AFTER WEEK 12
1. Pittsburgh - 11-0
2. Kansas City - 10-1
3. Tennessee - 8-3 (Owns H2H tiebreaker over BUF)
4. Buffalo - 8-3
5. Cleveland - 8-3
6. Miami - 7-4 (Owns Conference Record tiebreaker over IND)
7. Indianapolis - 7-4
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8. Las Vegas - 6-5 (Holds Conference Record tiebreaker over BAL)
9. Baltimore - 6-5
10. New England - 5-6
11. Denver - 4-7 (Holds Conference Record tiebreaker over HOU) (Eliminated from AFC West contention)
12. Houston - 4-7
13. LA Chargers - 3-8 (Eliminated from AFC West contention)
14. Cincinnati - 2-8-1 (Eliminated from AFC North contention)
ELIMINATED: NY Jets (0-11), Jacksonville (1-10)
CLINCHING SCENARIOS:
- Pittsburgh clinches the AFC North with a win, a CLE loss, a DEN win, a BAL win, a CIN loss, an IND loss, and a NYJ loss (Clinches SoV for PIT over CLE in the event they both end 12-4)
- Pittsburgh clinches a playoff spot with a win, MIA loss, IND loss, or LV loss.
- Kansas City clinches the AFC West with a win and an OAK loss
- Kansas City clinches a playoff spot with a win
ELIMINATION SCENARIOS
- Houston is eliminated from AFC South contention with a loss and a TEN win.
- Cincinnati is eliminated from playoff contention with a loss OR a IND+LV win.
- The LA Chargers are eliminated from playoff contention with a loss and one of the following: (1) an IND win, or (2)a LV win and a MIA win
The following teams control their own destiny for a division title: PIT, KC, TEN, BUF
- Miami gains control of their own destiny in the AFC East with a win and a BUF loss
The following teams control their own destiny for a playoff spot: PIT, KC, TEN, BUF, CLE, MIA, IND, LV
- Indianapolis loses control of their own destiny for the playoffs with a loss and a BAL win
- Las Vegas loses control of their own destiny for the playoffs with a loss, IND win, and MIA win
- Baltimore gains control of their own destiny with a win and either (1)a CLE loss, (2)MIA and IND loss, or (3) a IND+LV loss and a PIT win (pittsburgh has to get out of the way of tiebreakers in this scenario)
- New England gains control of their own destiny for the playoffs with (1)a win, (2)a BUF or MIA loss, (3)a BAL loss, and (4) Two of the following three results: (a)a LV loss, (b)an IND loss, and (c)a KC win (again, getting out of the way of tiebreakers)
EDIT - Added PIT winning the AFC North scenario.