + IND loss (vs. JAX) + MIA loss/tie (vs. NE)
Colts can clinch playoffs with…
IND win/tie OR LAC loss + PIT-BAL tie OR LAC loss + PIT loss + MIA win
Raiders can clinch playoffs with…
LV win OR LV tie + IND loss OR IND loss + PIT loss/tie
Chargers can clinch playoffs with…
LAC win/tie
Steelers can clinch playoffs with…
PIT win + IND loss + no LAC-LV tie
Bills can clinch AFC East with…
BUF win (vs. NYJ) OR NE loss OR BUF tie + NE tie
Patriots can clinch AFC East with…
NE win + BUF loss/tie OR NE tie + BUF loss
Titans can clinch No. 1 seed with…
TEN win (vs. HOU)
Chiefs can clinch No. 1 seed with…
TEN loss/tie
NFL Playoff scenarios: What NFC teams need to clinch
Saints can clinch playoffs with…
NO win (vs. ATL) + SF loss (LAR)
49ers can clinch playoffs with…
SF win/tie OR NO loss/tie
Cardinals can clinch NFC West with…
ARI win (vs. SEA) + LAR loss
Rams can clinch NFC West with…
LAR win/tie OR ARI loss/tie