NFL Week 17 Playoff Scenarios

NFL Week 17 Playoff Scenarios

New England Patriots
24 Dec 2025, 01:32 GMT+

A full list of playoff scenarios for Week 17 of the 2025 NFL season.

NFL

AFC

CLINCHED:

  • Buffalo Bills (11-4) playoff berth
  • Denver Broncos (12-3) playoff berth
  • Jacksonville Jaguars (11-4) playoff berth
  • Los Angeles Chargers (11-4) playoff berth
  • New England Patriots (12-3) playoff berth

Denver Broncos (12-3)at Kansas City (6-9); Thursday night, 8:15 p.m. ET, Prime Video

Denver clinches AFC West division title and the AFC's No. 1 seed, lone first-round bye and home-field advantage with:

  • DEN win + LAC loss or tie + NE loss + BUF loss or tie + JAX loss or tie
  • Denver clinches AFC West division title with:

  • DEN win + LAC loss or tieOR
  • DEN tie + LAC loss
  • Jacksonville Jaguars (11-4)at Indianapolis (8-7); Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, FOX

    Jacksonville clinches AFC South division title with:

  • JAX win + HOU loss or tieOR
  • JAX tie + HOU loss
  • New England Patriots (12-3)at New York Jets (3-12); Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, FOX

    New England clinches AFC East division title with:

  • NE win + BUF loss or tieOR
  • NE tie + BUF loss
  • Pittsburgh Steelers (9-6)at Cleveland (3-12); Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS

    Pittsburgh clinches AFC North division title with:

  • PIT win or tieOR
  • BAL loss or tie
  • Houston Texans (10-5)at Los Angeles Chargers (11-4); Saturday, 4:30 p.m. ET, NFL Network

    Houston clinches playoff berth with:

  • HOU win or tieOR
  • IND loss or tieOR
  • HOU clinches at least a tie in strength of victory tiebreaker over IND
  • *Note: HOU needs the following to happen to clinch a tie in strength of victory with IND:

    BAL win + BUF win + KC win + SF win + ATL loss + MIA loss

    NFC

    CLINCHED:

    • Philadelphia Eagles (10-5) NFC East
    • Chicago Bears (11-4) playoff berth
    • Los Angeles Rams (11-4) playoff berth
    • San Francisco 49ers (11-4) playoff berth
    • Seattle Seahawks (12-3) playoff berth

    Seattle Seahawks (12-3)at Carolina (8-7); Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS

    Seattle clinches NFC West division title and the NFC's No. 1 seed, lone first-round bye and home-field advantage with:

  • SEA win + LAR loss or tie + SF-CHI tie
  • Seattle clinches NFC West division title with:

  • SEA win + LAR loss or tie + SF loss or tieOR
  • SEA tie + LAR loss + SF loss
  • Carolina Panthers (8-7)vs. Seattle (12-3); Sunday, 1 p.m. ET, CBS

    Carolina clinches NFC South division title with:

  • CAR win + TB loss or tieOR
  • CAR tie + TB loss
  • Chicago Bears (11-4)at San Francisco (11-4); Sunday night, 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC

    Chicago clinches NFC North division title with:

  • CHI winOR
  • GB lossOR
  • CHI tie + GB tie
  • Green Bay Packers (9-5-1)vs. Baltimore (7-8); Saturday night, 8 p.m. ET, Peacock

    Green Bay clinches playoff berth with:

  • GB win or tieOR
  • DET loss or tie
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